LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Chris Columbus is in negotiations to direct the family fantasy "The Lightning Thief," his first movie since "Rent" in 2005.
"The Lightning Thief" is the first novel in Rick Riordan's best-selling "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series. The third book, "The Titan's Curse," will be published May 1, with a first printing of 200,000.
"Thief" centers on a young boy who discovers that he is the descendant of a Greek god and sets out -- with the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena -- on a dangerous adventure to settle an ongoing battle between the gods. Along the way, he faces a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. He also must come to terms with a father he has never known and an oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend. The project is set up at Fox.
Columbus, famed for the first two "Home Alone" films, ventured into the fantasy realm with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
(SOURCE: REUTERS/HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
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