While the first entry in the potential franchise wasn’t a hit with critics or movie-goers, Fox 2000 appears ready to move forward with a second “Percy Jackson” film.
The first movie, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” wasn’t a huge hit at the box-office and many figured that would be the end of the books being adapted as movies. (There are five books in the series).
But it appears that plans are moving forward for a second installment, based on “The Sea of Monsters.”
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.
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