(L-R Daniel Diemer, Walker Scobell)
Philippines. (August 1, 2024) – During the San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+
revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the
epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy
Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase), and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a
series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television
will start filming its second season this week in Vancouver.
Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney
Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick
Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find
his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a
cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and the camp is under siege by the forces of
Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of
Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.
Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it
difficult to survive in the human world. Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is,
Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his
half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home.
Diemer recently starred in the Disney+ limited series “Under the Bridge” based on the critically
acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in
- He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director
Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec
Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK
Simmons. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.
Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the
Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan,
Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The
Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason
Ensler and Sarah Watson.
The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+.
X: @DisneyPlusPH
Instagram: @DisneyPlusPH
Facebook: @DisneyPlusPH
TikTok: @DisneyPlusPH