When “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” streams Wednesday on Disney+, it’s a whole new look at a young adult classic.

In 2010 Rick Riordan’s super successful fantasy series, six novels about a boy named Percy who is actually a demigod descended from the Greek god Poseidon, was first filmed as a big screen adventure.  First was “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief” followed in 2013 by “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters.”

They were successful, but no match for the 180 million Percy Jackson books sold as of last year.

Riordan and his wife Becky are intimately involved as executive producers with this Disney version which stars Walker Scobell (“The Adam Project”) as 12-year-old Percy who discovers his powers amid great loss.

Riordan, Scobell said, “was on set every day, which is really great. That helps build my confidence playing Percy throughout the shoot, you know?”

He doesn’t see the series as a reboot. “It’s more of an adaption from the books to live action TV.”

Percy undoubtedly is brave even as he’s bullied and marked as an outsider. “But I wouldn’t say Percy is a superhero. As a person, he wants to be happy. But he can’t really find a place where he can be happy. He feels like there’s no place for him — until he finds Camp Half-Blood,” on Long Island, New York. A camp for demigods like himself.

Walker, now 14, lives with a brother and a sister in Erie, PA, “Percy Jackson” has long been his passion.  “I started reading the books when I was in third grade,” said the 9th grader. “I love them and have read them seven times. And I continue reading them to this day.”

As young as he is, as the series’ star he shoulders the responsibility each day of setting an example to cast and crew.

“It is a big responsibility, but I don’t think it was that hard since I love the books so much. It was super easy to try my best and every day to try to make the show as good as it can be.

“Because,” he said with a shrug, “I want to watch him. I can’t screw this up for myself and for all the Percy Jackson fans out there.”

Even if this part of his life is dedicated to all things Percy, “When I’m not filming, I go to a real school, public school. When I am filming I switch to home school. My mom has my curriculum.”

As for the future, “I’m not really planning on going to college. But I wonder.”

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” streams Wednesday on Disney+