Disney+ Cancels Movie Adaptation Of Percy Jackson Author’s 2021 Fantasy Book

Despite the success of Disney+’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the streaming platform has canceled another Rick Riordan project. The renowned author created Percy Jackson, as well as multiple other books with similar premises, including The Kane Chronicles, Demigods and Magicians, and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. In 2021, he published the standalone book Daughter of the Deep, which was inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne.

Disney has already greenlit Percy Jackson & the Olympians season 2, but the company has elected to cancel their Daughter of the Deep project. Riordan explained on his website that a script was in development, but Disney elected to move on as a consequence of the massive budgetary requirements. Like The Kane Chronicles‘ potential adaptation, the rights have reverted back to Riordan, and he will continue to see where he can take Daughter of the Deep in the future. Check out his full quote below:

“Similarly, Daughter of the Deep rights have reverted to me after being in script development as a feature at Disney+. There was no issue with the script or the team. I loved everyone we were working with! It was simply a budgetary call, as I understand it, and Daughter would be an expensive film to make. I know these kind of setbacks are disappointing to fans, but they are common in the film industry, and happen more times than not. Getting anything made, even in the best of times, is monstrously difficult. I have gained a lot of respect for the producers, executives and writers who manage to navigate the rapids and get projects through. I don’t know what the future holds for Daughter. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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