A series adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series is in development at Disney+. If the project is ordered, Angela Robinson (“True Blood,” “The L Word”) will executive produce and write the show alongside Riordan, who is best known for his “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series.
“The Kane Chronicles” is an trilogy based on Egyptian mythology, set in the same universe as Riordan’s “Camp Half-Blood Chronicles” (which includes “Percy”) and “Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.” The series follows siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, who have magical powers and are descendants of the two pharaohs Narmer and Ramses the Great.
Per the show’s logline, “When their father unleashes the god of chaos and vanishes, the estranged Kane siblings must master their inherited Egyptian magic, forge unlikely alliances, and rescue their father before warring gods can wreak havoc on our modern world.”
Feature film adaptations of “The Kane Chronicles” books were previously in development in Netflix, but in 2024 Riordan said “Netflix has decided not to move forward and their option has lapsed after trying for two years to develop a script they liked. Now it depends on whether another studio would like to step in, assume the preproduction costs, and move forward.”
It appears Disney, which is already in the Riordan business with its successful “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” TV show, is that studio. On “Kane Chronicles,” Riordan is re-teaming with “Percy” executive producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell of the Gotham Group, as well as his wife and creative partner Rebecca Riordan.
The “Kane Chronicles” show is set up at 20th Television, where Robinson is currently developing TV projects. Robinson is a writer, director and producer whose credits also include “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Hung” and, most recently, “Wednesday.” On the film side, she wrote and directed the queer cinema cult classic “D.E.B.S.”
Aside from the “Percy” show on Disney+, Riordan’s work has also been seen on screen with the 2010 movie adaptation “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and its 2013 sequel, “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.”