Pierce BrosnanPierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean and Melina Kanakaredes have signed on to play classical Greek gods in the fantasy-adventure “Percy Jackson.”

The Fox 2000 flick is being directed by Chris Columbus (”Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”), who also co-adapted the screenplay from the best-selling children’s novel “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan.

The book, which draws from Greek mythology, follows Poseidon’s half-human son Percy on his “quest across modern America to prevent a war among the gods,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Logan Lerman (”3:10 to Yuma”) has already been cast as Percy, while Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson have been tapped as the other leads.

Appearing as the gods of Mount Olympus will be Brosnan as Chiron, Thurman as Medusa, Bean as Zeus, McKidd as Poseidon and Kanakaredes as Athena.

The movie is shooting in Vancouver for a February 2010 release.

It could mark the beginning of a “Harry Potter”-esque film franchise, as “Lightning Thief” is the first of five novels in Riordan’s series. The fifth and final book, “The Last Olympian,” is due in stores in May.






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