Lin-Manuel Miranda Has Been Cast for an Upcoming Disney+ Series!

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and starred in Hamilton and wrote the music for Disney’s Encanto, has found his next big role.

Disney announced recently that Miranda has been cast in an upcoming Disney+ series!

Disney+ took to Twitter to announce that Lin-Manuel Miranda will play Hermes in the upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

A message from the messenger god himself: @Lin_Manuel Miranda is Hermes in #PercyJackson and the Olympians, an Original series coming to #DisneyPlus! pic.twitter.com/ncXp0Rl8Un

— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) November 7, 2022

The series — based on the bestselling books by Rick Riordan —  was confirmed as coming to Disney+ earlier this year, and we saw the first trailer for it during the D23 Expo.

Miranda’s character Hermes is the Greek god of messengers, travel, and thieves, among other things.

Other actors playing roles in Percy Jackson and the Olympians include Virginia Kull as Percy’s mom, Sally; Glynn Turman as Chiron; Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus; Megan Mullally as the Fury Alecto; Timm Sharp as Percy’s stepfather Gabe Ugliano; Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue; and Charlie Bushnell as Luke (Variety).

Production on the show began in June of this year. Author Rick Riordan co-wrote the pilot episode along with Jon Steinberg. James Bobin is directing, and those 3 along with Dan Shotz, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, and Riordan’s wife Rebecca Riordan are executive producing.

We’ll watch for more information about this new show, so stay tuned to AllEars for all the latest updates!

Click here to see the trailer for Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

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