Even earlier than the Disney+ series launched this previous December, the Percy Jackson universe appeared primed to broaden with film trilogy for the Kane Chronicles books over at Netflix. However 4 years after that reveal, writer Rick Riordan has revealed the streamer gained’t be going ahead with that endeavor.
Talking to a curious fan on Goodreads, Riordan mentioned Netflix finally determined to cross on bringing these books to the small display screen, and finally let the undertaking lapse in optioning hell for a number of years. Because of this, any studio that’d wish to go forward and make the movies must cowl preproduction prices earlier than really doing something with them. It’s “by no means uncommon,” in response to 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 current 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 prior to now, that one’s being “[held] in reserve. I don’t wish to try this till I’ve sufficient bandwidth to do it correctly,” he admitted, “and as you could 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 quick 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 all the enterprise be underneath its banner. Nevertheless it all relies on the way forward for the streaming business and the way lengthy Disney is keen to stay with Percy Jackson to start with.
[by way of Variety]
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