Percy Jackson and the OlympiansSeason 2 hits Disney+ this December, but the streamer is not slowing down anytime soon. Season 3 iscurrently in production, and the popular fantasy adaptation has found the perfect actor to play a key character from the source material.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter,Dafne Keen(Deadpool & Wolverine) has been cast inPercy JacksonSeason 3 as Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is a major player from the third novel,The Titan’s Curse. Saara Chaudry has also joined the cast as Zoë Nightshade, an immortal close friend of Artemis. Keen and Chaudre, alongside Levi Chrisopulos and Olive Abercrombie, are the newest additions to the crew forPercy JacksonSeason 3. It’s unclear when the season will bow out on Disney+, but considering it’s already in production, fans may not have to wait more than a year after Season 2 drops on Disney+ in December.
Keen made her breakout debut as X-23 inLogan, the 2017 superhero film that saw Hugh Jackson say goodbye to his iconic X-Men character. Both reprised their roles inDeadpool & Wolverine, which served as their MCU debut. Besides a potential return as the mutant in the upcomingAvengersfilms, Keen may have found her next big franchise withPercy Jackson. She will have a key role in Season 3 as Artemis, who joins forces with Percy Jackson’s crew to stop the Titan Atlas.
‘Percy Jackson’ Season 2 Releases This Year With Exciting New Cast
The second season ofPercy Jackson and the Olympiansis set to release on Disney+ on December 10. The series' main cast features Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Daniel Diemer as Tyson, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, and Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan. Based on Rick Riordan’sSea of Monsters,Percy JacksonSeason 2 will follow the main crew on a treacherous journey to save Grover and Camp Half-Blood.
Guest stars for the upcoming season will beTamara Smart as Thalia, Rosemarie DeWitt as C.C., Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Courtney B. Vance as Zeus, Andra Day as Athena, Adam Copeland as Ares, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus aka Mr. D, Glynn Turman as Chiron aka Mr. Brunner, Timothy Simons as Tantalus, Sandra Bernhard as Anger, Margaret Cho as Wasp, Kristen Schaal as Tempest, Beatrice Kitsos as Alison Sims, Aleks Paunovic as Polyphemus, Kevin Chacon as Chris Rodriguez and Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson. Read the official synopsis:
In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
