Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse

[kemcha]

Recently, I started checking out the Percy Jackson film adaptions but I just ran across some articles where Logan Lerman who plays the film's main protagonist, Percy Jackson, in which he says that a third film is officially dead.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/172...n-lerman.jhtml
http://www.hypable.com/2014/03/26/lo...-be-happening/

While it's hard to fathom that an actor would be aware of what studio executives are planning, considering that both films made over $200m each, they weren't exactly failures. 20th Century Fox hasn't exactly made their plans known about the series but that Lerman has stated that he has no desire to continue on with future films.

The Percy Jackson series has generated 110 books in the series and nobody from the studio has said whether they are moving forward with a sequel or not.

[Blu Ian]

Shame, I really enjoyed both those movies.

And Daddarios eyes.

[Megalith]

Everyone was probably ashamed to be in these films.

[mastadge]

Originally Posted by kemcha

The Percy Jackson series has generated 110 books.

Surely this is wrong?

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by mastadge

Surely this is wrong?

was thinking the same thing.

[kemcha]

Typo. There are 10 books in circulation. I actually enjoyed the films as well. I really wanted to see the first storyarc end, which consists of the first five novels. I just that Lerman is wrong, considering he's just a noobie teenaged actor. I might believe him if he was the director, but I don't put any weight on his comments. He doesn't speak for the studio.

I also discovered that 20th Century Fox had previously greenlit the third film for release in 2015, as indicated by this link:

http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/...m_franchise%29

From what the links says, that the principle cast, Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, and Jake Abel are all signed on for three films. I'm wondering if this is just Lerman's attempt to get out of his contract for the third film.

[chris_sc77]

The Girlfriend loves the first two so she was not happy with this news.
The first one is pretty enjoyable and the second one is decent but you can tell they didnt put nearly as much money or effort into it as they did the first one.
Seems like there is quite a bit of unresolved plots the second one set up that we will get answers to.

[Britnasty]

Titans Curse is the best book in the series, so this news is sad. UGH

[kemcha]

Hopefully, Lerman's comments do not reflect the opinions of Fox Studio execs. Let's hope that this isn't another film series that gets canceled before it makes it way out of the gate. We've already seen such franchises like Jumper, I Am Number Four, The Golden Compass ended before their prime.

The Percy Jackson series is a wonderful replacement to the Harry Potter series and I hope that Fox Studio execs realize that. I think Lerman is just trying to discourage the studio from moving forward because he's signed on for a third film. That's the wonderful thing about contracts, and studios hold their actors up to those contracts.

[chris_sc77]

I wonder if Fox will go the DTV route

[Edword]

Not surprising if there won't be a third, the second one was horrible IMO. I liked the first one, but just couldn't get into the second.

[kemcha]

Ed, that decision hasn't been reached. Lerman doesn't speak for the movie studio. Fox Studios signed Lerman up for three films and there's a high chance that his contract does have him on tap for three films. Per his contract, if Fox decides to move forward with a third film, there's not a thing that Lerman can do about it. Honestly.

Lerman might not want to return for any further Percy Jackson films but his contract might say otherwise and Fox is not likely to allow Lerman out of his contract. I actually enjoyed the films, although the writing could have been better. It just felt that there was a lot of content left out of the film adaption.

[Foggy]

Guys, they're just saying it hasn't ben greenlit yet. Which means it'll be greenlit soon, I'll try and send a tweet to Fox and find out what's really happening.

[levcore]

A 3rd would be good, especially with part 2 ending the way it does. They can't just leave it like that.

[MikeScott]

I really enjoyed the first. The second was just decent. I'd totally see a third though and would like to see the series continue. They could do one more at least. The second did solid business worldwide.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Guys, they're just saying it hasn't ben greenlit yet. Which means it'll be greenlit soon, I'll try and send a tweet to Fox and find out what's really happening.

Make sure you find out from a friend of a friend that heard through the grapevine on what's going on.

[kemcha]

Hopefully Fox Studios is moving forward with the third film.

[King Troll]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

Titans Curse is the best book in the series, so this news is sad. UGH

Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis

[esteban²]

The first one was able to surprise me, it was what I thought it would be and more. Haven't seen the second part yet. But thinking about the original, i want to see more of this.

[kemcha]

I wouldn't believe anything that Logan Lerman says. Lerman is under contract with 20th Century Fox for three Percy Jackson films and he desperately wants to get out of his contract, in light of "Noah" coming out and that he could demand more money per film. The problem with that is that 20th Century Fox isn't likely to let him out of that contract. So, his best choice? Start seeding doubt that there won't be any more Percy Jackson movies coming down the pipeline.

There was a three and a half year gap between the production of the first Percy Jackson film and the second and it must be a miracle that he knows more about what 20th Century Fox is going to do before they have even made any decision. Additionally, Fox Studios is busy with Avatar 2, Prometheus 2 and who knows what other blockbuster films are on its schedule. I would imagine that they haven't even addressed the third film yet considering that Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters just came out last year. My guess? We probably won't hear any official announcement until sometime this summer or maybe this fall.

Lerman needs to suck it up because he's not getting out of his contract. If there was a decision by the studio not to make a new Percy Jackson film, they would have released him from his contract. As it currently stands, he's still attached for another Percy Jackson film. Honestly, I probably wouldn't expect any official word from the studio until either the end of 2014, or sometime in 2015.

I find it dubious that Lerman is stating that the 'Percy Jackson' film series is 'officially dead' considering that nobody from 20th Century Fox has come out to say anything about a new film, one way or the other. Logan Lerman needs to stop this crusade he's on because he's definitely not the spokesman for the studio.