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‘Percy Jackson’ Season 3 Trailer Introduces New Gods & Bigger Threats In Quest To Save Annabeth From The Titan’s Curse
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New trailer footage reveals Annabeth is captured by Luke’s forces and forced to bear the weight of the sky, raising the stakes in the third season of *Percy Jackson and the Olympians*. The season also builds towards a war between the Greek gods and Titans, with Percy needing allies to help save the world.
Based on Rick Riordan’s book *The Titan’s Curse*, the story follows Percy as he tries to rescue Hades’ children, Nico and Bianca, and Annabeth from the Titan Atlas’s stronghold in California. The trailer introduces Kate McKinnon as Aphrodite and Ming-Na Wen as Hera, features other new cast members and shows the bronze automaton Talos. Season 3 premieres on Disney+ on 20 November.
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In short
- Annabeth is captured and made to bear the sky’s weight.
- Percy faces a looming war between gods and Titans.
- Season 3 premieres on Disney+ on 20 November.
How this story developed
- 56 minutes ago The first full-length trailer for the third season of *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* previews a looming war between the Greek gods and Titans.
- 1 hour ago New trailer footage reveals Annabeth is captured by Luke’s forces and forced to bear the weight of the sky, raising the stakes in the third season of *Percy Jackson and the Olympians*.
Full account
Disney has released a full-length trailer for the third season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, setting up an adventure based on Rick Riordan’s novel The Titan’s Curse. The new season takes a darker turn as Percy and his friends face the growing conflict between the Greek gods and the Titans, with the fate of Olympus at stake.
The story centres on Percy’s effort to rescue Annabeth, who is captured by forces aligned with Luke and taken to the Titan Atlas. In the trailer, she is made to bear the weight of the sky. Percy’s quest also involves freeing a goddess in chains, facing the curse named in the season’s title and avoiding a prophecy that could bring down Olympus. Grover joins him, alongside other unlikely companions.
The trailer introduces the di Angelo siblings, Nico and Bianca, played by Levi Chrisopulos and Olive Abercrombie, and shows Percy crossing paths with Thalia, Zeus’s daughter. It also offers glimpses of new and returning gods, including Kate McKinnon as Aphrodite, Ming-Na Wen as Hera, Dafne Keen as Artemis, Jennifer Beals as Demeter and Hubert Smielecki as Apollo. Among the threats shown is Talos, a bronze automaton encountered at the Junkyard of the Gods.
Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri return as Percy, Annabeth and Grover. Other new arrivals include Holt McCallany as Atlas, David Costabile as Dr Thorn, Jesse L. Martin as Frederick Chase and Saara Chaudry as Zoë Nightshade. The season is due to premiere on 20 November. One report says it will stream two episodes a week for four weeks; another lists Disney+ and Hulu as platforms, while the others mention Disney+ only.
The reports share the trailer’s central plot and cast announcements, but highlight different aspects. One stresses the scale of the impending gods-and-Titans war and identifies Talos and the new portrayals of the gods. Another focuses on the season’s darker tone, its place in the five-book story and the lack of an announced fourth season, while noting there is no trailer appearance by Rachel Elizabeth Dare. A third foregrounds the season logline, returning cast and weekly release pattern. The outlets also vary in how they describe the rescue plot: one details Annabeth bearing the sky in place of Artemis or Luke, while another summarises Percy’s mission through the season’s prophecy and its threat to Olympus.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The release information is not identical: one report says Disney+ and Hulu, while the other two name Disney+; only one specifies two episodes a week for four weeks.
The second report discusses the lack of a fourth-season renewal and the absence of Rachel Elizabeth Dare from the trailer, points not covered by the other reports.
The first report gives more detail about Annabeth bearing the sky and features such as Talos; the third foregrounds the official season logline and episode schedule. The second emphasises the darker tone and the series’ progress through the five novels.
Explained simply
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a fantasy series based on Rick Riordan’s books, which retell Greek myths in a modern setting. Percy is a demigod, the son of the sea god Poseidon, and works with other young demigods to face dangers from the mythological world.
The Titans are ancient beings who ruled before the Olympian gods, including Zeus and Hera. In the story, Luke, a former ally of Percy who has joined the Titans, is part of the threat; Annabeth is Percy’s close friend, and Nico and Bianca are children of Hades. The conflict matters because it puts both the demigods and the gods’ world at risk.