Netflix's One Piece season 2 gets a new co-showrunner – and it's one of the writers of a surprise Disney Plus hit
Apr. 24, 2024One Piece season 2 has a new co-showrunner
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One Piece season 2will be arriving on Netflix with a new co-showrunner – and he’s one of the writers of an incredibly popularDisneyPlus show.
PerDeadline, Joe Tracz, co-executive producer of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, has joined the adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga as executive producer and co-showrunner. Tracz is also credited as a writer on two episodes of Percy Jackson: ‘I Plunge to My Death’ and ‘We Take a Zebra to Vegas.’
Percy Jackson and the Olympians proved incredibly popular on Disney Plus –it even had a more successful debutthanLoki season 2.
“I’ve been lucky to work on big adaptations of several beloved series, and they don’t come bigger or more beloved than One Piece,” said Tracz in a statement. “I’m a huge fan of Oda-san’s incredible imagination and I was blown away by what the live-action team created in Season One. So it’s a dream and a joy to come aboard the Going Merry as it enters the Grand Line for an even more giant Season Two.”
One Piece was a huge success for Netflix,beating a recordheld byStranger Things season 4and Wednesday – two of the streamer’s most popular titles ever.
“Without saying too much, and speaking to any new characters that we might meet, I would say a major theme that we’re working with in season 2 is the challenge of leadership,“Owens has said of the second season. “From Luffy’s perspective, he’s got his crew now, and they are setting out to the Grand Line. They’re doing the thing, and there are a lot of challenges that come with that responsibility. And that theme ties into some other stories and characters that I won’t give away just yet. But the challenge and leadership is a big theme for us in season 2.”
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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