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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 is just over a week away. The Disney+ series returns on Friday, November 20 with a two-episode premiere on Disney+ and Hulu, followed by two new episodes every week until the eight-episode season wraps. The season adapts The Titan’s Curse, the third book in Rick Riordan’s series, and it marks the first time that story has been brought to the screen.
Watch the Percy Jackson Season 3 trailer
The full trailer, released by Disney+ on November 2, has already passed 9.8 million views on YouTube. It’s noticeably darker than earlier seasons. Percy is haunted by a dream about the Great Prophecy (“Something bad is coming,” he warns), and we get first looks at Talos, the giant bronze automaton in the Junkyard of the Gods, plus several new Olympians.
What is Percy Jackson Season 3 about?
Disney’s official synopsis picks up after two quests with Annabeth Chase. When Annabeth is captured by the forces of Kronos, Percy must embark on a dangerous journey to rescue her. Along the way he has to free a goddess in chains, confront the Titan’s curse and avoid triggering the fall of Olympus. With Grover at his side, Percy teams up with some unlikely questmates, including Thalia, the daughter of Zeus, who was freed from her tree at the end of Season 2.
Book readers know this is the story that introduces the Hunters of Artemis and the di Angelo siblings, Nico and Bianca, children of Hades who become central to the rest of the saga. Walker Scobell said at San Diego Comic-Con that he believes this will be the most book-accurate season yet.
Percy Jackson Season 3 cast
Returning
- Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson
- Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase
- Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood
- Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan
- Tamara Smart as Thalia Grace
- Levi Chrisopulos as Nico di Angelo
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Courtney B. Vance as Zeus and Adam Copeland as Ares
New gods this season
- Dafne Keen as Artemis
- Kate McKinnon as Aphrodite
- Ming-Na Wen as Hera
- Jennifer Beals as Demeter
- Andra Day as Athena
- Hubert Smielecki as Apollo
Percy Jackson Season 3 release schedule
Disney+ is releasing two episodes a week for four weeks, which means the finale should land in mid-December, before the holidays. Based on that cadence, the schedule looks like this:
- November 20: Episodes 1 and 2
- November 27: Episodes 3 and 4
- December 4: Episodes 5 and 6
- December 11: Episodes 7 and 8
The official companion podcast, hosted by Aryan Simhadri, also returns on November 20.
Will there be a Percy Jackson Season 4?
Disney hasn’t announced a fourth season yet, according to TV Insider. Season 3 was produced on a fast-tracked schedule, though, and the remaining books, The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian, are fan favorites. Fans have been campaigning in the trailer’s comments for the series to finish the saga.
If you need more Disney in your life, Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday arrives December 18. And if young-adult adaptations are your thing, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens the same day as the Percy premiere.
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Sources: Disney+ on YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Disney+ Press, TV Insider