‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Series Casts Lance Reddick, Toby Stephens (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety

The “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” bid astatine Disney+ has added Lance Reddick and Toby Stephens to its formed arsenic 2 large gods, Variety has learned exclusively.

Reddick volition impermanent prima arsenic Zeus, portion Stephens volition impermanent prima arsenic Poseidon. The brace volition look successful the bid alongside Walker Scobell arsenic Percy arsenic good arsenic Aryan Simhadri arsenic Grover and Leah Sava Jeffries arsenic Annabeth.

Additional formed members see Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally and Timm Sharp arsenic good arsenic Dior Goodjohn, Olivea Morton, Charlie Bushnell, Adam Copeland, Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Timothy Omundsen, and Jay Duplass.

Poseidon is the deity of the oversea and Percy’s father. Per his authoritative quality description, “Although seemingly absent successful Percy’s life, galore of Poseidon’s qualities unrecorded successful Percy; stubbornness, impulsiveness and loyalty. Though helium has stayed distant passim Percy’s life, his heavy feelings for his lad (and Percy’s mother, Sally) are evident.

Zeus is described arsenic “The all-powerful deity of the entity and person of Mount Olympus, Zeus is tempestuous and mistrustful. He’s promised to wage a warfare if his stolen thunderbolt is not returned.”

Reddick is champion known for his starring relation successful the deed HBO bid “The Wire” arsenic good arsenic his relation arsenic Charon successful the “John Wick” movie franchise. His caller credits see the “Resident Evil” bid astatine Netflix and a seven-season tally connected the Amazon constabulary play “Bosch.” His different movie credits see “One Night successful Miami,” “Angel Has Fallen,” and “Godzilla vs. Kong.” He has besides lent his dependable to respective fashionable video games similar “Destiny 2” and “Horizon Zero Dawn.”

He is repped by CAA, Grandview, and lawyer James E. Hornstein.

Stephens has precocious starred successful shows similar the 2nd play of “Alex Rider” astatine Amazon, the reboot of “Lost successful Space” astatine Netflix, and the Starz humanities play “Black Sails.” He has besides starred successful films similar “Hunter Killer,” “13 Hours,” and the James Bond movie “Die Another Day.” He would aboriginal dependable Bond successful a fig of BBC Radio productions based connected Ian Fleming’s novels similar “Dr. No,” “Goldfinger,” and “Diamonds Are Forever.”

He is repped by United Agents and Gersh.

Based connected the Rick Riordan publication bid of the aforesaid name, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” follows the titular 12-year aged demi-god arsenic helium is “just coming to presumption with his newfound divine powers erstwhile the entity deity Zeus accuses him of stealing his maestro lightning bolt,” the logline states. “With assistance from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy indispensable embark connected an escapade of a beingness to find it and reconstruct bid to Olympus.”

The Disney Branded Television bid is presently successful accumulation successful Vancouver. Riordan and Jon Steinberg are penning the aviator with James Bobin directing. Steinberg and his producing spouse Dan Shotz are overseeing the bid and service arsenic enforcement producers alongside Bobin, Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Anders Engström, Jet Wilkinson, and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D.J. Goldberg. 20th Television is the studio.