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"When I'm filming something, that's all I think about," he explains. "When I'm not, I kind of drop it completely... Weirdly enough that was the best prep I could have done." That distance helped him return to Percy with a clearer head, even if it's jarring to watch earlier episodes later. "By the time it comes out, you're a completely different person," he says, noting how long post-production can stretch things out.

It's hard to fault Percy Jackson and the Olympians, given what fans of the series had before. The Disney+ series is a vast improvement on the 2010 film starring Logan Lerman, chiefly because it's so faithful to the books by Rick Riordan. Still, it's not quite enough to exist as an accurate retelling. This new, improved Percy Jackson felt like a slog in other areas, with shoddy pacing and muddy backgrounds from the Volume keeping audiences at arm's length.

The trailer teases a daring quest filled with action, friendship and heart along with new monsters, magic and higher stakes than ever. It also spotlights the return of Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. The season premieres December 10 with a two-episode debut on Disney+ and Hulu, followed by new episodes every Wednesday.

Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will pick up one year after Season 1, returning Percy to Camp Half-Blood where he faces new challenges and familial relations.