Percy Jackson and the Olympians has obtained a really early Season 3 renewal.
The sequence lately wrapped manufacturing on its second season, which is slated to debut in December. Season 3 will deal with the third ebook in Rick Riordan’s best-selling sequence, The Titan’s Curse.
“We’re so grateful to be persevering with the story of Percy Jackson on Disney+. This third season might be new territory for the display screen, bringing fan favorites just like the Hunters of Artemis and Nico di Angelo to life for the primary time,” Rick Riordan mentioned in a press release Friday. “It’s an enormous signal of dedication from Disney, and speaks volumes concerning the enthusiasm with which the fandom has embraced the TV present. Thanks, demigods worldwide!”
Whereas that is an early renewal, it is sensible given Disney is probably going trying to expedite additional seasons to accommodate the ages of their leads, Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri. Riordan has already expressed his need to inform every ebook’s story in a single season of tv. With that in thoughts, prolonged gaps between seasons would probably put the sequence in a situation the place their stars are a lot older than the characters they’re portraying.
Season 3 may even include its personal thrilling casting bulletins, together with that of Nico di Angelo and Bianca di Angelo, who’re kids of Hades.
“From the second Percy Jackson and the Olympians debuted, it was clear this sequence had struck a chord with followers of all ages,” Ayo Davis, president, Disney Branded Tv, mentioned in a press release. “With season two set to premiere this December, we’re thrilled to announce that Percy’s journey will proceed with a 3rd season. Large because of our unbelievable forged and artistic workforce, our companions at twentieth Tv, and our visionary and gifted producers who proceed to carry Rick Riordan’s world to life with such depth and creativeness.”
The primary season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians carried out fairly effectively on Disney+ and, per Nielsen, was one of many prime 5 most-watched unique sequence throughout all of streaming the week that it launched.
Season 2 will comply with Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood as they embark on a brand new journey based mostly on The Sea of Monsters. Manufacturing on Season 2 wrapped in August in Vancouver.
Within the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one yr later to search out his world turned the other way up. His friendship with Annabeth is altering, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone lacking, and camp is beneath siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set issues proper will take him off the map and into the lethal Sea of Monsters, the place a secret destiny awaits the son of Poseidon.
Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri are returning as the primary trio, with Charlie Bushnell and Dior Goodjohn additionally returning as sequence regulars. New recurring characters embody Tamara Good as Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, and Daniel Diemer as Percy’s half-brother Tyson.
It was additionally beforehand introduced that Courtney B. Vance will take over the position of Zeus from Lance Reddick, who died shortly after the primary season was launched.
