Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson and the Olympian collection, has a message for followers of the books and the present: “Elevate anchors. Elevate the mainsail. All arms on deck, demigods. We’re headed for the Sea of Monsters!” It is a good method to affirm the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has been greenlit by Disney Plus, and Riordan for one cannot wait so that you can watch it.
The information is not a lot of a shock, as the primary season obtained enormous scores on the highest streaming service and attracted rave opinions. Nevertheless it was nonetheless a Star Wars-scale enterprise by the streamer, and which means it should have been a creaky bum time for the present’s creators when the primary episode aired. Nonetheless, the present has been an enormous hit: In accordance with Disney CEO Bob Iger, the primary season has been streamed for greater than 110 million hours on Disney Plus and Hulu.
Percy Jackson season 2: what we all know to date
To date we do not actually know a lot – however Walter Scobell, who performs the titular Jackson, teased everybody a bit final month by saying “I hope we’re out within the solar so much so I am not clear anymore! I assume since we’re exterior so much, we’ll most likely must be extra on location. So it’s going to be enjoyable to be there and be near the water, be exterior, contact grass”.
Scobell returns because the teenage Jackson, a younger man who additionally occurs to be a contemporary demigod. Within the first season, he tried to take care of every part that had nice powers, whereas additionally upsetting the sky god Zeus, who accused him of stealing the god’s grasp lightning. Alongside along with his associates Annabeth and Grover, Jackson launched into a pan-American trek to search out lightning and save Olympus.
The primary season at present holds a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes with loads of good opinions – it may not break a lot floor, however it’s a enjoyable and entertaining epic. In accordance with Empire: “With a captivating central trio, an exhilarating quest, and loads of magical moments, this trustworthy reboot is a enjoyable (if acquainted) family-friendly fantasy.”
It is also a selected win for youthful youngsters, says the Sydney Morning Herald, if Craig Mathieson says that “what I like greatest about this adaptation of the primary novel in Rick Riordan’s best-selling fantasy collection is that it speaks to the viewers the books have been written for: youthful major college pupils”.
Many reviewers discovered it to be a greater adaptation than the movie model: Zack Kram of The Ringer and Lauren Coates of Chicago Reader each referenced the movie, with Coates saying that “It stays imperfect, however this Disney Plus adaptation very a lot addresses extra for devoted followers than the 2010s film” and Kram says just about the identical factor: “The brand new collection is not flawless, however it does Rick Riordan’s YA novels much more justice than the failed film model.” And Robert Lloyd of the LA Occasions liked it. “Percy Jackson is witty with out diminishing the emotional gravity of the fabric and does a beautiful job of mixing its extraordinary and extraordinary worlds,” he says.
It appears Disney has discovered a profitable formulation right here, and which means our hopes are excessive for the second season: If any present can strike lightning twice, it is this one.