My kids adore the books of Rick Riordan about the half-human children of Greek Gods. I've read the first one, The Lightning Thief and it is great. My sister even gave my kids home made Camp Half-Blood t-shirts for Christmas.
Chris Columbus, director of the first two Harry Potter movies, is directing the first book and 'Percy Jackson' is due out in February of 2010. Percy will be played by Logan Lerman who was in 3:10 to Yuma. Check out the cast of Greek Gods:
Fox has pieced together a little ensemble cast of Greek Gods for their fantasy adventure Percy Jackson for director Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and Sorceror’s Stone). Already signed on are Uma Thurman as Medusa, Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, Sean Bean as Zeus, Kevin McKidd as Poseidon and Melina Kanakerides as Athena. Joining them are Logan Lerman and Brandon Jackson with the roles of Aries, Hades and Persephone still left to be cast.
The film centers on Poseidon’s 12-year-old half-human son (Lerman), who embarks on a quest across modern-day America to save his mother, return Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt and prevent a deadly war between the gods.
Uma Thurman as Medusa will be great, and I hope they keep the setting of the book, where she has a cottage in New Jersey with a yard filled with garden gnomes!
The fifth and final book in the series comes out later this spring. Could this be the next big family friendly series like Harry Potter?
Update - Logan Lerman is also in Gerard Butler's Game! The kid gets around!
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