Andra Day will join season two of Disney‘s Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Athena, the network announced Sunday.
Day’s Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is the mother of Annabeth Chase (played Leah Sava Jeffries) in Rick Riordan’s wildly popular teen book series.
“I can’t wait to bring her to life and work alongside such talented actors,” Day said in a video statement after Disney announced the news. “Stay tuned for this epic journey y’all.”
Day’s casting is the most recent in a string of updates that Disney has released regarding Percy Jackson‘s upcoming season two. Jeffries will return as Annabeth along with Walker Scobell (the titular Percy), Aryan Simhadri (Grover), Charlie Bushnell (Luke) and Dior Goodjohn (Clarisse). New cast member Daniel Diemer will play Tyson the cyclops in season two. Tamara Smart will play Thalia Grace, the demigod daughter of Zeus. Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal and Margaret Cho will have guest roles as the Gray Sisters as well.
Season two, set for release in 2025, is based on The Sea of Monsters, the second book in Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood a year after the events of season one to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits him.
Riordan executive produces season two with showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz,Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.