‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Adds Another Star Ahead of Season 2
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is bringing another star on board as production on Season 2 of the hit series gets underway.
Former Veep star Timothy Simons has been added to the Disney+ series in the role of Tantalus.


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According to a report from Variety, the character is described as “sardonic, manipulative, openly hostile, and rarely in a good mood… seeing as he is cursed with eternal hunger and thirst, but can never eat or drink. Tantalus has been released from imprisonment in the Underworld to become the interim Activities Director at Camp Half-Blood, having replaced Chiron (Glynn Turman) who is under suspicion of having ties to Kronos.”
A Star-Studded Season 2
In Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, Simons will join fellow new cast members Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schall, and Marget Cho (who will play the Grey Sisters, in addition to Daniel Diemer (Tyson). Series stars Walker Scobell (Percy), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth), and Aryan Simhadri (Grover).


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The synopsis for Percy Jackson’s second season,w hich is based on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, reads:
“Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters. There a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.”


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When Will ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians’ Season 2 Premiere?
While Disney has yet to announce a premiere date for Season 2 of Percy Jackson, the show is expected to return in 2025.


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