Trio looking for 'Percy Jackson'

Birdsong"The Descendants" thesp Mary Birdsong, "Community" star Yvette Nicole Brown and Missi Pyle happen to be cast because the three Fates in Fox 2000's "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Ocean of Monsters."Thor Fredenthal is pointing the pic from the script by Scott Alexander and Ray Karaszewski. Chris Columbus, who directed the very first film, will produce with Karen Rosenfelt and Michael Barnathan. Follow up, that is skedded for release on March 27, 2013, finds Jackson and the buddies going to the Ocean of Monsters to obtain the mythical Golden Fleece.Logan Lerman is coming back because the title character, while Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Mike Abel and Melina Kanakaredes will even reprise their roles in the first pic, which made $226.5 million worldwide in 2010. The 3 Fates is going to be described as taxi-driving siblings who bicker within the single eye they share."Large Love" thesp Douglas Cruz is another newcomer towards the franchise, playing the protag's half-brother, a Cyclops.Birdsong, who lately performed Zach Galifianakis' ex-girlfriend in Focus' "It's Type of an interesting Story," next stars in John O'Connell's indie comedy "Angry Whitened Guy." Thesp is repped by UTA and Abrams Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com