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Logan Lerman 'excited' for 'Percy Jackson' series adaptation

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Logan Lerman" s="" Instagram="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/08/04/logan.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo from Logan Lerman&#x27;s Instagram account</figcaption></figure></div>Hollywood actor Logan Lerman is looking forward to see the new series of &#x27;Percy Jackson&#x27; having played the titular role before. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lerman said he is glad that the book author, Rick Riordan, is taking charge of the series. &quot;I’m excited too, I’m really excited. Curious to see it. I think that everything that I’ve seen so far,&quot; Lerman said. &quot;Preferably, like casting, how they’re doing it like Rick (Riordan) is running just makes me happy for the fans and excited for this new generation to watch it,&quot; he added. Asked if people can expect him to appear in the series, he said: &quot;I mean, it’s an interesting question, I mean sure but I’m not.&quot;Disney&#x27;s &quot;Percy Jackson&quot; series started filming in June.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/08/22/percy-jackson-series-starts-filming-adds-new-actors">Disney&#x27;s &#x27;Percy Jackson&#x27; series starts filming, announces new cast members</a></li></ul>&quot;The Adam Project&quot; star Walker Scobell is set to play the titular character together with Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/12/22/adam-projects-walker-scobell-gets-percy-jackson-role">&#x27;Adam Project&#x27; star Walker Scobell is Disney&#x27;s Percy Jackson in series</a></li></ul>In January, Riordan confirmed that the series adaptation of &quot;Percy Jackson and the Olympians&quot; is coming to Disney+ soon.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/26/22/rick-riordan-confirms-percy-jackson-series-on-disney">&#x27;The wait is over, Demigods&#x27;: Rick Riordan confirms &#x27;Percy Jackson and the Olympians&#x27; series on Disney+</a></li></ul>&quot;Percy Jackson and the Olympians&quot; is pentalogy book series set in the mid-2000s and follows Percy Jackson who discovers that he is the son of Poseidon who was prohibited to have children post-World War II.Its first two books were adapted by 20th Century Fox into a movie, &quot;The Lightning Thief&quot; in 2010 and &quot;The Sea of Monsters&quot; in 2013, led by Lerman as Percy Jackson.

Hollywood actor Logan Lerman is looking forward to see the new series of 'Percy Jackson' having played the titular role before. 