What To Know
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 episodes will have longer run times.
- Disney gave production the green light to increase episode length during Season 2 production.
- Season 3 premieres with two episodes on November 20.
Disney+ has heard your cries: Percy Jackson and the Olympians episodes are getting longer in Season 3, TV Insider has learned. Dive into Season 3 in our Percy Jackson digital cover story.
The episode lengths in previous seasons were always a creative choice, according to executive producer Craig Silverstein, but they got the green light from Disney to increase the run times during Season 2. By the time that update arrived, it was too late, as they were already halfway through production of the Sea of Monsters season, but it was top of mind when adapting The Titan’s Curse.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 premieres on Friday, November 20, on Disney+ and Hulu. Two episodes come out each week so fans can enjoy more of the season sooner. An added bonus is that the season will be out in full during the holiday break. The last two episodes come out on December 11.
“It’s actually something that Disney even talked about in Season 2,” Silverstein tells us. “We were a little further along the line when we got a call about, ‘Hey, episodes could be longer!’ So, we’re like, ‘OK!.’ Of course, every minute of Percy Jackson costs X amount because we’re going to all these crazy lengths [because] it’s a big show. It’s also a big story.”
“We never cut anything because we were running long,” Silverstein says. “We only cut something if it felt like it was dragging, so we were really happy to be able to tell longer episodes.”
The shortest episode this season, Episode 7, is just under 40 minutes, says Silverstein.
“If you look back through Percy seasons, there’s one or two shorter ones,” he explains. “[Season 3 Episode 7] is not our shortest episode of the series, but it’s the shortest of the season. Episode 7, as a lot of the cast has said, is some of their favorite because so much happens in it. It’s incredibly packed and dense and bursting with stories, so you’re not going to feel you got shortchanged on that.”
Plus, Episode 7 comes out with the Episode 8 finale, which is one of the longest episodes they’ve ever made at around 46 minutes without the recap and credits. Episode 1 is almost as long, and Episode 2 is a lengthy one as well.
Prepare for a feast worthy of the gods!
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season 3 Premiere, Friday, November 20, Disney+ and Hulu
