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Post by Ace on Jul 27, 2009 1:04:12 GMT -5
And just why I thought the characters were aged up... For every Haley Joel Osment, Roddy McDowell, Dakota Fanning etc there are 100 more like the Potter kids. Add in the physicality and long hours and aging up makes a lot of sense. communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/reelman/archive/2009/0 7/20/the-kids-are-alright.aspx The kids are alright By Glen Schaefer 07-20-2009 The Reel Man You’ve come a long way Harry . . . and Ron and Hermione. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who play the main characters in the Harry Potter films, have matured into seasoned pros over the course of six films, says the director who first cast them. “When we cast the Potter kids it was because of their charm and their looks, never having any idea of how far they could go as actors,” says Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films back-to-back, and then stayed on to produce the third. He says the first two films with the then pre-teen cast were marathons of 150 shooting days each, partly because the kids were legally allowed to work no more than six hours a day, and partly because the neophyte actors needed patience. “Basically the first Potter film was acting school every day, trying not to get the kids to look into the camera or up at the lights every time they said a line, or smile,” says Columbus on the Vancouver set of his latest fantasy film Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. “You watch the first film, it’s a series of cuts because we couldn’t hold on one kid for longer than 20 seconds without them either forgetting a line or drifting off. By the time we got to the second film we were able to do a few longer takes. Not as a complete master (shot), we couldn’t do many scenes in one shot. “By the time we got to the third film, Prisoner of Azkaban, we were able to actually do entire sequences in one shot and we realized these kids had been through 300 days of an intense acting school.” Columbus has watched the later Potter films as a fan of his proteges. “They pushed themselves in subsequent films further than I ever expected them to — Daniel and Rupert and Emma have grown into just marvellous actors.” For Percy Jackson, also based on a best-selling series of teen fantasy novels, Columbus was once again facing the prospect of casting actors to play characters who start out as 11-year-olds. Instead, he opted to rewrite the starting ages to 17 years old, and cast veteran actors Logan Lerman (3:10 to Yuma), Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder) and Alexandra Daddario (All My Children). Percy Jackson is a modern-day American kid who discovers he’s descended from the Greek gods, and that a magical world exists in tandem with our own. An epic battle between supernatural good and evil ensues. “I felt when we got into this process, that the types of scenes we were getting into, really it was necessary to cast slightly older actors,” says Columbus. “The physicality of some of these battle sequences, the action sequences were very demanding, so we’ve changed that.” And, he admits, it’s just easier directing an experienced older cast. “My level of exhaustion is not anywhere near,” he says. “Those (Potter) pictures were like running double marathons.”
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Post by Ace on Sept 17, 2009 12:40:15 GMT -5
Longer teaser trailer with a visual of Pierce as Charon (not all of him though) and narration
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Post by SecondWind on Sept 17, 2009 15:54:25 GMT -5
Great Clip! Thanks ;D Can't wait to see Percy Jackson! I think Pierce looks like Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam in this new trailer
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Post by Lauryn on Sept 19, 2009 16:16:38 GMT -5
Looking good, but Pierce sounds a little hoarse in his narration.
(No, I'm not trying to be funny, honest!)
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Post by Ace on Sept 20, 2009 0:49:48 GMT -5
Looking good, but Pierce sounds a little hoarse in his narration. (No, I'm not trying to be funny, honest!) Method acting, no doubt.
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Post by Ace on Oct 27, 2009 9:37:33 GMT -5
Percy Jackson Cast Electrifies Sunset Strip with the World’s First “Lightning Billboard” Posted : Mon, 26 Oct 2009
LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) Hollywood’s famed Sunset Strip has long been a pop culture epicenter, but on October 28 it will truly electrify the motion picture capital of the world when it gets struck by lightning – courtesy of some history-making Hollywood magic – as the cast of the upcoming film PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF ignites the world’s first “Lightning Billboard.”
Fans of the best-selling Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan (the film is based on the debut novel), are invited to attend this unique event, and meet the cast members who bring the story’s beloved characters to life.
Attending the event will be two of the film’s exciting young stars: Logan Lerman (“3:10 to Yuma”) who portrays Percy; and Alexandra Daddario (“The Baby-Sitters”), who stars as another demi-god, Annabeth, daughter of Athena.
Additional star wattage will be provided by expected attendees Pierce Brosnan (“Mamma Mia”), who portrays Chiron, the Centaur who runs a special camp for these demigods called Camp Half Blood; Melina Kanakaredes (“CSI:NY”), who portrays Athena, daughter of Zeus; and Kevin McKidd (“Grey's Anatomy”), who plays Poseidon.
Emitting 1.2 million volts of pure lightning (enough to light several homes), the PERCY JACKSON Lightning Billboard is located at 8755 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. The modern and unique marketing tool employs some time-tested technology: its “lightning” is powered by a transformer invented 100 years ago by scientist Nikola Tesla, one of the key figures in the birth of commercial electricity.
As the film’s title suggests, lightning is a key element of the story, 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.
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF strikes theaters everywhere February 12, 2010.
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Post by Ace on Oct 29, 2009 21:47:55 GMT -5
www.newspusher.com/EN/post/1256805781-2/world-s-first-lightning-billboard.htmlHollywood, UNITED STATES (USA), Thu 29 Oct 2009, 09:04 GMT THE WORLD'S FIRST LIGHTNING BILLBOARD IS NOW IN HOLLYWOOD. THE CAST OF THE NEW KID'S FLICK "PERCY JACKSON AND OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF" IGNITED THE SIGN ON THE SUNSET STRIP WEDNESDAY (10/29). THE BILLBOARD IS TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW FILM, A MODERN DAY TALE FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY. WHEN PERCY, THE TEENAGE SON OF POSEIDON, IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE STOLEN ZEUS' LIGHTNING BOLT . . . HE EMBARKS ON A TRANSCONTINENTAL ODYSSEY TO FIND THE UNIVERSE'S MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AND THE REAL THIEF. THE MOVIE STARS LOGAN LERMAN, ALEXANDRA DADDARIO, AND KEVIN MCKIDD. LERMAN says: "Well I mean it's pretty crazy. I mean the coolest part about all this right now is the fact that a I get to have me on a billboard on Sunset so that's pretty cool. I never thought that would happen. I mean this is the first time I have been the central character in the middle of a huge film this so. It's a really wild really wild experience, especially when I am gone from doing chemistry homework from like three hours ago to an event like this so it's pretty crazy." LERMAN says: "The one thing I am really excited about is the ending. There is this huge, I am not going to tell you about what happens, but there is this huge action sequence flying through New York its like a tag sequence flying through battling a character. Its amazing flying through the buildings it looks really incredible so check it out I think you guys are going to like it. DADDARIO says: "This movie is so epic and so huge. It's completely different than anything I have done before. It's sort of a once in a lifetime movie and I am lucky to be part of it. The green screen is just this gigantic warehouse that's just covered in green screen and at one point we are, without giving too much away, we are in a boat, we are in some flying stuff, a lot of action sequences that are done on green screen. You look forward to seeing all that stuff you did with that incredible background put in." MCKIDD says: "This is an amazing mix of set in modern day times but it has the Greek gods walking amongst us and incredible adventures. It was a real blast to do. Chris Columbus was fantastic to work with and all the young cast were great. Some of the cast Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan some of these people I have been watching in movies since I was a kid so for me it was really exciting on lots of levels." MCKIDD says: "What is great about the film is it teaches kids in a really accessible way about Greek mythology. I used to sit in the classics classes and fall asleep when I was a kid and this is a really great way to make those stories vibrant and digestible for young audiences." "PERCY JACKSON AND OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF" IS SET TO BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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Post by Ace on Nov 18, 2009 16:33:46 GMT -5
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Post by Ace on Nov 20, 2009 16:49:00 GMT -5
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Post by Johanna on Nov 29, 2009 22:58:21 GMT -5
New trailer, bad quality and it´s pretty much the same of the int. trailer but you can take a look at Pierce as Chiron. Johanna
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Post by Ace on Nov 30, 2009 16:34:25 GMT -5
Oooh Pierce in full Centaur glory! Hopefully this version will soon be available in Hi-Def.
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Post by Ace on Nov 30, 2009 18:42:20 GMT -5
#5 in higher quality on Youtube featuring Pierce in his centaur form. This is the second International Traler [evident b/c there's no "Olympians" in the title]
Featurette with interview snippets of younger cast within trailer
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Post by Ace on Dec 12, 2009 20:40:10 GMT -5
International Poster
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Post by Paola on Jan 5, 2010 3:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by Ace on Jan 5, 2010 12:57:33 GMT -5
Paola, great find!
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Post by Paola on Jan 5, 2010 14:54:38 GMT -5
> Paola, great find! Yours is a big find Ace
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Post by formermi6agent on Jan 5, 2010 22:10:09 GMT -5
Paola, great find! Pierce looks younger here.
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Post by formermi6agent on Jan 5, 2010 22:16:45 GMT -5
Wouldn't be more appropriate if Percy Jackson released during the summer time? February release is a bad place for this movie to be released in theaters, especially when Avatar's gaining the attention Titanic had back in 1997/1998.
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Post by Xenia on Jan 8, 2010 2:19:16 GMT -5
Percy Jackson is opening the weekend of President's Day, that's a very good weekend for movies to open on, it's one of the best weekends before the official Summer Films begin.
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Post by Ace on Jan 10, 2010 22:37:28 GMT -5
By Reuters Hollywood no longer an "original idea town" LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - One of the myths about moviemaking is that the movie gods prize originality and are wide open to writers with something new to pitch. "It used to be an original idea town. It's now all about underlying rights," Craig Titley observed when he talked about his screenplay for 20th Century Fox's "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief." "Percy," based on the first book in a series by Rick Riordan, is directed by Chris Columbus ("Harry Potter" 1 and 2). The contemporary fantasy-adventure, opening February 12, is rooted in Greek mythology. Percy, who learns he's the son of Poseidon, discovers the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters are alive and well and walking among us. Titley, who has a Ph.D. in mythology, was able to put his academic training to good use here. But the slowdown in selling originals doesn't have him complaining. "I've always pretty much been a gun for hire doing assignments and adaptations so business is booming from where I'm sitting." For instance, he wrote the screen stories for adaptations like "Cheaper by the Dozen," based on a novel, and "Scooby-Doo," based on Hanna-Barbera's animated TV series. Nonetheless, he's a fan of originals such as "The Hangover," "District 9" and "Up," which he notes were among 2009's top hits. "It's like the powers-that-be have determined they need underlying graphic novels or games, but certainly I don't think audiences have said that that's what they want," he said. "They want good movies, as always." That's what Titley hopes he has with both "Percy," whose cast includes Logan Lerman, Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan, and with the remake of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that he and producer Sam Raimi are developing. New Line was planning to make the effects-driven underwater picture before it was downsized by its Time Warner parent. Titley sees an original side to adapting: "I like adaptations where there's a lot of room to wiggle and be creative and bring in new elements as opposed to something where you've got to treat the source material as sacred." The prospects for "20,000 Leagues" improved last November when a competing Disney remake was scrapped by new studio chief Rich Ross. However, moviegoers still won't be seeing Raimi and Titley's version any time soon. "First, we have to attach a director and then we have to convince a studio to make a $200 million water movie," he laughed. "It could be many, many years." It's a pet project for Titley, who loved Jules Verne's novel and Disney's 1954 film. "I'll be hitting the ground running on that in the New Year," he promised. "That was a book where there was a lot of wiggle room because as Verne wrote it was very much like a travelogue without a real story driving it." To adapt it he asked himself what Verne would do if he were in Hollywood and had to bring his own novel to the screen. Titley faced different challenges in adapting "Percy." "When Fox bought these books they had no idea they were going to be as successful as they were, so originally there was a little more of being footloose and fancy free with the source material." One thing that needed changing was that the novels skewed very young. "They were super-super kid-friendly and a little goofy at times. We didn't want to make a goofy kiddie movie." What they wanted was something similar in tone to the later "Harry Potter" films with their older teen appeal, elements of romance and hardcore action. The real challenge was walking the fine line between being true in spirit to the source material while knowing he had to take certain liberties in adapting it to the screen without alienating the books' fans. Titley came aboard in '07 when Columbus asked him to write the screenplay. He was writing as the Hollywood writers strike loomed. "It was literally one of those projects where we turned in the first draft at like 11:59 the night before the strike and then had to sit that out. We picked it up again in '08 and started filming the beginning of '09." When Titley says he and Columbus worked together smoothly he's not just being politically correct. "In a way, he sort of discovered me," he explained. "My very first spec script went out many moons ago and made it into the hands of his production company. I wrote a movie for them and they gave me an office and a two-picture deal. So I've been in their world for a long time and kind of knew Chris's taste." Moreover, when Titley was fresh out of USC Film School he worked as an assistant to Joe Dante, who'd directed "Gremlins," which Columbus wrote. "I had access to every single draft of 'Gremlins' so actually Chris -- although he doesn't realize it -- was one of the writers that taught me how to write. 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