EXCLUSIVE: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 3 Will Begin Filming In July
- Sarah Angelo-Haight
- May 5
- 2 min read
Exciting news for Percy Jackson and the Olympians fans: Disney+ is moving full steam ahead with the acclaimed fantasy series, greenlighting Season 3 before Season 2 has even aired. Nexus Point News has learned that casting is already underway, with filming scheduled to begin this July in Vancouver.
Based on the beloved book series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians has garnered praise for its faithful adaptation, compelling performances, and immersive world-building. The novels follow the titular character as he learns that he is the son of the Greek god, Poseidon. In the first book (and season), Percy (Walker Scobell) finds his way to Camp Half-Blood, where his fellow young demigods are educated about their respective destinies. As it turns out, Percy’s fate is extraordinary even under such circumstances, as no half-mortal children of Poseidon, Hades, and/or Zeus are supposed to exist.
Season 2 of the TV series will adapt The Sea of Monsters, wherein the relative safety of Camp Half-Blood threatens to be overrun by mythological monsters such as the Cyclops, Polyphemus, ruler of the Bermuda Triangle. Canadian actor Daniel Diemer will round out the cast as Tyson the Cyclops. Likewise, the third season will adapt The Titan’s Curse, wherein Percy will likely be tasked with rescuing both his Camp Half-Blood friend, Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava’ Jeffries), as well as the goddess Artemis from the Titan, Atlas. Tamara Smart (Thalia Grace), Andra Day (the goddess Athena), and Courtney B. Vance (the voice of Zeus) will join the cast during Season 3.
Presumably, Disney will also adapt Riordan’s additional Percy Jackson novels for TV, including The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian, thus rounding out Percy’s adventures. Prior to Disney’s acquisition of the rights to the source material, 20th Century Fox adapted the first two Percy Jackson novels into feature films in 2010 and 2013 respectively. In spite of an impressive cast — Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth Chase), Sean Bean (Zeus), Rosario Dawson (Persephone) — the films are not particularly faithful to the books, whereas Season 1 of the Disney TV series allotted eight 33 to 43-minute episodes to retell the story of Percy’s first year at Camp Half-Blood. Thus, fans can likely assume that similar effort and space will be provided for Season 2 and 3 and (hopefully) beyond.
Rick Riordan has penned several supplemental books about Percy Jackson and company, and is also the author of Magnus Chase, following another young demigod hailing from Norse mythology. We also previously revealed that The Kane Chronicles series was in development at Disney, which focuses on two siblings, Carter and Sadie Kane, who are teenage magicians, and descendants of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Considering Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 logged over three billion viewing minutes via Disney+ and received a 91% critical rating via Rotten Tomatoes, Riordan’s books seem to be good long-term investments.
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