Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, demigods.
The first two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians are streaming on Disney+.
Episode 2 introduces Walker Scobell’s Percy Jackson to Camp Half-Blood, where young demigods are kept safe while they train to combat monsters.
Walker Scobell, a Percy Jackson superfan, wore his own Camp Half-Blood t-shirt when he got the news of his casting in January 2022.
Filming in BC:
Camp Half-Blood Sets in BC
@percyseries We've been expecting you. #PercyJackson ♬ original sound – Percy Jackson
Camp Half-Blood’s 12 cabins, one for each God’s claimed children.
Not everyone is friendly: Clarisse La Rue (Dior Goodjohn) and her Ares crew bully Percy.
The sets:
Production built a Camp Half-Blood set in Langley, east of Vancouver, on about 20 acres of private land with forest at the corner of 256th Street and 24th Avenue., according to neighbour Shelly W./@kidswap
Archery set in Aldergrove.
Archery in Langley:
Should I try again? — Percy Jackson. Nooooo! !– the other demigods.
The Hydra.
Production also built a Camp Half-Blood set at Minaty Bay on the Sea to Sky Highway.
Camp Half-Blood:
Capture the Flag:
Fighting with swords on the beach at Minaty Bay.
Percy Jackson book series author Rick Riordan called the Capture the Flag sequences the most like what he had envisioned when writing the first book.
That felt like the scene that I remember imagining in my head, [We were] on the beach watching kids fight each other with swords. Totally normal day. — Rick Riordan to the Daily Beast.
The kids remember how difficult it was wearing armour and fighting with swords in a hot Vancouver summer.
The Blue Team:
Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries,) daughter of Athena, wants Percy on her Capture the Flag team.
Charlie Bushnell as demigod Luke Castellan
The Red Team:
Clarisse leads the Red Team.
Clarisse and her Ares crew hunt down Percy at Minaty Bay.
While the Red Team are fighting Percy in Minaty Bay, the Blue Team steals their flag,
The Blue Team on the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge at top of the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish.
With the Red Team’s flag.
At the end of episode 2, Poseidon claims Percy as his son, filmed at Minaty Bay.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season One:
Episodes: 8.
Working title: Mink Golden.
B.C. filming dates: June 02 2022 – February 01 2023.
Creatosr: Rick Riordan, Jon Steinberg.
Showrunners Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz.
Cast: Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell.
Guest Stars: Lance Reddick, Toby Stephens, Jay Duplass, Adam Copeland, Lin Manuel Miranda, Timothy Omundson, .Virginia Kull, Megan Mullally, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Timm Sharp, Dior Goodjohn, Olivea Morton, Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy.
Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Percy’s human mother; Megan Mullally as Mrs. Dodds aka Alecto, who loyally serves Hades; Glynn Turman as Percy’s Latin teacher Mr. Brunner aka Chiron, famed centaur and trainer of heroes; Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, a.k.a. Mr. D. , who runs Camp Half Blood; Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, Percy’s selfish and combative stepfather; Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue.; Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit; Suzanne Cryer as Echidna; Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa.
Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Percy’s human mother.
Megan Mullally as Mrs. Dodds aka Alecta.
Glynn Turman as Mr. Brunner aka centaur Chiron.
Jason Mantzoukas as Mr. D. aka Dionysus.
New episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians drop Tuesdays at 6 pm PT on Disney+.
