Even earlier than the Disney+ series launched this previous December, the Percy Jackson universe appeared primed to increase with film trilogy for the Kane Chronicles books over at Netflix. However 4 years after that reveal, creator Rick Riordan has revealed the streamer gained’t be going ahead with that endeavor.
Chatting with a curious fan on Goodreads, Riordan mentioned Netflix finally determined to move on bringing these books to the small display, and finally let the mission lapse in optioning hell for just a few years. In consequence, any studio that’d prefer to go forward and make the movies must cowl preproduction prices earlier than really doing something with them. It’s “in no way uncommon,” in keeping with him, and he was frank in saying all of streaming was tightening their belt and cancelling whatever they can to save cash.
Even with the latest season two renewal for Percy Jackson & the Olympians, it didn’t cease Kane from getting the boot. As for the opposite deliberate spinoff for fellow universe character Magnus Chase that Riordan’s talked about up to now, that one’s being “[held] in reserve. I don’t need to do this till I’ve sufficient bandwidth to do it correctly,” he admitted, “and as you might have guessed, I’m fairly busy!”
The Kane Chronicles give attention to magician siblings Carter and Sadie who, like Percy, are the descendants of gods. However the place Percy and the instant characters in his orbit come from Greek deities, the Kane siblings are descended from Narmer and Ramses the Nice, and their adventures are extra centered round Egyptian historical past and mythology. Their trilogy of books (and accompanying quick tales) even have extra of a YA bent than the mothership collection.
With Percy already on Disney+, it wouldn’t be stunning if Disney determined to get Kane and simply have your complete enterprise be beneath its banner. However it all will depend on the way forward for the streaming business and the way lengthy Disney is prepared to stay with Percy Jackson to start with.
[through Variety]
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