Last month he turned 18.

Friday, Logan Lerman’s poised to become a star in the title role of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” The fantasy adventure is in the Harry Potter [website] vein, only with Greek gods instead of wizardry.

“I’ve loved movies and I’ve just always wanted to be in films since I was like 5 years old or so,” said the Los Angeles native.

Lerman made his film debut in Mel Gibson’s “The Patriot” when he was 7. At 12, he had a turn on TV’s “Jack & Bobby.”

“That’s where I started, really,” he said in a one-on-one interview at Manhattan’s Empire State Building (which figures prominently in the movie’s climax). • Read full story »

Recently, ‘Percy Jackson: The Lighthing Thief’ Director, Chris Columbus mentions bits about Logan casting in Percy movie with Rolls Credit Online.

How much input did you have in the casting process?

My assistant told me I should go see this film a few years back called 3:10 to Yuma (2007) because of this kid’s performance, Logan Lerman. I went to see the movie and I was really blown away by his performance. I kept it in the back of my head [and] when it came time to do Percy, I remembered Logan and he stuck with me. He came in, we had an interview, and he was just absolutely phenomenal in the interview and he agreed to do a screen test for the studio and he was just mesmerizing. Honestly, you see this a couple times in your life. I think this guy is on the path to become someone like Matt Damon or Tom Cruise. He really is that strong of a performer. He’s sort of like a 45-year-old actor in a 17-year-old body. I was completely impressed and blown away with his performance in the film and it’s all on screen.

Is there anything special you do to help your actors become more comfortable with one another on set and kind of break the ice? Do you have rehearsals?
Yeah, we do a couple weeks of rehearsals where we’ll just sit and read through the script. That, and with a film like this, this film demanded intense physical rehearsals so Alex and Logan had to do weeks and weeks of swordfighting training, really intense physical training. Logan also, at one point in the film, is flying because he’s wearing Hermes’ flying shoes so he has to work in a harness. While he was flying, he was actually battling a 5-headed hydra so he needed to have that sort of physical training to be able to basically swordfight in the air while flipping over mid-air. So, those kind of physical challenges combined with the usual rehearsal period made for an intense pre-production time.

Source: Roll Credits Online

Seated together at a conference table inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the four youthful stars of director Chris Columbus’ latest family adventure film, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” looked like normal young adults, if more attractive than average. They joked and teased and interrupted each other. But on camera, make no mistake, they are nothing if not extraordinary: All play demigods, the children of Greek and Roman deities.

And yet, as Logan Lerman, 18, who plays Percy Jackson, the son of sea god Poseidon and a mortal woman (played by Catherine Keener, felt by many to be a goddess in her own right), noted, their basic humanity is the point. “That’s what’s so appealing about (the film). We’re average high school students, with normal, everyday problems, even disabilities. And that’s treated as a strength.” • Read full story »

Chris Columbus (“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” “Home Alone”) directed the epic fantasy-adventure starring a trio of rising young stars — Logan Lerman (“3:10 to Yuma”) as the film’s title character, the brave, fearless young warrior, Percy Jackson; Brandon T. Jackson (“Tropic Thunder”) as the Satyr Grover, Percy’s protector who attempts to earn his very first horns while keeping the young demigod out of harm’s way; and Alexandra Daddario (“Bereavement”) as another demigod, Annabeth, daughter of Athena, who joins Percy on his quest to prevent a devastating war. • Read full story »

Logan Lerman, the star of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” says he’s in talks to play Peter Parker in the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie that will reboot the blockbuster superhero franchise.

“There have been a few discussions, it’s definitely something I’m looking into,” Logan told Access Hollywood.

At 18 years old, Lerman would seem a good fit for the role of a teenage webslinger in director Marc Webb’s film, though nothing is official at this point regarding his attachment. However, Lerman said he was a big fan of the famous Marvel hero.

“It’s one of my favorite characters ever and I’m a huge fan of the series,” he said. “I’d love to have more conversations about it. I’m definitely very interested in it.” • Read full story »

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the modern day tale of ancient Greek mythology.

Percy [Logan Lerman- 3:10 to Yuma, Hoot] is a normal high school kid who finds out that his dad is actually Poseidon, god of the sea.

Zeus’s lightning bolt has gone missing, and everybody thinks Percy is the one who stole it. Percy embarks on an epic adventure to clear his name, return the missing lightning bolt, and find his mother.

Percy is joined by Grover Underwood [Brandon T. Jackson- Tropic Thunder, 8 Mile], a sayter whose mission is to return him safely. • Read full story »

Twentieth Century Fox International is inviting action fantasy fans to take part in a webcast Q&A session with the stars of upcoming movie PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF.

Logan Lerman (“3:10 to Yuma”), Brandon T. Jackson (“Tropic Thunder”), Alexandra Daddario (“Bereavement”), and Jake Abel (“The Lovely Bones”) will be answering questions online, live from the international press junket in Athens, Greece. After the chat, participants will have the exclusive opportunity to view a never-before-seen clip from the film.

Based on the first of a series of acclaimed novels, PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF is set in a modern world where the twelve gods of Mount Olympus (perched 600 stories above the planet on New York’s landmark Empire State Building) are alive and are creating a new race of young mythological heroes who are demigods – half mortal, half god. • Read full story »

Hey everybody! You can chat with the cast and be the first to see a clip from the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox International action fantasy, Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief. It’s going to be a live event from atop the Acropolis in Greece and is happening Friday 29 January 2010 9:25 AM Athens / 7:25 AM London. So stagger out times depending where you are in the wide world. You’re either staying up really late or getting up very early. Simples.

Twentieth Century Fox International is inviting one and all to log in and meet the four young stars of PERCY JACKSON, Logan Lerman (“3:10 to Yuma”), Brandon T. Jackson (“Tropic Thunder”), Alexandra Daddario (“Bereavement”), and Jake Abel (“The Lovely Bones”). The four will be answering questions online, live from the international press junket in Athens, Greece. After the chat, participants will have the exclusive opportunity to view a never-before-seen clip from the film. • Read full story »

A gaggle of giddy girls gathered at the Hot Topic store in Deptford Mall Thursday to worship the young stars of the upcoming movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”

Premiering Feb. 12, the movie is based on the first in a series of five books by author Rick Riordan that focus on the adventures of Percy Jackson, 16, who is the demigod son of Poseidon, the Greek God of the sea.

“I need their autographs,” Callie Webster of Mantua said about the four stars.

Nicole Haftel of Ardmore, Pa., said she loves Percy Jackson.

“I’ve read the whole series,” she said. “‘The Lightning Thief’ is my favorite.” • Read full story »

New York Times has listed Percy’s as one of the US Film 2010 Preview Highlights.

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: A teen demigod is caught up in a potential war among the gods of Olympus, alive and well in modern times.