The return of Percy Jackson

Anthony Whyte 16 Comments

I guess we may be treated receiving a new Percy Jackson movie sometime soon as Cinemablend is bringing news that the crew behind the first film is preparing another.

Source: Cinemablend

Based on the young adult series of novels by Rick Riordan, the first movie was a disappointment in all fields, bringing in only $88 million domestically on a $95 million budget and suffering under comparisons to the Harry Potter movies. Just like the second book in the series, the sequel would be titled Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, and Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have been hired to write the script. According to an unnamed source, Logan Lerman, who starred as the titular Jackson, will be returning, but director Chris Columbus and producer Karen Rosenfelt will not. Should things work according to plan the sequel could shoot as early as this summer.

I couldn’t bring myself to watching the first movie as it during a strong wave of popular books being fast tracked into movies to capitalize on the Harry Potter/ Twilight craze and this movie just got lost in the crowd with me. I may track this down to see if it deserves a sequel but can anyone tell me if I should and if they’re interested in seeing Logan Lerman return to the PJ role?

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  • Brook

    im sorry but hate/love this movie. i hate it mostly because it made a horriable disgrace of the book all i wanted to see was a movie that acually went by the books ranges but NO! annabeth darkhaired grover loud and brave nothing like himself everythings wrong i saw this movie and wanted to scream my favorite book digraced. Now the things i do like is if it wernt based off the book i would probably like it and logan is a GREAT Percy. Im sorry if i have upset anyone this is my opinion

  • Millygoal

    It wasn’t the best movie out there at the time, but it was good. I enjoyed it when I took a friend and my little brother to watch it (He loved it and hopes for another one; he is currently reading the books). Some parts were… messed up. I had read all the books (and they were really good), and my opinion was that the movie wasn’t good or bad, just needed more work. I am also hoping for another movie, and have been waiting for news.

  • dogboy

    i’ve been waiting for news about a sequel for some time, the movie was really fun, it was inevitable that it would be compared to other popular franchises but i hope that the series gets to shine on its own.

  • rodeostud

    NO. Just no. They screwed up the books so bad it’s not even cool.

  • Ryan

    Hollywood has certainly churned out worse, and with Columbus gone, maybe the next will be an improvement. Let’s not forget how bad the first two Harry Potter films were, compared to how good the later ones have been.

  • Middleman

    I’m thrilled they might make a sequel. I thought it was pretty
    Mediocre kiddie fare, but my seven year old LOVED it and prays for another film.

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