Vancouver’s own Aleks Paunovic is playing blind cyclops Polythemus, who guards the Golden Fleece in the Sea of Monsters, in season 2 of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Rosemarie Dewitt is cast as new age guru CC, short for Circe, who runs a magical beauty salon in the Sea of Monsters that is an actual spa for females but turns males into ……
In season 2 of the BC-filmed Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Percy (Walker Scobell) returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) is changing, he learns he has a cyclops half-brother named Tyson (Daniel Diemer), Grover (Aryan Simhadri) has gone missing, and the camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him into the deadly Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece that will save Thalia’s tree, which protects the borders of the camp.
Here is the season 2 cast at the Disney’s D23 fan event in August.
Daniel Diemer as Percy’s half-brother Tyson; Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth; Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson; Aryan Simhadri as Grover; Dior Goodjohn as Clarissa; and Charlie Bushnell as Luke.
Other new characters:
Tamara Smart as Thalia Grace. Andra Day as Annabeth’s goddess Mom Athena, Courtney Vance as the new Zeus, Rosemarie Dewitt as CC, Aleks Paunovic as blind cyclops Polythemus plus Beatrice Kitsos and Kevin Chacon as young demi-Gods in Luke’s camp.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2:
Episodes: 8.
Working title: Mink Golden.
BC filming dates: August 01 2024 – January 30 2025.
Creators:: Rick Riordan, Jon Steinberg.
Showrunners Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz.
Cast: Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri, Leah Sava Jeffries, Daniel Diemer, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn.
Others: Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Toby Stephens, Lin Manuel Miranda, Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho, Tamara Smart, Andra Day, Courtney B. Vance, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aleks Paunovic, Beatrice Kitsos, Kevin Chacon.
Filming in B.C.:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters is back in the Volume stage at Mammoth Studios in Burnaby and at Camp Half-Blood locations in Langley/Aldergrove and on the Sea to Sky Highway in Squamish.
Related: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Where is Camp Half-Blood Filmed in BC?
Camp Half-Blood Sets:
Camp Half-Blood, the summer camp where young demigods train to combat monsters, is no longer safe in season 2.
Thalia’s tree, which protected the camp, has been poisoned, allowing monsters to cross the border.
The Dining Hall Pavilion on the main Camp Half-Blood set in Langley/Aldergrove for season 2.
Chariot Races:
Spanish Banks in Vancouver.
Related: PERCY JACKSON Season 2 Trio on Vancouver’s Spanish Banks: Video