Leah Sava Jeffries, Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri. Matthias Clamer/Disney
Prepare demigods, as a result of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is returning for extra mythological adventures on Disney+.
A second season of the TV present, primarily based on the e-book sequence of the identical title by Rick Riordan, was introduced only one week after its season 1 finale aired in January 2024.
“Passengers, that is your captain from the bridge. For those who look out the ahead statement deck, you will notice our subsequent vacation spot, the Sea of Monsters,” Riordan wrote by way of Instagram in February 2024, reacting to the renewal. “Thanks for crusing with us on board the Princess Andromeda!”
Season 1 adopted Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell), a troubled 12-year-old who discovers he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon. After being accused of stealing Zeus’ Grasp Bolt, Percy units off on a quest with fellow demigod Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries) and his satyr protector Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri) to retrieve the weapon and clear his title.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians followers have lastly gotten their long-awaited TV adaption — and Disney+ has discovered its good solid. The sequence, which relies on creator Rick Riordan’s e-book sequence of the identical title, was first teased in Could 2020. Riordan later confirmed the information in a January 2022 video announcement shared by way of […]
The following chapter is anticipated to comply with the occasions of Riordan’s second Percy Jackson novel, The Sea of Monsters. Scroll down for all the things to know thus far about Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2:
Was a Trailer Launched for ‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2?
Disney launched a teaser in August 2024 at D23 Expo. “Final 12 months, I needed to cease a struggle, however that was just the start,” Percy says as he takes the reins on some horses, seemingly about to trip a chariot right into a gladiator-like battle.
What Is ‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2 About?
Primarily based on the second Percy Jackson novel, The Sea of Monsters, season 2 will doubtless be set one 12 months after the occasions of season 1. Within the second e-book, Percy returns to the demigod secure haven Camp Half-Blood, which is in disarray after the magical tree defending its boundaries is poisoned. (Zeus’ daughter Thalia was became the tree after almost dying whereas saving a trio of campers years prior.)
Season 2 will see Percy and his pals work to avoid wasting Thalia by touring to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve The Golden Fleece, a strong Greek artifact with the flexibility to heal any residing factor. Grover additionally finds himself within the sea on his quest to search out Pan, the god of the wild, after receiving his searcher’s license on the finish of season 1.
When Will ‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2 Premiere?
Disney+ has not introduced an official launch date for Percy Jackson season 2, however the Mouse Home confirmed that they anticipated the present to return in 2025 after filming began in summer season 2024.
Which ‘Percy Jackson’ Forged Members Will Return for Season 2?
Along with Scobell, Jeffries and Simhadri returning because the present’s most important trio, Charlie Bushnell (Luke Castellan) and Dior Goodjohn (Clarisse La Rue) will probably be bumped as much as sequence regulars for season 2.
Different returning solid members confirmed on the present’s D23 panel in August 2024 embody Toby Stephens as Poseidon and Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus. It’s doubtless that Virginia Kull (Sally Jackson), Adam Copeland (Ares), Glynn Turman (Chiron) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hermes) may even seem, as their characters are featured within the Sea of Monsters e-book.
Are There New Characters in ‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2?
One main participant in The Sea of Monsters e-book is Percy’s classmate Tyson, who turns into an integral member of his quest to avoid wasting Grover and Camp Half-Blood. It was introduced throughout San Diego Comedian-Con in July 2024 that Tyson could be performed by actor Daniel Diemer.
Because the novel’s title suggests, The Sea of Monsters may even introduce numerous harmful creatures, together with the cyclopses, sirens and hydras, in addition to the Greek goddess of magic, Circe.
At D23 in August 2024, it was introduced that Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho and Sandra Bernhard could be becoming a member of the solid because the wacky Grey Sisters. That very same month, Timothy Simons was solid because the demigod Tantalus.
In September 2024, actress Tamara Sensible was revealed to be taking part in Zeus’ daughter, Thalia. Sensible shares a reference to Zeus actor Lance Reddick, as she performed his daughter in Netflix’s Resident Evil sequence. (Reddick died at age 60 in March 2023. It has not been introduced whether or not his position will probably be recast.)
Andra Day Amy Sussman/Getty Photos
Huge casting information got here out of Disney’s D23 Expo in Brazil in November 2024 as Andra Day was introduced to be becoming a member of the solid as Annabeth’s mom, Athena, the Greek goddess of knowledge and struggle. “I can’t wait to convey her to life and work alongside such proficient actors,” Day acknowledged in an Instagram video.
Will ‘Percy Jackson’ Go Past Season 2?
“There’s so many alternative ways in which it might go,” Scobell stated of adapting extra of the Percy Jackson books throughout a February 2024 episode of “The Zach Sang Present” podcast. “There’s the primary 5 books, which I feel is, like, the bottom. Now we have to do all [of] these. I imply, once more, I don’t know in the event that they’re gonna do any of them, however I actually hope so.”
The unique 5 Percy Jackson books have been launched between 2005 and 2009. Riordan expanded the universe with The Heroes of Olympus sequence, which consists of 5 novels, earlier than releasing a sixth Percy Jackson installment in 2023. A seventh e-book, titled Wrath of the Triple Goddess, is about to be launched in September 2024.