Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief Premiere

The movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief” held its premiere last night in New York City at the AMC Lincoln Square 13. In the movie, a young boy named Percy tries to avert a war between the Greek Gods in modern times. In real life, never mind the mythological gods and monsters in the film, “Percy’s” chief opponent may be far more daunting: the sci-fi film “Avatar,” which has been No.1 at the box office for weeks.


The showing drew the stars of the film, including Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Logan Lerman (who plays Percy) and Pierce Brosnan (who plays a centaur-teacher named Chiron).

The movie, directed by Chris Columbus, is a Harry Potter-style adventure that follows a fellowship of young adventurers who go on a quest, facing down creatures like Medusa and the minotaur. In the movie, Mount Olympus can be reached through an elevator in the Empire State Building and the entrance to Hades is located behind the Hollywood sign in Tinseltown.


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It's a small world after all....

This has to be some kind of 6 degrees of separation or something...

While Robert Pattinson was in Vancouver filming New Moon, his Remember Me co-star, Pierce Brosnan, was also in Vancouver with Rob's Bel Ami co-star, Uma Thurman, filming Percy Jackson.

Sing it now... "It's a small world afterall.... It's a small world afterall...."

No, I'm not just putting this together, but it was brought to my attention that other's hadn't really thought about it...

Rosario Dawson talks about Percy Jackson

Daily Record visted the Vancouver set of Percy Jackson in the spring and spoke with the goddess Persephone a.k.a. Rosario Dawson.

SHE is playing the very embodiment of the Earth's fertility, and what hot-blooded male wouldn't want a piece of her?

Latina actress Rosario Dawson seems like the perfect choice to play Greek goddess Persephone in a new fantasy adventure, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

We visited the set in Vancouver to find out how she enjoyed shooting a film with a cast including Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Steve Coogan who, as Hades, makes her his queen in the Underworld.

In costume as Persephone, she is in a low cut, black and purple lace dress with a bodice, bustle and high-heeled boots.

Rosario said: "My chest is out there, the lust is out there, it's just dripping with sensuality and aggression.

"It has been really fun playing a goddess, I have to say. She's wild. It is full-on flirtatiousness."

Read the rest Here.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is out on February 12.

Percy Jackson Live Chat from Greece

The Live Chat with Cast of Percy Jackson went well.

It was at 11:25pm PST and had a chat open half hour before to submit questions and .... well... chat. The chat took place atop the Acropolis in Greece

The four main (young) cast members were there:

-Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson
-Alexandra Daddario - Annabeth Chase
-Jake Abel - Luke
-Brandon T. Jackson - Grover Underwood

The host asked questions that had been submitted by fans via chat, with a lot of comparison to Harry Potter.

The cast, wisely, responded that they can only hope it will be as loved and successful as Harry Potter, however, it was different completely in the way of plot. Percy Jackson deals with Greek Mythology, while Harry Potter, of course, wizardry.

The director, as you may know, is Chris Columbus, who also directed and produced Harry Potter (the first two) while also producing Prisoner of Azkaban. Columbus also wrote Gremlins, and the screenplay for Goonies (sorry I'm a sucker for classic 80s films).

The cast said the director was amazing and worked "around the clock" to make this movie fantastic. Jackson also complimented him on his ability to create a PG movie that will appeal to all ages.

Jackson talked about some challenges playing his character, Grover. He said he had to wear tights with markers on them for the CGI and he'd always have to beon tip-toe to make his "animal legs" seem realistic.

He remembered wearing ballet slippers and socks and tip-toeing through muddy forests all day.

I know the forests they used and it was Spring here in Vancouver, a rainy, muddy season ideed.

When the cast was asked how their movie abilities may help them in real life if they had them, Abel provided the best answer saying Herme's winged shoes would allow him to save money on airfare.

Fans asked Lerman if he would get a twitter and he said only if he had something worth saying, to which Jackson plugged his own twitter account.

There were no pranks on set but lot's of "jam sessions" as there was always a guitar around though they had very little spare time it was mostly spent with training.

The group talked about their bonding experience through pre-production and fight training and how that bond created trust for actual filming of the fight scenes. Daddario said she was cast quite late and less time to prepare for fighting but felt comfortable with the group.

The host asked about both the amazing Stunts and the fantastic SFX. Most of the cast chose the "hydra scene" as their favourite SFX moment and that tied in nicely with the "exclusive new clip" they showed after the chat which was the Hydra Scene.

For me, the scene was interesting because it opened with a shot of our own Vancouver Art Gallery, [but let's face it, what movie or tv show shot here hasn't used that landmark ha ha] but the transformation of the Hydra was, as the cast describes, detailed and amazing.

Though it was only the main "young" actors in the chat, I want those of you unfamiliar with this series to note that this is the first movie in the series and features top actors such as Uma Thurman, [also in upcoming Bel Ami] Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, Rosario Dawson, and more.

Be sure to check out Percy Jackson February 12 in Theatres.

Chat with the cast of upcoming movie "Percy Jackson"

If you haven't read Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif, you should. I think it's the next "Harry Potter" and was thrilled that they filmed the movie here in Vancouver [at the same time as Twilight Saga New Moon" infact. I saw Logan Lerman in the movie "Hoot" (Another great young adult novel) and am trying to read the whole series of Percy Jackson.

It is about a boy who discovers he is the son of Poseidon, the god of water. He enters a world of demigods (Half human, half god) and ancient Greek myths beome realities. After being accused of stealing Zeus' thunderbolt he sets of on a journey to prove his innocence. The movie is based on this sotry from teh first novel in teh series and looks to be absolutely amazing. I am so excited and have been telling people to read the book for months now... I hope you will... Here's some awesome info about an upcoming event youwon't want to miss:

Chat with the cast and be the first to see a clip from the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox International upcoming action fantasy;

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF.

A live event from atop the Acropolis in Greece

29 January 2010

9:25 AM Athens/ 8:25 AM Paris/ 7:25 AM London

4: 25 PM Sao Paolo/ 5:25 PM Beijing/ 6:25 PM Sydney

Twentieth Century Fox International is inviting one and all to log in and meet the four hot young stars of PERCY JACKSON, Logan Lerman (“3:10 to Yuma”), Brandon T. Jackson (“Tropic Thunder”), Alexandra Daddario (“Bereavement”), and Jake Abel (“The Lovely Bones”). The three will be answering questions online, live from the international press junket in Athens, Greece. After the chat, participants will have the exclusive opportunity to view a never-before-seen clip from the film.


All are invited to visit http://www.ustream.tv/percyjackson to participate.

Based on the first of a series of acclaimed novels, PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF is set in a modern world where the twelve gods of Mount Olympus (perched 600 stories above the planet on New York’s landmark Empire State Building) are alive and are creating a new race of young mythological heroes who are demigods -- half mortal, half god. Percy, the teenage son of Poseidon, is suspected by Zeus of stealing his lightning bolt, the universe’s most powerful weapon. To prove his innocence and avoid a devastating war among the gods, Percy embarks on a transcontinental odyssey to find the real thief. Along his journey, he confronts fierce enemies determined to stop him, and attempts to save his mother from the deadly clutches of another Greek god, Hades.

Have you read the novel? Will you? I encourage you to see the movie either way, but if you are like me you will read the book first.