Percy Jackson and the Olympians has obtained a really early Season 3 renewal.
The collection is at present in manufacturing on its second season, which is slated to debut in December. Season 3 will concentrate on the third e-book in Rick Riordan’s best-selling collection, The Titan’s Curse.
“We’re so grateful to be persevering with the story of Percy Jackson on Disney+. This third season shall 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 stated in an announcement Friday. “It’s an enormous signal of dedication from Disney, and speaks volumes in regards to the enthusiasm with which the fandom has embraced the TV present. Thanks, demigods worldwide!”
Whereas that is an early renewal, it is smart given Disney is probably going seeking 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 e-book’s story in a single season of tv. With that in thoughts, prolonged gaps between seasons would doubtlessly put the collection in a situation the place their stars are a lot older than the characters they’re portraying.
Season 3 will even include its personal thrilling casting bulletins, together with that of Nico di Angelo and Bianca di Angelo, who’re kids of Hades.
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 collection throughout all of streaming the week that it launched.
Season 2 will observe Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood as they embark on a brand new journey primarily based on The Sea of Monsters. Manufacturing on Season 2 simply in Vancouver in August.
Within the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one yr later to search out his world turned the wrong 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 collection 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.
