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Mythology and the modern world collide in this epic quest for justice by Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), your basic below-average, misfit student whose family life is a mess and who’s misunderstood by everyone except his best friend, Grover (Brandon T. Jackson). A voice warns that everything is about to change as Percy enters the New Roman and Greek Art Gallery on a school field trip, and, indeed, it does. Percy’s substitute teacher morphs into a mythical beast and tries (more…)

A release date has been confirmed for The Lost Hero of Oct, 12th! So mark that day on your calendar and be ready to delve back into the land of Chiron, The American Mt. Olympus and much more!

Here is the book description given on Mr. Riordan’s blog:

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Now, in a brand-new series from blockbuster best-selling author Rick Riordan, fans return to the world of Camp Half-Blood. Here, a new group of heroes will inherit a quest. But to survive the journey, they’ll need the help of some familiar demigods.

The photo is obviously just a mockup, we’ll post the actual book cover when it’s released!

Again, you can pre-order it here on amazon.com to ensure you get your hands on one of the first books hot off the printer!

[Source: Rick Riordan]

Most of these are Blu-ray exclusive, and the cool thing is that the Blu-ray version comes with the Blu-Ray disc movie and special features, a DVD of the film and a code to get a digital copy on Windows Media Player OR iTunes for free!

10 Extended and Deleted Scenes
The Museum – Grover Photographs Aphrodite
BD Exclusive: The Infirmary – Percy Meets Annabeth
BD Exclusive: Aphrodite’s Daughters – Grover Jumps Into Spa
BD Exclusive: Int. Bus – Percy Looks At The Map
BD Exclusive: Auntie Em’s – Medusa Chases Percy
Int. Pickup Truck – Grover Talks About Zeus’ daughter
Lotus Land Casino – Grover Dances
BD Exclusive: Lotus Land Casino – Percy Meets 50’s Guy
Lotus Land Casino – Percy, Annabeth and Grover Fight The Guards
Hades’ Mansion – Hades Talks To Percy
BD Exclusive: Secrets of the Gods
Discover Your Powers Quiz
The Book Comes To Life
BD Exclusive: Inside Camp Half-Blood
BD Exclusive: On Set With Brandon T. Jackson
BD Exclusive: Meet The Demigods

What do you think? I think it’s pretty cool. It comes out on June 22nd!

[Source: TheHDRoom]

Anyways, check out to see if he’s in your U.S city, he’s also going to Toronto!

Tuesday, May 4
Symphony Space
New York, NY
This event is sold out!
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Wednesday, May 5
Children’s Book World
17 Haverford Station Rd.
Haverford, PA 19041
Phone: (610) 642-6274
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Thursday, May 6
Politics and Prose
5015 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 364-1919
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Friday, May 7
Little Shop of Stories
133 East Court Square
Decatur, GA 30030-2561
(404) 373-6300
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Saturday, May 8
Borders #290
4475 Roswell Rd Ave E Cobb
Marietta, GA 30062
(770) 565-0947
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Sunday, May 9
Indigo
Toronto, Canada
No details on the store location yet – stay tuned.
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Monday, May 10
BookCase
607 Lake Street East
Wayzata, MN 55391-1776
(952) 473-8341
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Tuesday, May 11
Anderson’s Bookshop
123 West Jefferson Avenue
Naperville, IL 60540-5310
(630) 355-2665
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Thursday, May 13
Barnes & Noble # 2241
Southlake Town Square
1430 Plaza Place, Southlake, TX 76092
(817) 442-0207
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Friday, May 14
BookPeople
603 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 472-5050
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Saturday, May 15
Barnes & Noble #2353
15900 La Cantera Parkway Bldg 27
San Antonio, TX 78256
(210) 558-2078
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Well there you go! As usual, (I think) He is ending his tour in his hometown of San Antonio! Here is what he had to say on his tour dates on his blog Myth and Mystery:

The tour is a nice mix of new places and return visits. I’m always happy to visit my friends in Decatur and Austin, and of course I love wrapping up the tour with a hometown event in San Antonio. It’s been quite a while since I got to visit the wonderful folks at Children’s Book World in Haverford.

All you folks that were asking for a Philadelphia area signing, that’s you! And of course, I love the fans in Chicagoland. Hope to see you guys at Anderson’s.

My readers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area have been asking me to come up that way for a long time. It’s been over three years since I last did a public signing there. The event at the Southlake Barnes & Noble is for you guys. I hope to see you there!

It will be my first visit to Toronto. I’ve been getting a ton of mail from my Canadian readers for years asking me to come up that way, and finally I get to. I don’t have details on which Indigo location we’ll be using, but stay tuned for that. It’ll also be my first visit to Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., a store I’ve heard so much about. I still feel bad about the folks who came to see me in rain at the National Book Festival last fall and didn’t make it through the signing line (Honestly, guys, I would have stayed and signed for another two hours, but they wouldn’t let me).

Hopefully this will be a second chance for you D.C.-area readers to come by and get those books signed. I owe you! I’m also looking forward to my second visit to Minnesota. The Bookcase is near the St. Paul/Minneapolis area, so I hope you fans up there can join us!

Of course, the hardest part of any tour is all the places I can’t go. You will notice the West Coast is not on this tour, but we haven’t forgotten about you. Remember, I’ll be touring again when the new Camp Half-Blood series starts in the fall, so there’s a good chance I’ll have more events in your part of the country, plus I hope some of the other great places we weren’t able to fit in to the May tour.

And if you aren’t able to make an event, most of the host stores are very happy to take orders for signed books. Contact them before the event, I’ll sign the books when I’m there, and the store will ship them to you.

[Source: Rick Riordan]

Bonus features in the Blu-Ray Disc includes a Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital Copy for your iPod combo pack, 10 deleted scenes, 6 featurettes and a quiz!

Here are a few more details you might find interesting:

According to our friend Bill Hunt over at The Digital Bits, FOX has plans to bring the Chris Columbus directed film “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” to Blu-ray Disc on June 22nd. The film is based on the novel by Rick Riordan. This will come in a “combo” style release and include the Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy.

Tech specs include full 1080p Hi-Def and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound. The title is not yet available for pre-order but stay tuned and we will keep you updated. Bonus materials are set to include 10 deleted scenes, 6 featurettes and a quiz. We’ll have full details on the bonus materials once we get the press release for this (likely later today or later this week).

What do you think? I’m excited for the combo pack, because it’s like a $70 value (if you buy it all separate), and on amazon.com it’s usually like $25. We’ll post a link to amazon once you can pre-order it!

[Source: HighDefDiscNews]

First, it’s set to be released October 12th, the same day as The Lightning Thief graphic novel. It’s page length is 384 pages. Please note that that is set to change, as too is the title until it’s confirmed by Rick Riordan. Anyways, without further ado……….

The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero

What do you think? It’s weird that “Hero” is in both the book and series title. Plus, what happened to the “Name and the Olympians” naming convention? Anyways, it’s pretty cool, but again all of this is circumstantial until Mr. Riordan confirms this. Anyways, you can pre-order The Lost Hero at amazon.com at this link for just about $12!

Ok, you have waited patiently long enough – GO CHECK IT OUT ON AMAZON!

The article says that he’s been locked in by the casting department, but has not entered negotiations yet. Anyways, we’ll let you know where this leads and if Logan Lerman will really don the red and blue suit as Spider Man.

The search for the new “Spider-Man” appears to be over.

HitFix has exclusively learned that Logan Lerman is first choice for Sony Pictures and the clear frontrunner to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in the reboot of the blockbuster franchise. A source close to the production tells HitFix Lerman is “almost 100% locked” but not in contract negotiations for the role yet.

Marc Webb (”500 Days of Summer”) is directing the new untitled “Spider-Man” which is being written by James Vanderbilt (”Zodiac,” “The Losers”) and is meant to be a more teen-friendly incarnation, taking Peter Parker back to his early days of balancing girl trouble, homework, and crimefighting. The new film is expected to begin production later this year for a July 3, 2012 release.

Maguire, co-star Kristen Dunst and director Sam Raimi were expected to continue their version of the wall-crawler’s adventures until Raimi bowed out after creative differences with the studio earlier this
year. At that time, Sony Pictures decided to re-cast the film and move in a new direction, and had already been developing a reboot script as a contingency plan.

Lerman beats out rumored contenders Anton Yelchin, Jesse Eisenberg, Patrick Fugit and Johnny Simmons.

The 18-year-old Los Angeles native is best known for his role as Percy in February’s hit “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” His other credits include “Gamer,” “My One and Only,” “Bill,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “The Number 23″ and the TV series “Jack & Bobby” where he played Bobby. Lerman got his start in two Mel Gibson films “What Women Want” and “The Patriot” at the young age of 8.

The attention focused on the casting of this role is not surprising when one considers that, historically, one of the reasons “Gone With the Wind was a phenomenon when it was released in 1939 was the deep investment that the audience already had in the characters thanks to the popularity of the book. Mega-producer David O. Selznick made canny use of the the casting process to hype the film, and the search to find the right Scarlett O’Hara and the right Rhett Butler was international news for a full year.

These days, it seems that the search for each new superhero has become a major sport for outlets that cover entertainment news, no doubt because modern audiences have a major investment in seeing these characters done right. When Sony Pictures decided to reboot “Spider-Man,” speculation began immediately, and Lerman was one of the early names bandied about. At the time, those conversations were premature, but it appears that the process has brought Sony back around to the young actor, and now he is poised to wear the familiar red-and-blue costume after all.

[Source: HitFix]

We look forward to The Red Pyramid, and as always wish Mr. Riordan continued success. Here’s a quick update from his blog:

In case you missed it, Publishers Weekly ran a nice article last week about my upcoming projects.

One month exactly until The Red Pyramid is released. I’m getting really excited! The first review just came out from Shelf Awareness, and I couldn’t ask for better:

“Rick Riordan will launch a new middle-grade series on May 4. For anyone who was afraid he couldn’t top his Percy Jackson series or his initial title in the 39 Clues, fear no more. Readers will be clamoring for the next installment.”

I hope you all agree when it comes out! Be sure to check out the cover and first chapter on Disney’s Kane Chronicles website.

This year’s MTV Movie Awards are June 6th at 9pm Eastern Time, so there is still time to vote. I’m sure all of the cast, crew and fans would love to see him win.

So take a few minutes, visit the MTV site, and vote for Logan to show your respect for all of his hard work on The Lightning Thief (he’s down the page a bit on the right hand side).

The first book in the Camp Half-Blood series is with my editor now. And speaking of that, this is her last day at Disney. Jennifer Besser has been with me since The Lightning Thief. As I’ve mentioned before, she was instrumental in the success of the series, so it’s hard to see her go, but she’s going on to great things. She’ll be the v.p. and publisher at Penguin Putnam now, and I wish her all the best! I know she’s only begun to make her mark on the publishing industry. Good luck, Jen. Thanks for everything, and you’ll always have a guest room at Camp Half-Blood anytime you want to visit.

The wonderful Stephanie Lurie will now be editing the Kane Chronicles and the new Camp Half-Blood series at Disney, so I know the books are in good hands. I still remember when Stephanie took over as editorial director at Disney. My friend Neal Shusterman pulled me aside at the Bologna Book Fair and told me how lucky we were to be getting Stephanie. Neal was definitely right!

As for the Kane Chronicles, I’m getting really excited about the release. The first finished copies of The Red Pyramid arrived today, and they look great. The book will be in stores May 4. The launch event will be at Symphony Space in New York, and I understand tickets are almost sold out already, so if you’d like to join us, you might want to book soon. More events will be announced shortly. I’ll be on the road for two weeks, and can’t wait to get out and meet some of you guys. I also just found out that my friends at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA are doing a ‘Camp Kane’ this summer based on my Egyptian series and their own wildly popular Camp Half-Blood. Guess what? Camp Kane is already sold out! Thanks to Diane and the gang at Little Shop for all their incredible support. I hope the kids have a great time going Egyptian this summer.

It looks like the new Camp Half-Blood series will launch in October, but when I have more details I’ll let you know. As you can imagine, I was nervous about how this new book would work after the success of Percy Jackson. Would people accept a return to that world in a slightly different form? To my surprise, everyone who’s read it so far, from my agent to my editors to my own kids, has said they like it even better. Wow – fingers crossed you agree.

Now, I’ve moved on to the second Kane Chronicles book. I’m just in the planning stages, but I have a good sense where the series is going and Carter and Sadie are in for quite a ride!

In other news, I just got my first peek at the fully colored pages for the Lightning Thief graphic novel. It’s looking very sharp. As soon as I have a definite release date for that, I’ll let you know. The Percy Jackson series continues to steam along on the New York Times bestseller list, and I have you guys to thank for that! I appreciate you reading and recommending the books to your friends. I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback about the Percy Jackson Ultimate Guide, too. So glad you’ve enjoyed it.

[Source: Rick Riordan Blog]