Percy Jackson season 3 footage opens with a Thalia garage fight
Disney+ previewed season 3 at San Diego Comic-Con, with Walker Scobell saying the new episodes stick closely to The Titan’s Curse.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Disney+ gave fans their first look at Percy Jackson season 3 footage at San Diego Comic-Con, screening the opening minutes of the next chapter in the fantasy series.
The new season adapts Rick Riordan’s third Percy Jackson novel, The Titan’s Curse. The story follows Percy Jackson, played by Walker Scobell, Grover Underwood, played by Aryan Simhadri, and other Camp Half-Blood characters as they set out to rescue Annabeth Chase, played by Leah Sava Jeffries, and Artemis, played by Dafne Keen, from the Titan Atlas, played by Holt McCallany.
What happens in the Percy Jackson season 3 footage?
The preview begins with Thalia Grace, played by Tamara Smart, fighting a monster in a parking garage. Percy enters the fight and helps take the creature down, though Thalia makes clear she is irritated by the assist and says she did not need him.
After the battle, Annabeth arrives and reveals she was the one who asked Percy to come. She says she and Percy need Thalia’s help to save two demigods and bring them to Camp Half-Blood.
The scene keeps the friction from the end of season 2 alive. Percy says he does not want Thalia, the daughter of Zeus, coming with them. Before the matter is settled, Thalia drives off.
The two demigods were not named in the footage described at the panel. The season’s newly announced cast includes Levi Chrisopulos as Nico di Angelo and Olive Abercrombie as Bianca di Angelo, two characters from Riordan’s third book.
Walker Scobell says season 3 sticks close to the book
During the Comic-Con panel, Scobell told fans he believes season 3 is the show’s most faithful adaptation of Riordan’s books so far. The comment will land with readers who have followed how the Disney+ series has translated the novels across its first two seasons.
Season 2 adapted The Sea of Monsters, the second book in Riordan’s series. It ended with the return of Thalia Grace, setting her up for a larger role in the third season.
Who is in the Percy Jackson season 3 cast?
Returning cast members include Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Daniel Diemer as Tyson and Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue.
Several new names are also joining the show’s Greek mythology world for season 3:
- Levi Chrisopulos as Nico di Angelo
- Olive Abercrombie as Bianca di Angelo
- Saara Chaudry as Zoë Nightshade
- Hubert Smielecki as Apollo
- Kate McKinnon as Aphrodite
- Ming-Na Wen as Hera
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is based on Riordan’s bestselling book series. Riordan created the TV adaptation with Jonathan E. Steinberg, who is a co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Craig Silverstein and Dan Shotz.
Executive producers also include Rick and Rebecca Riordan, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, Bert Salke, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.
This story draws on original reporting from Variety.