A more recent Star Wars actor, who was an icon lengthy earlier than she appeared in a galaxy far, far-off, is now becoming a member of one other rising Disney fantasy franchise.
Selection confirmed on Thursday that Ming-Na Wen is becoming a member of the solid of the Disney+ sequence Percy Jackson and the Olympians for its third season. Primarily based on Rick Riordan’s fantasy e book sequence of the identical title, Percy Jackson returned with a triumphant second season in late 2025, which shot to the highest of streaming charts, whereas season 3’s manufacturing was already nicely underway.
Wen shall be taking part in Hera, the spouse of Zeus (Courtney B. Vance). Because the goddess of marriage and household, she is notably one of many few Greek gods who has no demigod kids from extramarital affairs and is described as “regal, maternal and no-nonsense,” with vital “leverage within the household politics.” Alongside this announcement, it was revealed that Jennifer Beals has been solid as Demeter and Hubert Smielecki as Apollo.
Demeter is “the goddess of agriculture, the harvest and the cycle of life and demise” and a “revered sister of Zeus” who “will do what she should to stop the return of her father Kronos (Nick Boraine),” whereas Apollo is “the dazzling and charismatic god of the solar in addition to music, poetry, archery and prophecy. The literal golden boy of Olympus and twin brother to the goddess Artemis, the moon to his solar.“
Dafne Eager was beforehand solid as Artemis for Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 3, with Kate McKinnon additionally becoming a member of the ensemble as Aphrodite, one other vital Olympian. Wen brings her abilities to a different Disney+ sequence after starring in The Guide of Boba Fett, following her character, bounty hunter Fennec Shand, being launched to the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian.
Wen has been affiliated with Disney for a very long time, as one in every of her most well-known roles is because the voice of Mulan within the 1998 animated basic. Her different main credit embody Avenue Fighter, Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Mighty Nein, Phineas and Ferb, Star Wars: The Dangerous Batch, Karate Children: Legends, Blue Eye Samurai, Younger Sheldon, and extra.
Beals, in the meantime, additionally seems in The Guide of Boba Fett as Garsa Fwip and is additional identified for Flashdance, Satan in a Blue Costume, and The Guide of Eli, and Hubert Smielecki’s solely main credit score is Ransom Canyon. Percy Jackson‘s solid is led by Walker Scobell as Percy, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood.
Following Percy Jackson season 2’s ending, the upcoming season will adapt the plot of Riordan’s third e book, The Titan’s Curse. Percy and his pals proceed to arrange for a warfare with Kronos as they got down to recruit two new demigods. However the tensions between Camp Half-Blood and Olympus can even presumably escalate, because the gods’ habits motivates a lot of their kids to facet with Kronos.
Percy Jackson season 3’s launch window is confirmed to be late 2026, making for a a lot shorter hiatus than between seasons 1 and a pair of. The manufacturing is seemingly doing its finest to provide new seasons in a well timed method to keep away from the principle solid getting old out of their roles. Nonetheless, the veteran solid taking part in the gods all the time shine on this sequence, and it’s a assure that Ming-Na Wen will carry an identical gravitas to her new position.
All episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians seasons 1 and a pair of can be found to stream on Disney+.
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December 19, 2023
- Community
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Disney+
- Showrunner
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Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
- Administrators
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James Bobin
- Writers
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Joe Tracz, Andrew Miller
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Walker Scobell
Percy Jackson
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Leah Sava Jeffries
Annabeth Chase