Rueben's Ramblings

On the first day of San Diego Comic Con 2025, one of the first panels to be held was for the upcoming second season of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson & the Olympians that featured cast members Walker Scobell, who plays the lead character, Leah Sava Jeffries, who plays Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhardi, who plays Grover Underwood, Charlie Bushnell, who plays Luke Castellan, Dior Goodjohn, who plays Clarisse La Rue and Daniel Diemer, who will play Tyson in the new season. Executive producers Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz and Craig Silverstein were also in attendance.

It was announced during this panel that season two will premiere on December 10 and a teaser trailer, offering a first look at the fan-favorite cyclops Tyson, was also shown.

Additionally, the show’s third season, which was ordered back in March, will feature demigods Nico di Angelo and his sister Bianca, children of Hades, who will be played by child actor Levi Chrisopulos and Olive Abercrombie (Outer Range and Mayfair Witches).

You can see the official trailer for Percy Jackson & the Olympians season 2 below:

Gabriel Fluffy Iglesias and Jo Koy [Photo Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP]

Paul Feig and Rob Reiner [Photo Credit: Shor Masori]

Comedians Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and Jo Koy took to the stage in Hall H and you will find a great picture of the two to the left:

Also, legendary directors Rob Reiner and Paul Feig took to the stage and you will find a great picture of the two directly below:

Holland Roden, Erin Cahill, Heather Hemmens and Chyler Leigh attend the Fandom Party [Photo Credit: Getty Images]

Hallmark Stars [Photo Credit: TV Insider/Maarten de Boer]

For the first time, Hallmark hit up the convention stage, bringing the network’s stars B.J. Britt, Erin Cahill, Heather Hemmens, Holland Roden, Luke Macfarlane, Tyler Hynes and Will Kemp as well as fan-favorite Jonathan Bennett, via FaceTime, to the stage to talk about the projects they have starred in or will be part of soon.

They Hallmark Hallstars (as the panel was called) also talked about the Hallmark movies they would have loved to be a part.

It was also during this panel that the new, upcoming holiday movie Christmas in the Clouds – that will star Erin Krakow (star of the cable network’s long-running period piece series When Calls the Heart) and Tyler Hynes – was announced for the network’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas programming.

You can see two great pictures of the Hallmark Hallstars to the left and directly below:

The much-anticipated spin-off series NCIS: Tony & Ziva made its Comic Con debut with stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo taking the stage to share a new trailer and stories from the set of the new series, which will debut its first three episodes on Paramount+ on September 4.

The panel was moderated by NCIS alum Brian Dietzen (who plays Dr. Jimmy Palmer) and executive producer and showrunner John McNamara, who promised the show should appeal to both diehard fans and newbies.

According to de Pablo, the show is “an epic love story about two people going on a journey” while Weatherly shared, “it’s not a will they or won’t they, it’s a when will they.” [It should be noted that since the series will be airing on a streaming service instead of a major network, there will be more depicted than just a shared kiss between the two.]

Here is the new trailer for NCIS: Tony & Ziva:

Twisted Metal Cast [Photo Credit: Todd Williamson/Peacock]

The sci-fi thriller Twisted Metal from over on Peacock made an appearance at the convention with cast members Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Seanoa and Anthony Carrigan in attendance, and to the right you will find a great picture of them.

You can then watch the 11th anniversary of the Her Universe Fashion Show, which was heavily influenced by the box office movie Wicked, below:

Dafne Keen and Sophie Nelisse [Photo Credit: Jonny Marlow/Entertainment Weekly]

Then there was a special panel by Collider, the ultimate source for impactful entertainment news, that focused on the women of the Independent Film Company, which featured Dafne Keen from Logan, His Dark Materials, The Acolyte and Deadpool & Wolverine as well as Sophie Nelisse from The Book Thief and the TV series Yellowjackets, and to the right you will find a great picture of the two actresses, who have certainly grown up before our eyes.

Lastly, the classic 1985 movie Red Sonja is getting a remake, and the cast of the flick, including Matilda Lutz, Wallis Day, Robert Sheehan (from The Umbrella Academy) and Martyn Ford, along with producers Mark Canton and Luke Lieberman, were on hand at the convention, sitting down with the folks from over at Screen Rant for an interview.

You can see that interview below:

Day Two Overview of San Diego Comic Con 2025 coming shortly…