Chris Columbus is not expected to return to direct the sequel, though be will produce the picture. The film will be based on the second installment in Rick Riordan’s five-book series, titled The Sea of Monsters. Times reports a sequel to Fox’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief could shoot as early as this summer. Deadline reports the studio will set a writer to work under Padilha’s supervision once the director is aboard. The latter of which grossed over $60 million in Brazil alone last year, while the original won the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival against the likes of There Will Be Blood and Happy-Go-Lucky. Padilha is most known for directing the Brazilian crime dramas Elite Force and Elite Force 2: The Enemy Within. MGM has targeted Brazilian director Jose Padilha to direct their remake of 1987’s Robocop.
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