New pictures from Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief

By M&C Feb 5, 2010, 12:37 GMT

Adaptation of Rick Riordan\'s novel. The story follows Percy Jackson a 12-year-old who is a good kid but cannot seem to focus on school or keep his temper in check. After some strange events at school his mum tells him the truth. She sends him off to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods on Long Island. There he discovers he is the son of the god Poseidon, God of the Sea. ...more

We have added a new set of pictures from Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief.

Trouble-prone Percy Jackson is having problems in high school - but that's the least of his challenges. It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology texts and into his life. Percy has learned that his real father is Poseidon, god of the sea, which means Percy is a demigod - half human, half god. At the same time, the powerful gods on Olympus are feuding, which could launch a war enveloping our entire planet.

Now, Percy must prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

With ominous storm clouds brewing over Earth and his own life now in peril, Percy travels to a special enclave called Camp Half Blood, where he trains to harness his newly discovered powers and prevent a devastating war among the gods. There, Percy meets two fellow demigods - the warrior Annabeth, who is searching for her mother, the goddess Athena; and his friend and protector, Grover, who is actually a brave but untested satyr.

Grover and Annabeth then join Percy on an incredible transcontinental odyssey that takes them six hundred stories above New York City (the portal to Mount Olympus) and to the iconic Hollywood sign, under which burn the fires of the Underworld. At journey's end rests the fate of the world - and the life of Percy's mother Sally, whom Percy must rescue from the depths of Hell itself.

Percy Jackson: Half human. Half god. All hero!

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