‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 Will Begin Filming This Fall

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• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  Season 2 will return to production this fall, continuing the epic Greek mythology adventure.
• The upcoming season will adapt “Sea of ​​Monsters,” exploring Percy's relationships with gods and mortals in his quest.
• Works written by Rick Riordan, such as The Chalice of the Gods and The Wrath of the Triple Goddess, continue to expand the character's story.

After two years of pre-production, tons of presentations and over 30 weeks of shooting, Percy Jackson and the Olympians arrived on the small screen, bringing with it the exciting legend of Greek mythology Disney+. After a first season that saw the Walker Scobell-Adaptation aimed at live action gives life The lightning thiefthe first book of Rick Riordanthe best-selling book series, the series got a second season renewal. When the first season ended in January, Percy de Scobell's team Grover (Aryan Simhadri), and Annabeth (Leah Jeffries) had separated, hoping to meet again soon. Riordan, who also serves as an executive producer on the show, has now revealed that the off-screen reunion is happening. this fall as the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians back to production.

Before bringing the Greek Gods of Olympus to Disney+, Riordan had adapted some of his work for 20th century Percy Jackson movies who starred Logan Lerman in the title role. However, reviving the franchise on screen isn't where the journey ends for Riordan, as he continues to expand his library of written works revolving around the character. The Chalice of the Gods was released last year to further expand the character's story, and now the author has announced that his latest installment in the book series, Wrath of the Triple Goddess, is headed to the publisher. Writing on his blog, Riordan celebrated the character's “rebirth” on the TV show, while revealing that production on the show's second season will take place this fall. He wrote:

Unfortunately, I will not be doing an in-person visit for this book in the fall. We look forward to getting back to work producing the second season
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
until then, if all goes according to plan, and also, to be honest, I want some respite from the tour! Last year was amazing with three different media tours: for

The Sun and the
star

,

Chalice of the

gods

, and of course the TV show. But this year will be more about catching up with the projects.

'The Sea of ​​Monsters' is coming soon

Riordan's revelations match the co-creator and executive producer's comments Jonathan E. Steinbergwho had previously confirmed this production will resume as soon as possible. Speaking during the TCA tour in February, Steinberg, when asked when filming will begin on Percy's next adventure, replied: “As soon as possible.” Adding: “We hear the demand from people who want to see more, but we want to make sure we get it right.”

The next time we see Percy and his friends on screen, they would be adapting the next book in the saga, The sea of ​​monsters. This was one of the books adapted into the first Percy Jackson movies, starring Lerman Percy Jackson: Sea of ​​Monsters. The show will eventually explore the developing relationships between Percy's engineers between gods and mortals. After aiding in the recovery of Zeus (Lance Reddick), Percy will turn his focus to his eventual battle against Kronos (Nick Boraine).

There is currently no release date for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2. Season 1 is streaming on Disney+ now.

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