As we get closer to Nov. 20, I can’t help but get more and more excited, along with the rest of the Percy Jackson fans, for the release of Season 3. Disney finally released the trailer, and let’s just say I cried.
The 8-year-old inside me cried, and I called all my friends crying because it really hit me that we’re actually getting an adaptation of The Titan’s Curse. This book has been my favorite of the original series, so let’s recap exactly what the trailer showed. Also, a spoiler warning for the book!
The Gods
The trailer starts with images of Olympus featuring all 12 Olympians, then shows Atlas holding up the sky. If you zoom in, it’s possible to see some of the gods that we have a small amount of content with so far, like fan-favorite Apollo or Demeter. There were also some stills recently put out, and we get our first really good look at Apollo in them!
There are some super cool shots of Artemis and her hunters throughout the trailer. She gives Percy a quest to save Annabeth, which is very different from the books, where he tags along on Zoë Nightshade’s quests. There are also shots of what looks like Percy sneaking onto the quest with the Pegasus, Blackjack, so I’m wondering if maybe Artemis’s line was just a red herring, but either way, I’m excited to see what they do.
Season 3 introduces the audience to Aphrodite, who has an absolutely hilarious scene with Percy that the trailer teases. They’re having a conversation about Annabeth, and it’s heavily implied that Percy and Annabeth are going to get together, which all of the other Percabeth fans and I are going crazy over.
Hermes is shown looking extremely upset in a close-up shot, and I’m really hoping this season expands on his relationship with and grief over his son, Luke. Hera, Zeus, and Ares also get up-close shots, and can I say, Ming-Na Wen, who plays Hera, looks absolutely stunning in the show.
Nico and Bianca DI Angelo
This season is introducing some new characters, including Nico and Bianca di Angelo. The trailer features them at Westover Hall, the boarding school that they attend at the beginning of the story, and also shows them in the fight with Dr. Thorne, a manticore working with Kronos, the main villain.
There are a bunch of clips of the Graveyard of the Gods scene, including one specific shot of Bianca looking at the camera. Book readers will recognize her significance in the graveyard, and I think it’s especially telling in the scene where Nico is crying and running through the woods.
Personally, my theory is that the clip of Bianca is right before she tells Percy to give Nico the Hades figure she found, and then she sacrifices herself. The clip of Nico is placed there either to mislead us or to mark the end of the season after he learns of Bianca’s fate and runs away from camp.
Thalia
Some really cool shots show us what Percy and Thalia’s fight will look like. Walker Scobell, Percy’s actor, has mentioned that Percy will actually get to use more of his powers this season as he becomes more comfortable with his identity as a demigod. In the trailer clips, it’s super obvious, and I love it.
It looks like they’re adding a scene before going to Westover Hall with Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia, showing the first two recruiting Thalia for the mission to save Nico and Bianca. Thalia also has some clips of her using her powers as a daughter of Zeus in fights, which I think a lot of fans will really appreciate.
Familiar faces
As I stated, the trailer gives us our first look at the di Angelo siblings and includes the fight with Dr. Thorne. The fight ends with Annabeth jumping on the manticore’s back and falling over the cliff, where she’s kidnapped and taken to Luke’s forces.
This season is also the start of the story getting thematically darker, which we can see in the clips after Annabeth is taken. Percy is so clearly distraught, and I’m living for the yearning Percy that Scobell will give us this season.
In the books, Percy has to fight zombie-like soldier-creatures and the Nemean Lion before officially joining Zoë’s quest, and the trailer shows some shots of that battle. There are also a lot of shots of the Graveyard of the Gods, which they seem to be really highlighting as a major plot this season. With the set, the lighting, and all of the special effects, I can’t wait to see it on my TV.
Luke and Percy are also fighting what looks like the forest shown in the trailer, and I’m super intrigued to see exactly what it is.
There’s a really intense moment when Percy takes on Atlas’ burden and holds the weight of the sky, and I love that the studio used a practical effect for the scene where the characters hold up the sky. It looks even better than I imagined when I read the book. Grover is also shown in such a devastating shot with tears literally running down his cheeks, and I want to give him a hug.
There’s also a really fun clip of Percy, Mr. D, and Nico in the trailer. I hope the show takes advantage of this and develops the friendship between Nico and Mr. D early on because it’s one of my favorite aspects of the later books.
Make sure to tune in weekly starting on Nov. 20 to catch each episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3! All the other fans and I cannot wait to see all the stuff they haven’t shown in the trailer or in any stills, and from what Disney has already shown us, it’s going to be so good.
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