Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan has seen tough cuts of the primary two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, and he says that he’s notably enthusiastic about one character’s expanded position within the second season.
Riordan, who’s an government producer on the collection and in addition deeply concerned within the writers room, fielded fan questions in a Q&A on GoodReads on January 10. When requested what excites him about Season 2, he mentioned that he’s happy to see Dior Goodjohn getting much more display screen time as Clarisse LaRue, who was solely seen within the first two and final episodes of the primary season. Clarisse’s larger presence aligns with the plot of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters e book, on which Season 2 is predicated. He says that Goodjohn is stepping up her sport within the new episodes.
“I’m trying ahead to all the things about PJO Season 2! I’ve seen early cuts of the primary two episodes now (with none post-production results but) and they’re already superb,” Riordan mentioned on GoodReads. “One factor I actually admire about Season 2 is Clarisse LaRue being extra of a serious character, simply as she is within the Sea of Monsters e book. Dior Goodjohn has undoubtedly introduced her ‘A sport’ to this season — I can’t await viewers to see her unbelievable work!”
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 is ready to premiere in 2025 on Disney+. A precise launch date shall be introduced at a later time, however the collection must be wrapping manufacturing quickly (they started filming in August 2024).
Season 2 will see returning stars Walker Scobell (Percy), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth), Aryan Simhadri (Grover), Goodjohn, Charlie Bushnell (Luke), Glynn Turman (Chiron), Toby Stephens (Poseidon), Virginia Kull (Sally Jackson), Jason Mantzoukas (Dionysus), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hermes), and extra joined by newcomers Daniel Diemer as Tyson (Percy’s cyclops half-brother), Courtney B. Vance as Zeus (changing the late Lance Reddick), Andra Day as Athena, and Tamara Good as Thalia. Veep‘s Timothy Simons has additionally joined the star-studded guest-star solid as demigod Tantalus, with Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Bernhard because the mythological trio that’s the Grey Sisters.
After Season 1 ended with Percy assembly his father, Poseidon, and returning Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt to Mt. Olympus, in addition to discovering that Luke was the lightning thief all alongside (and was aided by struggle god Ares, Clarisse’s father), Season 2 will see Percy again at Camp Half-Blood for a brand new summer season of demigod coaching, however nothing will ever be the identical.
“Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one yr later to search out his world turned the other way up,” the Season 2 description says. “His friendship with Annabeth is altering, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone lacking, and camp is underneath 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.”
Clarisse performs a serious position on this high-seas journey, and Riordan is clearly happy with what he’s seen of this quest up to now.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season 2 Premiere, 2025, Disney+