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.

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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.

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

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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).

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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.