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We were big fans of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians when it debuted in late 2023, and were thrilled when the second season was announced earlier this year. (After all, who doesn’t want to see the Sea of Monsters?)

Before we get to that second season, however, the cast of the show — Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase), Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood), Virginia Kull (Sally Jackson), and Jay Duplass (Hades) will be taking that all-important Hall H stage at the San Diego Convention Center, alongside executive producers Dan Shotz and Jonathan E. Steinberg (the latter also the co-creator of the show), to share all kinds of secrets from behind the scenes — and maybe spilling a few secrets about what’s to come as they answer questions and look back at how far they’ve come already.

For those unable to be in the room for the panel — and that includes plenty of people in the Convention Center, too, because Hall H is big, but it’s not infinitely big, after all — don’t worry: we’re here to bring you the latest from the panel as it happens with our play-by-play below. Just bookmark this page and come back Thursday, July 25 at 2:15pm Pacific (that’s 5:15pm Eastern, for those of you on the other coast) to follow along with the panel live and direct from San Diego Comic-Con.

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