How Gods Behave

Logan Lerman (pictured) and Brandon T. Jackson will co-star together in "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" says Variety.

Adapting Rick Riordan's children's novel, the story follows Greek god Poseidon's 12-year-old half-human son, Percy (Lerman), on a fantastic quest across modern America to save his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a deadly war among the gods.

Jackson will play Percy's best friend, Grover Underwood, a satyr (half-goat, half-human) with whom he shares a psychic link. The character is in his early 30s but is about 16 mentally because satyrs mature half as quickly as humans in Riordan's novel.

Chris Columbus directs the film which is, of course being groomed as a potential franchise

Riordan is penning five books in the series. Columbus and Craig Titley co-wrote the screenplay.

Columbus is on familiar ground having gotten Harry Potter's film career gong..

Filming kicks off next month.