Percy Jackson Showrunner Reveals Team Expects A Season Three Renewal

Percy Jackson & The Olympians has gone down well with fans and is set to catch up to its far less deserving predecessor, and fans want to know if there’s any word on the stellar adaptation going even further beyond that. Fortunately, there’s been word from the show’s lead creative.

The live-action Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson & The Olympians was a long time coming, as the children’s book series was a major deal in the 2010s and would eventually reach the peak of that niche and spread out further with crossovers and spin-offs, including a whole new mainline series with a far more mature tone. The franchise would first be adapted in film form to an underwhelming reception at the box office and with fans, after which the IP would lay dormant in live action until the Disney+ show was announced. Personally involved from the very beginning of casting and pre-production, Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan praised the Disney+ show for its more serviceable adaptation of his work, and after the first season dropped on the streamer, the fans agreed.

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Thanks to that first success, the show has been renewed for a second season, complete with a replacement for Lance Riddick, who unfortunately passed away after the first season was filmed. While the second installment is still a ways from hitting Disney+, the fans are already thinking ahead to even more content. As it turns out, so are the show’s crew. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview concerning the show, Percy Jackson & The Olympians showrunner Jonathan Steinberg was asked whether he’d discussed coming back for a third season with other members of the team or execs at Disney, and he gave a pretty optimistic response. “We’re definitely talking,” Steinberg confirmed. “Part of wanting to keep the process going is trying to do whatever we can to be ready for it and to know how to have the conversations and to have a plan. Nothing’s official yet, but we assumed when we left Vancouver that we would be back at some point — soon, hopefully.”

For all its merits and flaws, Percy Jackson & The Olympians’ first season had a godly run on streaming, even managing to beat both the MCU and Star Wars franchises on Disney+ in 2024. That alone should be reason to consider another early renewal, but the volatile streaming market has given companies cause to be cautious with even well-loved content. It’s unlikely that Percy Jackson and the Olympians will be canceled, as while Disney doesn’t own the rights, prior connections from the first publishing of the original books and Riordan’s direct involvement and approval make it as safe as many in-house IPs. It’s likely that Disney will see the adaptation to the end, or at least until it begins to underperform on the platform. It remains to be seen which comes first, but a third season at least looks very likely.

There are quite a few things the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series has already fixed compared to the films that bring the Disney+ show more in line with the books, and that’s just what the franchise needed. With more seasons and more confidence at Disney, the show could actually fully adapt the bestselling series and compel adaptations for the spinoff books and series, most notably Heroes of Olympus. With the more mature tone and better writing boasted by that direct successor, there’s a massive well of potential there that almost can’t be ignored. In the meantime, fans can keep their eyes peeled and fingers crossed for a renewal announcement.

Percy Jackson & The Olympians is available to stream on Disney+.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Release Date

December 20, 2023

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