The original 2010 film, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, is said to have grossed $226.5M at the worldwide box office.  Community actress Yvette Nicole Brown will join original star Brandon T. Jackson for the next installment of what's shaping up to be a lucrative franchise, in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea Of Monsters.

Jackson will be reprising his role of Grover from the original film, while Brown will be part of a trio of new actors who portray The Fates, a band of mythical goddesses who control the destiny of humanity.

Thor Freudenthal is directing Sea Of Monsters.