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“Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ gets a release date. The sequel to “Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief ” has been given a debut date. “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters will be on the big screen on March 26, 2013, the Wednesday before Easter Sunday.

The second story will go with Percy and his friends when they rescue his satyr friend, Grover from the Cyclops Polyphemus and save the camp from a Titan’s attack by getting the Golden Fleece to cure Thalia’s poisoned pine tree. Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, and Jake Abet are all set to come back on the big screen.

Studio has set a release date for the upcoming sequel to Chris Columbus-directed fantasy film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

First movie starring Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson was released last year and it received mixed reviews from critics and fans. It had a reported budget of $95 million and it made more than $226 million worlwide. Chris Columbus directed the film, with Brandon T. Jackson, Sean Bean, Alexandra Daddario and Pierce Brosnan also starring. Since there are five books, 20th Century Fox has set a release date for the sequel, which is a second book in the series.

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters will be released on March 27, 2013.

It is still not confirmed whether or not Chris Columbus will direct the film. More info should be revealed soon.

And this is a short summary of the second book:

When Thalia's tree is mysteriously poisoned, the magical borders of Camp Half-Blood begin to fail. Now Percy and his friends have just days to find the only magical item powerful enough to save the camp before monsters overrun it. The catch: they must sail into the Sea of Monsters to find it. Along the way, Percy must stage a daring rescue operation to save his old friend Grover. He also learns a terrible secret about his own family, which makes him question whether being the son of Poseidon is an honor or a curse.

milojthatch wrote:Wow, I had no idea so many folks around here hated the first movie. Am I really the only one here who is excited about another? I have no idea if it will happen, but I really want to see all five books get turned into films.

I actually had not read the books before I saw the film, which I will admit could be part of the difference in perception here, but I have been reading the first book recently and while I really love it, it has not lead me to hate the movie. People who want 100% pure adaptations from books to film need to let it go, it can't happen. Two different forms of communications. There will always be a loss in translation. That said, some films based on books can get really close either in specific situations or feel. I felt based on my reading of the book that they did a great job.

I wonder if maybe they'll add things from the books in the sequel, but maybe the mist will have to come added back but say they haven't needed it in over 200 years and it's because of Percy Jackson and the trouble about is the reason they bring "The Mist" into play. Also Perhaps they will send the Wine God down to the Camp for security and he blames Percy for getting kicked off Olympus or something. Maybe they did an investigation and Kronos is behind it that they found out. Or maybe there should be a director's cut and added footage to the first film if they truly want this to be a series franchise.

milojthatch wrote:Wow, I had no idea so many folks around here hated the first movie. Am I really the only one here who is excited about another? I have no idea if it will happen, but I really want to see all five books get turned into films.

If anything, I'm kind of sad that Disney let this one go, it was their publishing company. They should have made this series their own. Oh well, not to surprised by that actually.

dvdjunkie wrote:Okay, I'll bite. What happened? March 2013 has come and gone and no "Percy" sequel? Someone either dropped the ball, or they meant that the new movie, heaven forbid there is a second one, is scheduled for 2014.

Information that is this dated, makes a lot of us feel like we are being lead around with a ring in our nose. Can someone verify that there is even a movie coming to the theaters, or, what I have heard, that it is coming directly to video.

dvdjunkie wrote:I still plan on missing it!! The first one sucked, and I can't see where this one will be any different.

Why didn't the posts saying it was coming in March 2013 didn't get changed. You know how to do this don't you?

Pokeholic_Prince wrote: I don't know what the book is about, but people have to understand that books and film are two separate mediums. What can be said and done in a 300+ page book can't be translated to a 90-100min movie. There is always going to be something lost.