Meanwhile, Percy is declared a missing person.Īt a garden center in New Jersey, with help from Grover and Annabeth, Percy manages to decapitate Medusa and takes the first pearl from her corpse. Percy is also given a pair of flying winged Converse All-Stars stolen from Hermes, and Luke's favorite shield. Luke gives Percy a map with the location of three green pearls belonging to Hades' wife, Persephone, which will allow them to escape the Underworld. Defying Chiron's orders, Percy sets out for the Underworld with Grover and Annabeth. Percy is visited by an apparition of Hades, who reveals that the Minotaur abducted Sally to the Underworld to trade for the lightning bolt. Percy starts coming into his latent demigod powers, which include hydrokinesis and healing, and meets other demigods, including Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena and the camp's leader Luke Castellan, son of Hermes. Waking up three days later, Percy learns he is the son of Poseidon, Grover is a satyr and Percy’s protector, and Mr. Brunner's pen is a magical sword, and uses it to fight off the Minotaur, killing it with its own horn.

There, they are attacked by the Minotaur, who seemingly kills Percy's mother. Brunner gives Percy a pen which he claims is a very powerful cosmic weapon, and instructs Grover to take Percy and his mother Sally to Camp Half-Blood - a hidden summer camp for demigod children on Long Island, leaving behind Sally's abusive husband and Percy's stepfather, Gabe Ugliano. Percy's best friend Grover Underwood and his Latin teacher Mr. On a school trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Percy is attacked by Alecto, a Fury masquerading as his substitute English teacher Mrs. Poseidon reminds Zeus that Percy is unaware of his true identity, but Zeus declares that unless the bolt is returned to Mount Olympus before midnight of the Summer Solstice in two weeks, war will be waged between all the gods.Ī 16-year-old Percy struggles with dyslexia and ADHD, but has a unique ability to stay underwater for long periods of time. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released on August 7, 2013.Īt the top of the Empire State Building, Zeus meets his brother Poseidon and accuses Poseidon's demigod son, Percy Jackson, of stealing his master lightning bolt. A video game based on the film was released for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010. It was released on Jon DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The film grossed $226.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $95 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for the poor grasp of its source material and its script, but praise for Lerman and Jackson's performances, visual effects, and action sequences. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released theatrically in the United States on February 12, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, and Uma Thurman. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus from a screenplay by Craig Titley, based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.

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