#mythomagic inc

[personinthepalace]

Mythomagic, Inc. is a production company founded by Rick and Becky Riordan. Its goal is to facilitate the development of Rick’s intellectual properties into great television and film. To do this, Rick and Becky serve as full producers on projects. Their role is to act as guardians of the source material and work with their film industry partners to make the best possible adaptations.

[pjotvshownews]

Rick and Becky Riordan have founded Mythomagic, Inc. This production company will oversee the adaptation processes of Rick’s intellectual properties, including the Percy Jackson tv show. Rick and Becky will serve as full producers on these projects. (x)

[thatonefandomjumper]

This is most likely fake, as I can not find any confirmation except the wiki, but I do do want to bring this to your attention.

This is what I saw on the official Mythomagic inc wiki page

I'm sorry??? What do you mean "Magnus Chase films"??? Is this real??? Did I miss something???

So I checked the page itself and uh,

It has a disclaimer saying it is most likely fake, but I would like to know where they got all the other info then? Such as it supposedly coming out on Hulu and produced by... Warner Bros?

If y'all know about any article or post where this is derived from, I'd love to see it.

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THE PERCY JACKSON TV SHOW: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

This post is as of May 15th, 2022. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.

What We Know

General

It will be a live action series on Disney+

Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process, including overseeing the series with their production company, Mythomagic, Inc. and as members of the writers’ room.

Season 1 will cover book 1 and will be 8 episodes.

Production starts June 1st, 2022, and will end January 25th, 2023

Currently optimistically planned to be released in 2023.

Casting

Percy Jackson will be played by 13-year-old Walker Scobell

Annabeth Chase will be played by 12-year-old Leah Sava Jeffries

Grover Underwood will be played by 16-year-old Aryan Simhadri

Walker, Leah, and Aryan are already in Vancouver and are working on their swordplay, stunts, and “fine-tuning their knowledge of Greek mythology and their characters.”

Casting calls have gone out for other characters that appear in the first book, but these are closed calls so only those with agents could audition.

Casting for characters that show up in later books, such as Nico, or later series, such as Heroes of Olympus, wont happen for a very long time

Production

Executive Producers: Rick Riordan, Becky Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz

Pilot Director: James Bobin, who will also direct the second episode

Jet Wilkinson and Anders Engstrom have also signed on to direct.

Production Designer: Dan Hennah

Costume designer: Tish Monaghan

The show will be filmed at Mammoth Studios in Vancouver

They plan to use a similar filming process to The Mandalorian (Industrial Light and Magic’s “Volume” stage: 360-degree virtual technology) (video on how it works).

They have been scouting for filming locations over the past few months.

The Writers’ Room

Writers: Daphne Olive, Monica Owusu-Breen, Joe Tracz, and Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan

Assistants: Xavier Stiles, Zoë Neary and Stewart Strandberg

Scripts for episodes 1-4 have been submitted.

Working on outlines/scripts for the rest of the season.

Season 1 follows book 1 but they’re “adding a lot of interesting nuances, depth, Easter eggs and backstory” to keep the story fresh and fun for those who know the books well.

Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. Follow here and/or on Twitter.

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The Percy Jackson TV Show: What We Know So Far

This post is as of December 7th, 2021. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.

What We Know

General

It will be a live action series on Disney+

Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process, including overseeing the series with their production company, Mythomagic, Inc. and as members of the writer’s room.

Season 1 will cover book 1 and will be 8 episodes.

Planned to start filming in June of 2022 in Vancouver.

Currently planning to be released in 2023.

While the show still does not have the official green light, prospects are looking good and Rick expects that the show might get that green light at the start of 2022.

Casting

Casting process began in April with a worldwide open casting call for Percy, searching for actors of any ethnicity who can play a 12-year-old boy.

They have already started looking at callback videos.

The casting process for Annabeth and Grover began in October, also looking for actors of any ethnicity.

Production

Executive Producers: Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz

Pilot Director: James Bobin

They hope to use a similar filming process to The Mandalorian (Industrial Light and Magic’s “Volume” stage: 360-degree virtual technology) (video on how it works).

They are working on locking in concept artists, VFX producers, line directors, etc.

The Writer’s Room

Writers: Daphne Olive, Monica Owusu-Breen, Joe Tracz, and Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan

Assistants: Xavier Stiles, Zoë Neary and Stewart Strandberg

Scripts for episodes 1 and 2 have been submitted.

Working on outlines/scripts for episodes 3 and 4.

The outline for season 1 is done.

It is still very early in the process. Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. Follow here and/or on Twitter.

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The Percy Jackson TV Show: What We Know So Far

This post is as of June 24th, 2021. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.

What We Know

From the last post:

The show will be on Disney+ and live action.

Season 1 will cover book 1, The Lightning Thief.

Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process and will be for every step of the way.

The series is being overseen by Mythomagic, Inc., Rick and Becky Riordan’s production company.

Changes are being made based on what “were not good decisions or have not aged well” in The Lightning Thief.

They plan to have a lot of representation.

Disney+ will be available worldwide by the time the show is released

Since the last post:

Jonathan E. Steinberg has joined the production team of Disney’s Percy Jackson as the executive producer (alongside his producing partner Dan Shotz) and as a co-writer.

The casting process has begun with the worldwide open-call for Percy

They are looking for actors who can play a 12-year-old boy and they’re accepting actors of any ethnicity. 

The casting director has already started watching the submitted audition videos for Percy (and they have received thousands of submissions).

The casting for other characters will depend on who they pick for Percy

They’re currently working on finding a director (or directors). This is the next crucial step in the process. 

They are working on budget options with the studio.

They already have the pilot script written and an outline for season 1 and showrunners for the show.

Rumors/Subject to Change

Reportedly the casting director is Denise Chamian

Filming might begin January 2022

First season might be 8 episodes

It is still very early in the process. Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. 

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THE PERCY JACKSON TV SHOW: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

This post is as of February 15th, 2022. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.

What We Know

General

The show received the green light! This means it will officially be made and the preproduction process can officially move forward.

It will be a live action series on Disney+

Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process, including overseeing the series with their production company, Mythomagic, Inc. and as members of the writer’s room.

Season 1 will cover book 1 and will be 8 episodes.

Planned to start filming in Summer of 2022 in Vancouver.

Currently planned to be released in 2023.

Casting

Casting process began in April 2021 with a worldwide open casting call for Percy, searching for actors of any ethnicity who can play a 12-year-old boy.

They have already started looking at callback videos for Percy.

They are currently accepting audition videos for the worldwide open casting call for Annabeth and Grover, also searching for actors of any ethnicity who can play a 12-year-old.

working on finding the perfect trio—actors who portray the characters well but also have great on-screen chemistry together

don’t expect any casting announcements for a few months

open casting is less likely for other roles

casting for characters that show up in later books, such as Nico, or later series, such as Heroes of Olympus, wont happen for a very long time

Production

Executive Producers: Rick Riordan, Becky Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz

Pilot Director: James Bobin

They hope to use a similar filming process to The Mandalorian (Industrial Light and Magic’s “Volume” stage: 360-degree virtual technology) (video on how it works).

a stage is being built 

production designers are working on bringing Percy’s world to life 

VFX teams are designing the monsters 

Costume designers, composers, etc. are being hired

The Writer’s Room

Writers: Daphne Olive, Monica Owusu-Breen, Joe Tracz, and Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan

Assistants: Xavier Stiles, Zoë Neary and Stewart Strandberg

Scripts for episodes 1-4 have been submitted.

Currently working on revisions on the first 4 scripts.

Working on outlines/scripts for the rest of the season.

Season 1 follows book 1 but they’re “adding a lot of interesting nuances, depth, Easter eggs and backstory” to keep the story fresh and fun for those who know the books well.

Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. Follow here and/or on Twitter.

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Is rick and his wife going to be apart of the tv show crew members like helping them direct?

Rick and Becky are involved with every step of the process of making this show. They are part of the writers' team and their production company, Mythomagic Inc., is overseeing the production of the show.

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The Percy Jackson TV Show: What We Know and What We Can Expect

This post is as of December 31st, 2020. All posts like this will be under “#what we know so far” on this blog.

What We Know

From the last post:

The show will be on Disney+ and live action.

Season 1 will cover book 1, The Lightning Thief.

Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan are heavily part of the process and will be for every step of the way.

There have been no castings, no auditions, and no casting calls. However, it does seem that when the time comes, they will be looking for child actors that are the right ages for the characters.

Changes are being made based on what “were not good decisions or have not aged well” in The Lightning Thief.

They plan to have a lot of representation.

Since the last post:

The series is being overseen by Mythomagic, Inc., Rick and Becky Riordan’s production company.

Rick and Becky are helping to write the script, and they completed and submitted the first draft of the pilot episode to the studio executives, which they loved and gave some notes on.

Just before the winter holidays, they submitted a revised version the pilot script.

Once the pilot is approved, then the show can be officially green-lit and the pre-production process can begin

Rick’s most optimistic guess for when the series will air is 2022

Disney+ will be available worldwide by the time the show is released

The current logo for the show, revealed at the 2020 Disney Investor Day:

What We Can Expect/Predict

Since most original Disney+ shows fall in the 6-10 episode range per season, we can estimate a similar number for Percy Jackson.

Budget wise, Disney+ has shelled out $15 million to $25 million per episode for shows like The Mandalorian and the upcoming MCU shows. This is about the budget of the episodes for the final season of Game of Thrones. While we don’t know the amount they will give for Percy Jackson, this can put into perspective possible budget options, as well as the way this budget translates to things such as sets and levels of special effects in the final product. Also, since rumors are flying around about the budget, I just want to clarify that these are just rumors and they don’t have an official budget yet as it is too early for that, as clarified by Becky Riordan.

A more faithful adaptation than the movies. No matter how it turns out, it should be more in-line with the books considering that the author is on board (when he wasn’t with the movies) and the fact that they seem to be taking the fans’ opinions into consideration.

It is still very early in the process. Until the next post like this (aka, when there has been enough new information to make a whole new post), I will be posting updates of what news and little tidbits of information we get as they happen. And I am always open to asks, if you have any questions. Happy New Year! 

[pjotvshownews]

I don't know if there's as much information of this yet as there is for the PJO show, but once we get news about the Jane Chronicles Netflix movies, will you also cover that?

(also everytime I see new updates from your blog it makes me happy, thanks for keeping me updated!)

Thank you! I’m glad you like my blog <3

As far as updates for the Netflix adaptation of The Kane Chronicles, I will not cover that. Since the two projects are developing around the same time, I worry about it becoming too much for me to keep up with. While things are quiet/slow at the moment, I know from experience (I ran a news blog for another tv show adaptation of a book series) that things can get really hectic, especially around events such as Comic-Con. Of course, how hectic does vary depending on how much is shared, but I don’t want to over-commit myself considering it is just me trying to keep up with everything. That being said, if I see any good news blogs pop up for the Netflix adaptation, I’ll be sure to give them a shout-out on my blog so you know who to follow. 

But, since things are slow right now and I don’t currently know of any blogs for those movies, I’ll share what I do know at this point:

They had been working on the deal with Netflix since October 2019, which is about the same time they started working on the deal with Disney+ for PJO.

Just like the PJO adaptation on Disney+, the Netflix adaptation of TKC is being overseen by Mythomagic, Inc., a production company founded by Rick and Becky Riordan.

Rick and Becky Riordan are also producers on both projects.

The films will be live-action.

While Rick and Becky are helping to write the PJO script, they are not writing the script for TKC. They have a screenwriter based in London who is fulfilling that task.

The first draft of the script was completed and they had a notes meeting. Rick and Becky both really liked the script. They will meet again in the new year to talk through more notes and script revisions.

The reason Netflix got the rights is simply because they were interested (my guess is that Disney didn’t want to look into buying the adaptation rights to Rick’s other series until they saw how well their PJO adaptation would do).

The creative executive at Netflix was interested because she is a fan of the books and really knows them.

As I stated in a previous post, because the rights to these two series are now owned by different companies, there won’t be an adaption of the crossover stories. They actually had to freeze the adaptation rights to “Demigods & Magicians” so there wouldn’t be any confusion over who has the rights to what. 

And that’s about it for now. The best place to check for news until there are more blogs would be Rick Riordan’s Twitter and Becky Riordan’s Twitter, and also Rick’s blog.