Leah Sava Jeffries

At last: Percy’s back in the gods’ domain

It’s not easy to fight gods and monsters, you know. It takes time and trouble.
And it takes time to be a fan of the demigods: “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (shown here) finally starts its second season Wednesday (Dec. 10) on Disney+ … a full two years after the first season arrived.
Consider one of the show’s young heroes. “Annabeth was very patient with trying to go on a quest,” said Leah Sava Jeffries (left), who plays her. She’d been training for five years, before getting her chance.
That same patience has been required of the fans and the people involved. Walker Scobell (center) had just turned 13 when he was cast as Percy; his 17th birthday (Jan. 5) will arrive while this second season is airing. Read more…

Slay the monsters; then start high school

So let’s say you’ve been busy.
You’ve battled monsters and searched for Zeus’ lightning bolt. You’ve met centaurs and satyrs and lots of gods –Hades and Hermes and Medusa and Kronos and Poseidon and such.
OK, now it’s time to go start high school.
That’s what happened to Walker Scobell (shown here), star of “Percy Jackson & The Olympians.” The first season (now rerunning Fridays on the Disney Channel) debuted on Disney+ in December of 2023, when he was 14. Read more…