Rick Riordan, creator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian The series has a message for fans of the books and the show: “Raise anchor. Hoist the mainsail. All hands on deck, demigods. We're headed to the Sea of Monsters!” It's a lovely way to confirm that the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney Plus has given the green light and Riordan can't wait for you to see it.
The news doesn't come as a huge surprise, because the first season scored big viewing numbers on the top streaming service and attracted rave reviews. But it was still a Star Wars-scale gamble on the streamer's part, and that means it must have been a crazy time for the show's creators when the first episode aired. However, the show has been a huge success: according to Disney boss Bob Iger, the first season has streamed for more than 110 million hours on Disney Plus and Hulu.
Percy Jackson season 2: what we know so far
So far, we don't know much, but Walter Scobell, who plays the titular Jackson, teased everyone a little last month by saying, “I hope we're in the sun a lot, so it's not transparent anymore.” I guess since we're out and about a lot, we'll probably be on site more. “So it will be fun to be there and be around the water, be outside, touch the grass.”
Scobell returns as the teenage Jackson, a young man who also turns out to be a modern-day demigod. The first season saw him trying to deal with the whole thing of having greater powers while also annoying the sky god Zeus, who accused him of stealing the god's master lightning bolt. Along with his friends Annabeth and Grover, Jackson set out on a Pan-American journey to find lightning and save Olympus.
The first season currently has a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes with tons of good reviews; It may not break much new ground, but it's a fun and entertaining epic. According to Empire: “With a charming central trio, an intriguing quest, and plenty of magical moments, this faithful reboot is a fun (if familiar) family fantasy.”
It's also a particular win for younger children, says the Sydney Morning Herald, whose Craig Mathieson says that “what I like most about this adaptation of the first novel in Rick Riordan's best-selling fantasy series is that it speaks to the audience that the books were written for: younger elementary school students.
Many critics found it to be a better adaptation than the film version: Zack Kram of The Ringer and Lauren Coates of the Chicago Reader referenced the film, with Coates saying that it “remains imperfect, but this Disney Plus adaptation is aimed much more at the devotees.” fans than the 2010 movie” and Kram says the same: “The new series isn't perfect, but it does much more justice to Rick Riordan's YA novels than the failed film version.” And Robert Lloyd of the LA Times loved it. “Percy Jackson “It's clever without diminishing the emotional gravity of the material, and it does a beautiful job of blending its extraordinary and ordinary worlds,” he says.
It looks like Disney has found a winning formula here, and that means our hopes are high for season two: If there's one show that can catch lightning twice, it's this one.
