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'Percy Jackson' Stars Flock to D23, New Casting Announced For Season 2

'Percy Jackson' Stars Flock to D23, New Casting Announced For Season 2

Aryan Simhadri, Leah Sava Jeffries and Walker Scobell pose for a group photo while attending D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event this past weekend!

The main trio of Percy Jackson and the Olympians took time away from filming the Disney+ series’ upcoming second season to attend the event.

On night one (August 9), they hit the stage with author Rick Riordan to tease the new season and they shared a start of production video, to commemorate they started filming in Vancouver. They also bumped into Lin-Manuel Miranda, who played Hermes in season one, backstage.

On Saturday (August 10), they joined co-stars Jason Manzoukas, Daniel Diemer, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn and Toby Stephens for a panel, where three more new additions to the cast were announced.

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'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' Officially Renewed For Season 2 at Disney+!

'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' Officially Renewed For Season 2 at Disney+!

It’s official – Percy Jackson & The Olympians will be back for a second season!

Disney+ revealed the excited news on Wednesday (February 7) during The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly earnings call, and following a highly successful first season, which recently wrapped on the streamer.

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Disney+ Unveils Official Trailer For New 'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' TV Series - Watch Now!

Disney+ Unveils Official Trailer For New 'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' TV Series - Watch Now!

The full, official trailer for the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians television series has arrived!

Disney+ dropped the latest look at the new adaptation, which is, of course, based on the book series by Rick Riordan, who serves as an executive producer and writer on the series.

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Rick Riordan Dishes On Giving a 'Percy Jackson' Adaptation Another Go & Keeping It More Faithful to the Books

Rick Riordan Dishes On Giving a 'Percy Jackson' Adaptation Another Go & Keeping It More Faithful to the Books

We are getting closer and closer to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series and it’s already on track to be a much better adaptation of the books than the previously released movies, which he called a “mess.”

That in part, is mostly due to Rick Riordan, who of course wrote the books, being much more involved this time around, co-writing episodes and executive producing, along with his wife Becky.

In a new interview, Rick opened up about deciding to try and do another adaptation and sticking much closer to the books this time around.

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Rick Riordan Announces Another New 'Percy Jackson' Book After 'Chalice of the Gods' Hits Shelves!

Rick Riordan Announces Another New 'Percy Jackson' Book After 'Chalice of the Gods' Hits Shelves!

Percy Jackson” author Rick Riordan just released his latest book in the series, “The Chalice of the Gods,” his first Percy book in over ten years.

The sixth book in the series officially hit store shelves on Tuesday (September 26) and the author didn’t let the day end without another big announcement.

Rick took to the stage at the first book tour event that same night in Seattle and revealed that he has a seventh “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” on the way!

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'Percy Jackson' Author & Producer Rick Riordan Gives Update on Season 2 Possibility

'Percy Jackson' Author & Producer Rick Riordan Gives Update on Season 2 Possibility

We are getting an update on a potential second season of the upcoming new series Percy Jackson and the Olympians!

Earlier this year, the author of the book series and executive producer on the show Rick Riordan teased that they were fully anticipating a renewal.

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'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' TV Series: Everything We Know, From Plot to Casting, Release Date & Trailer

'Percy Jackson & The Olympians' TV Series: Everything We Know, From Plot to Casting, Release Date & Trailer

We are just months away from the new television adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians!

The upcoming TV series will debut on Disney+ and is, of course, based on the hit YA book series of the same by author Rick Riordan.

While there were movie adaptations, this will be a more faithful adaptation as Rick is serving as an executive producer on the project and has been a big part of it from the beginning. In addition, he even co-wrote the first two episodes!

Percy Jackson and Olympians tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.

A new teaser trailer was released on September 19th, with a two-episode premiere date set for December 20th on Disney+.

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