Rick Riordan on Percy Jackson Season 3: ‘I Have a Long and Glorious History of Cliffhangers’ (Exclusive)
The author reveals what he’s most excited for fans to see in the new season
Key Takeaways
- Rick Riordan calls the upcoming season the best yet and praises its new cast.
- Season 3 adapts ‘The Titan’s Curse,’ bringing Nico and Bianca di Angelo to the screen.
- ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 3 premieres on Disney+ on November 20, 2026.
Rick Riordan is opening up about Season 3 of the hot Disney+ show Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In a recent conversation with Woman’s World to promote his new book, The Wild Zone, which he co-wrote with Annabelle Oh, the bestselling author revealed what he’s most excited to see in the upcoming third season. Good news: It sounds like he’s on the same page as readers. To learn more, keep scrolling!
First, what is ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 3 about?
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 is based on The Titan’s Curse, the third book in Riordan’s bestselling series. The story begins after Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Thalia Grace are asked by their friend Grover Underwood to scout out two potential new demigods, Nico and Bianca di Angelo. While there, Annabeth gets kidnapped, and soon after, the goddess Artemis is taken by the same people who nabbed Annabeth. Now Percy and his friends must travel across the country to save Annabeth and Artemis before it’s too late.
Currently, The Titan’s Curse has more than 1 million ratings on Goodreads and is considered to be one of the most devastating books in the series.
“Did the deaths in the book break me or was it Nico’s reaction after hearing about ‘someone’s’ death? I still don’t know. And I don’t think I’ll ever know,” one reader wrote in their review. “In The Titan’s Curse Uncle Rick [the fandom’s nickname for the author] introduced us to a lot of ‘dam’ [an inside joke from the book] characters. Uncle Rick is not a good man though. Why do authors introduce characters, make us fall in love with them and then BOOM! They snatch them away like their lives meant nothing to us.”
Others argue that the book features one of the best cliffhangers of the series, but some people—including this author—think that that honor goes to The Mark of Athena, the third book in the follow-up series, The Heroes of Olympus.
“I have a long and glorious history of cliffhangers. Even as a classroom teacher, I would always design it so that if I was telling a story, for instance, in the classroom, I would always end it with ‘and then suddenly, oh look at the time!’ It made them all want to come back the next day and have the class again,” Riordan tells Woman’s World. “And yes, they were furious at me, but most of them forgave me.”
Who will star in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3’?
The Percy Jackson Season 3 cast will bring both old and new actors to the small screen. Returning are Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Daniel Diemer as Tyson, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Glynn Turman as Chiron and Courtney B. Vance as Zeus.
Joining are Dafne Keen as Artemis, Saara Chaudry as Zoë Nightshade, Ming-Na Wen as Hera, Hubert Smielecki as Apollo, Jesse L. Martin as Frederick Chase, Holt McCallany as Atlas, Levi Chrisopulos as Nico di Angelo and Olive Abercrombie as Bianca di Angelo.
“I honestly think it’s the best one yet. I think it’s really great. I think the new actors that we have playing Nico, Bianca, Zoë Nightshade and Artemis are great,” Riordan says. “I think they’re all amazing. I probably can’t tease anything specific, but I can tell you that it came together beautifully, and I think you’re going to enjoy it.”
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 3 release date
Episode 1 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 will debut on Disney+ on Friday, November 20, 2026. There will be eight episodes total.
Be sure to pick up your copy of The Wild Zone, which follows Katie Kim, a new camper who is determined to figure out what happened to her missing brother, by Rick Riordan and Annabeth Oh, now wherever books are sold.
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