International trailer for PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF
This is one of those movies that I haven’t been paying much attention to, mostly because it reminds me of HARRY POTTER, but also because I’m beginning to tire of the whole epic movie genre. This new trailer is starting to change my mind, at least about the movie’s similarities to other franchises, because we finally get a look into the film’s story, though it doesn’t help that it keeps reminding us who the director is.
PERCY JACKSON is basically Greek mythology for a younger generation. The title character discovers that he is the son of a Greek god and a series of adventures ensue, including an encounter with a very attractive Medusa, played by Uma Thurman.
Hiring director Chris Columbus and playing up the fact that he directed SORCERER’S STONE and CHAMBER OF SECRETS, it seems to me that 20th Century Fox is trying to capitalize on the end of HARRY POTTER. The series is made up of five books so they potentially have four more movies here.
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