Courtney B. Vance has been cast as the thunder god Zeus in season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, taking over from the late Lance Reddick, who died last year. "I can't tell you how excited I am ...

Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" as Zeus. The role was originally played by Lance Reddick, who died at age 60 shortly after production wrapped on Season 1.

She asked her Titan son, Kronos, to fight Ouranos and take the throne ... stop them from falling to Earth. Zeus and his brothers and sisters settled on Mount Olympus where they became rulers ...