20th Television’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series is the first production to use ILM’s new StageCraft stage in Vancouver.
The 20th Television series, based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling novels, has started production in Vancouver and will be the first project to be made on Industrial Light & Magic’s newly-built StageCraft LED stage, which features a 95-ft. LED screen.
“The story of Percy Jackson has such an epic scope,” said Riordan, who serves an an exec producer, of his fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, who will be played by Walker Scobell. “I am over the moon that we have forged such a great relationship [with ILM] to give this show such a cutting-edge look and feel.”
“With ILM’s StageCraft technology we allow filmmakers to design, light, and shoot the digital world as they would in the practical world all integrated in front of the cast and crew on stage,” said Chris Bannister, exec producer, ILM StageCraft.
Added 20th executive vp of production Nissa Diederich, “The stage we have built will be home to Percy and potentially dozens more of our most ambitious series.”
