Percy Jackson and the Olympians has performed well on Disney Plus, but Netflix will not continue with the adaptation of The Kane Chronicles, another of Rick Riordan's sagas.
This year, a new adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, one of the most notable literary sagas by writer Rick Riordan, has arrived on Disney Plus. But it was not going to be the author's only project, he was going to make the leap to live actionbecause Netflix had on its hands three feature films from The Kane Chronicles.
Set in the egyptian mythologyinstead of the Greek as was the case of Percy Jackson and the OlympiansThe Kane Chronicles is a trilogy made up of the novels: The red pyramid, the throne of fire y The shadow of the snake.
In 2020, Rick Riordan announced that Netflix was going to adapt his work for the small screen with three films that would focus on each of his novels, but this month the author confirmed through Goodreads that these productions have been canceled.
Why was The Kane Chronicles canceled for Netflix?
As Rick Riordan explains, “Netflix has decided not to move forward” with The Kane Chronicles “after trying for two years to develop a script they liked.” Although All is not lost and adaptations could come sometime.
“Now it depends on whether another studio wants to step in, assume the pre-production costs and move on,” added Rick Riordan, calming his fans. “It's not unusual at all. It happens, I suppose, with most film projects.”
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The explanation behind the cancellation of The Kane Chronicles We could find it in the situation in which the streaming industry currently finds itself at a general level:
“It is reducing its development catalog, […] which means that They are canceling more content and creating less”, with The Kane Chronicles for Netflix “caught in that trend”, “despite the great success” of Percy Jackson and the Olympians in Disney Plus.