As production continues on Percy Jackson Season 2, Disney has officially announced the casting of Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) in the next installment of the hit Disney+ series.

Exciting news as Andra Day joins the cast of Disney+'s 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' season 2 as Athena. Premiering in 2025, the series continues to capture the magic of Rick Riordan's beloved book series.

Singer Andra Day debuts as Athena in Disney's 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' season two. The series, featuring Walker Scobell and Leah Sava Jeffries, plunges into the 'Sea of Monsters' storyline. Fans can anticipate more mythology and high-stakes adventures with an ensemble cast expanding in 2025 release.

Day's Athena will be the mother of Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries) in Disney's adaptation of the Rick Riordan series.

Singer and actress Andra Day is joining the Season 2 cast of "Percy Jackson" on Disney+. She will play Greek goddess Athena in the series -- and Annabeth's mother.

Andra Day is joining the Season 2 cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Athena. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is one of the most important Olympian characters in Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson” books,

Oscar-nominated actor Andra Day has been tapped to play Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Annabeth’s mom, in the upcoming second season of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The casting was reveiled at D23 in Brazil with a video of Day in character posted across the show’s social media accounts.

Get ready demigods, because Percy Jackson and the Olympians is returning for more mythological adventures on Disney+. A second season of the TV show, based on the book series of the same name by Rick Riordan,