With production of the second season of Disney’s Percy Jackson series underway, it was only a matter of time before we got more casting news.
Just a few months ago you might recall it was revealed that the series had found its Tyson.
Today, at a brief panel for the show at D23 Brasil, it was revealed that Grammy award-winning and Academy award-nominated actress Andra Day has joined the cast.
She’ll star as Annabeth’s mother, the Greek goddess Athena.
You can check out a photo of her and Leah Jeffries on set below.
In the second season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the young demigod returns to Camp Half-Blood a year after the first season’s events. According to the show’s logline, Percy’s world is turned upside down: his friendship with Annabeth is evolving, he discovers he has a cyclops brother, Grover is missing, and the camp is under attack by Kronos’ forces. To restore order, Percy embarks on a perilous journey into the Sea of Monsters, where a hidden destiny awaits the son of Poseidon.
The series was created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg and is produced by 20th Television. Executive producers include Riordan, Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, Bert Salke, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler, and Sarah Watson.
