‘One Piece’: Joe Manganiello & Lera Abova Join Season 2 — See New BTS Teaser (VIDEO)
All aboard! The story of One Piece will continue with its second season. The fantasy series is now in production, and Netflix announced during its Geeked Week 2024 event that True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello and Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin‘s Lera Abova are part of the cast. The series also shared a new behind-the-scenes video of the season’s first table read that gives a look at the new cast members gather together (see above).
Manganiello hosted the live Geeked Week event on September 19 in Atlanta, Georgia, which featured a slew of announcements from various Netflix shows. The Deal or No Deal Island host was joined on stage by Abova, One Piece executive producer Matt Owens, and cast member Jeff Ward when it came time to update the crowd on the adventure series’ new cast.
Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a high-seas adventure tracking Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom since he can remember. Luffy sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, to become King of the Pirates. But in order to find the ultimate prize, Luffy will need to assemble the crew he’s always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast blue seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.
Season 1 of the live-action pirate adventure also stars Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. Katey Sagal was revealed to be taking on a major role from the source material in Season 2 on August 21, and on August 23 Bridgerton Season 2 star Charithra Chandran was revealed as a cast member.
Here’s everything there is to know so far about One Piece Season 2.
Who is in the One Piece Season 2 cast?
Lera Abova, Joe Manganiello, Matt Owens and Jeff Ward speak onstage at the Netflix Geeked Week Live Presentation (Paras Griffin / Getty Images for Netflix)
Let’s start with the new cast. Sagal will play Dr. Kureha. One Piece co-showrunner, writer, and executive producer Matt Owens previously told Tudum that the writers “knew how far we were going to get [in Season 2] and that this character Dr. Kureha was going to be a big part of the season.” A doctor on Drum Island and leader of the Isshi-100, Dr. Kureha is an ally to Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates.
Chandran will play Miss Wednesday/Nefertari Vivi, a beloved character from the manga who plays a key role in the Arabasta Arc. As a member of the Baroque Works, the character helps hunt down the Straw Hats as they enter the Grand Line. Chandran played Edwina Sharma in Bridgerton Season 2 opposite Simone Ashley.
Dearest pirates, Charithra Chandran is joining the crew of ONE PIECE as Miss Wednesday!! pic.twitter.com/j945bvK8XX
— Netflix (@netflix) August 23, 2024
Manganiello will play Mr. O, with Abova set to play Miss All-Sunday.
Here’s the rest of the stacked list of new One Piece cast members: Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra, Brendan Sean Murray as Brogy, Callum Kerr as Smoker, Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5, Clive Russell as Crocus, Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9, David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3, Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine, Julia Rehwald as Tashigi, Rob Colletti as Wapol, Ty Keogh as Dalton, and Werner Coetser as Dorry.
In addition to the Season 1 stars listed above, the returning cast includes Ilia Isorelys Paulino as Alvida, Jeff Ward as Buggy, and Michael Dorman as Gold Roger.
Is One Piece Season 2 filming?
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Series creator Oda confirmed in a letter to fans on August 20 that filming for One Piece Season 2 is “well underway” in South Africa. The letter says that Season 2’s “story will cover Loguetown, Reverse Mountain (Twin Capes), Whiskey Peak, Little Island, and Drum Island.”
When does One Piece Season 2 come out?
A premiere date for One Piece Season 2 will be announced at a later time, but it’s expected to premiere in 2025. Joe Tracz, whose work was recently seen in Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1, has joined the team as a co-executive producer.
Is there a One Piece Season 2 trailer?
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There is no trailer to share yet, but there are several behind-the-scenes production videos and photos, including a video of the cast reuniting in South Africa on July 1 as Season 2 filming kicked off in addition to the new BTS video shared during Geeked Week. See the start of production announcement video above.
That’s all the important intel for the upcoming season for now. Stay tuned here as we continue to report the latest developments!
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