{"id":24403,"date":"2025-11-25T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=24403"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:07:38","slug":"the-straw-hats-return-to-south-africa-to-begin-production-on-season-3-of-global-sensation-one-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2025\/11\/25\/the-straw-hats-return-to-south-africa-to-begin-production-on-season-3-of-global-sensation-one-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"The Straw Hats Return To South Africa To Begin Production On Season 3 Of Global Sensation One Piece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOUR CAST MEMBERS UPPED TO SERIES REGULARS FOR SEASON 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Netflix today announced that production has begun on Season 3 of the acclaimed live-action adventure series ONE PIECE, ahead of its Season 2 premiere on March 10, 2026.\u00a0The original Straw Hat crew,\u00a0I\u00f1aki Godoy<\/strong>\u00a0(Monkey D. Luffy),\u00a0Mackenyu<\/strong>\u00a0(Zoro),\u00a0Emily Rudd<\/strong>\u00a0(Nami),\u00a0Jacob Romero\u00a0<\/strong>(Usopp) and\u00a0Taz Skylar\u00a0<\/strong>(Sanji), return to Cape Town alongside\u00a0Charithra Chandran<\/strong>\u00a0(Miss Wednesday),\u00a0Mikaela Hoover<\/strong>\u00a0(Chopper),\u00a0Joe Manganiello<\/strong>\u00a0(Mr. 0),\u00a0Lera Abova<\/strong>\u00a0(Miss All Sunday) and\u00a0Sendhil Ramamurthy\u00a0<\/strong>(Nefartari Cobra).\u00a0Hoover, Manganiello, Abova, and Ramamurthy have been upped to series regulars for Season 3.\u00a0Previously announced new cast members joining season three include\u00a0Cole Escola (Bon Clay) and Xolo Maridue\u00f1a (Portgas D. Ace).\u00a0Additional cast to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season Two – ONE PIECE: INTO THE GRAND LINE – is set to release on March 10, 2026.\u00a0ONE PIECE is a live-action pirate adventure created in partnership with Shueisha and produced by Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner) and Netflix.\u00a0Co-Showrunners \/ Writers \/ Executive Producers for S3:\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Tracz & Ian Stokes
Co-Showrunners \/ Writers \/ Executive Producers for S2:\u00a0<\/strong>Matt Owens & Joe Tracz
Executive Producers:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements through Tomorrow Studios, Tetsu Fujimura, Chris Symes, Christoph Schrewe and Steven Maeda\u00a0 \u00a0

About ONE PIECE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netflix\u2019s live-action adaptation of\u00a0ONE PIECE<\/em>\u00a0is based on Japan\u2019s highest-selling manga series of all time by Eiichiro Oda, with over 100 volumes and 500M copies sold worldwide. The epic high-seas adventure follows Monkey D. Luffy on his quest to find the legendary fabled treasure, the ONE PIECE, and become King of the Pirates. The beloved franchise has a vast, multigenerational global fan base. Upon its debut in 2023, the Netflix live-action series became a global phenomenon, spending eight weeks on the Global Top 10, reaching #1 in over 75 countries and making history as the first Netflix English-language series to debut at #1 in Japan. The show has nearly\u00a0100M views<\/a>\u00a0and is one of Netflix’s\u00a0most downloaded shows of all time<\/a>.\u00a0ONE PIECE<\/em>\u00a0was nominated for 11 awards at the\u00a0Children\u2019s & Family Emmy Awards<\/a>, including Outstanding Young Teen Series. The beloved adaptation offers fans ways to\u00a0engage year-round, off-screen with a brand new immersive experience set to open at\u00a0Netflix House<\/a>\u00a0and fans can bring the world of the live-action show into their everyday lives with products like LEGO, Moose Toys and more at\u00a0Netflix Shop<\/a>\u00a0and retailers worldwide.\u00a0ONE PIECE<\/em>\u00a0returns for its highly anticipated second season on March 10, 2026 and has been renewed for Season 3. The show is created in partnership with Shueisha and is produced by Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner) and Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOUR CAST MEMBERS UPPED TO SERIES REGULARS FOR SEASON 3 Netflix today announced that production has begun on Season 3 of the acclaimed live-action adventure series ONE PIECE, ahead of its Season 2 premiere on March 10, 2026.\u00a0The original Straw Hat crew,\u00a0I\u00f1aki Godoy\u00a0(Monkey D. Luffy),\u00a0Mackenyu\u00a0(Zoro),\u00a0Emily Rudd\u00a0(Nami),\u00a0Jacob Romero\u00a0(Usopp) and\u00a0Taz Skylar\u00a0(Sanji), return to Cape Town alongside\u00a0Charithra Chandran\u00a0(Miss… Continue reading The Straw Hats Return To South Africa To Begin Production On Season 3 Of Global Sensation One Piece<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-24403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online","tag-netflix","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OnePiece-S3-Netflix.jpg?fit=500%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}