Percy Jackson and The Olympians : The Lightning Thief

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I searched for a thread on this but couldnt find one...

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=41501

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Release Date: February 12, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenwriter: Craig Titley, Chris Columbus
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, Melina Kanakaredes, Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Catherine Keener, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: Not Available
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Plot Summary: Poseidon's son, a 12-year-old boy, sets out on a quest in present-day America to rescue his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a civil war from erupting among the gods. Based on Rick Riordan's best-selling children's novel.

Trailer:
Coming Soon!

Trailer is rumored to be with Harry Potter HBP. I just finished the third book in the series and am kinda looking forward to this. Columbus proved with the first two Potters he can handle it though Im afraid this can either go great or horribly wrong. The cast is pretty darn fantastic for the most part.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Could be wrong, usually am, but I think this will be met with the same reception of recent fantasy films like City of Embers, Inkheart, or Birdge to Jersey/Terabithia(sp?).

One giant eh.

Until Potter is done and on DVD shelves, I don't think anything will be able to move in on that territory with any serious reward.

 

[Downhere]

Considering the fact that the studio behind this is Fox, I'm not going to expect anything great.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Yeah the teaser/trailer will be attached to Harry Potter next week, but it'll probably be online before since it's Fox and I doubt they care about a WB pic.


Hopefully it's a full on trailer since the movie opens in February.

 

[Changeling]

I've read all the books! I cant wait!

 

[terry78]

Teaser is now on the main page. I haven't read it, but Purdue has it in the library, I may check it.

 

[mclay18]

Hopefully it's a full on trailer since the movie opens in February.

It's not. It's basically depicting the lead character going into the Empire State Building, retrieving a set of elevator keys and using them to go up to the highest floor. When the doors open, there's a shot of Mount Olympus with Percy being awed and then it shows the release date. No glimpses of Catherine Keener, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean or Pierce Brosnan. Just the lead guy and the night watchman. (They're still shooting the movie, so I suppose we'll get a full trailer around November/December with the rest of the cast.)

And yeah, since it's attached to HP6, Fox takes full advantage of Columbus' involvement with the series with the tag "From the director of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" & "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I think Columbus has a solid partnership with Fox, he's done six films with them so maybe he has final cut/say over this movie.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Oh, well. It was a well done teaser at least.


Is it just me or are more full trailers being released closer to the actual release date?

 

[Cmill216]

Man.

Like, I want to love the hell out of this property because it seems like something I would try to write myself, but on the other hand, it's such a blatant attempt to become the new "it" franchise that it's almost sickening.

Oh well. I'll play the optimist card for now. I want to read the first book.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Yeah, I'm sure if Chris Columbus wasn't attached, they wouldn't be getting so much attention. Especially in light of how many recent "franchises" tried to take that crown recently and failed.

Anywho, possible poster for the movie

 

[terry78]

Saw the teaser on G.I. Joe, somebody was like, "omg, is this Thor?!"

 

[haephestus]

Pretty cool poster (if it is real) with the combination of Percy's sword (Riptide) with Poseidon's Trident (although there appears to be a "the" missing before "Olympians" which makes me think it may be a "fan" effort - unless the "the" is inside the "O" of "Olympians").

And from the single picture, it looks like they might be going with the more traditional "Greek" version of a Satyr (which didn't have the horns and lower body of a goat) rather than the Roman "Faun" type which is what Grover more closely resembled in the books. Or they just couldn't be bothered including "horns" on Grover and he may still have the lower half of a goat (albeit covered by jeans).

Cheers.

 

[xwolverine2]

i read peter jackson's instead of percy jackson.... boy was i wrong
looks lame

 

[YoungE808]

Cast is somewhat sketchy but we'll see next year.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Too long of a title. That was the first thing I heard when we saw this with HBP. Shorten it for God's sakes.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I hated the long title too but it grew on me just because it's so weird to say it all.

Pretty cool poster (if it is real) with the combination of Percy's sword (Riptide) with Poseidon's Trident (although there appears to be a "the" missing before "Olympians" which makes me think it may be a "fan" effort - unless the "the" is inside the "O" of "Olympians").

Yeah in the official logo, the "the" is inside the O.

And from the single picture, it looks like they might be going with the more traditional "Greek" version of a Satyr (which didn't have the horns and lower body of a goat) rather than the Roman "Faun" type which is what Grover more closely resembled in the books. Or they just couldn't be bothered including "horns" on Grover and he may still have the lower half of a goat (albeit covered by jeans).

Cheers.

I figure since they hired Brandon, they couldn't hide horns behind wavy hair so they probably cut them.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

It's opening in Feb. Isn't that the month Hollywood dumps horrid movies?

 

[TheComicbookKid]

They used to say that about August.

Feb. 2010- Wolfman and Shutter Island are out that month.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

They used to say that about August.

Feb. 2010- Wolfman and Shutter Island are out that month.

Who says those movies will even be good. Both of these movies have had so many shifts on when they were being released. Wolfman has had a lot of production problems and Shutter island was suppose to be released earlier this year, cause most of the Leo and Martin movies release in holiday season to become oscar movies....why was this movie dumped to Feb and taken out of consideration for Oscars? Lack of confidence from the Studio? Hey they can turn out to be good movies..but I'm a bit iffy at this point.

 

[xwolverine2]

it has peirce brosnan and Uma thurman?
well... now i have to see this, however crappy it may look

 

[Doctor Jones]

Who says those movies will even be good. Both of these movies have had so many shifts on when they were being released. Wolfman has had a lot of production problems and Shutter island was suppose to be released earlier this year, cause most of the Leo and Martin movies release in holiday season to become oscar movies....why was this movie dumped to Feb and taken out of consideration for Oscars? Lack of confidence from the Studio? Hey they can turn out to be good movies..but I'm a bit iffy at this point.

Good God. A Scorsese move bad? It doesn't have to be shifted to be Oscar bait doesn't mean it will be terrible if it's moved. I don't get how the hell people think of this. Wolfman was reshot for more action (which I hope won't make it suffer) and SI was moved because they ran low on marketing money. They spent an assload on the other big films this summer.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Good God. A Scorsese move bad?

No one is perfect. There's been a couple of his movies I didn't like at all. Maybe all of his movies have been great to you... but he's had some critical mistakes in his past.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Who knows, Lord Blackbolt. All three movies could suck balls. In light of 300, Inglourious Basterds, and D9, the old rules about what months suck no longer really apply, imo. The studios can put better quality material in any month.

 

[xwolverine2]

"Island" movies tend to be bad... The Island, Perfect Getaway, Sky Kids: Island of lost dreams, Nim's Island etc

 

[Doctor Jones]

Oh, God. People comparing Scorsese to Michael Bay, Spy Kids?! Just because it has Island in it? I'm dying inside.

I hope you're joking. It's hard to tell.