Due to lack of actual production, the film article is temporarily redirected to the source material until there is activity to ensure that a film would be made
In June 2004, [[Fox 2000 Pictures]] acquired feature film rights to [[Rick Riordan]]'s children's book ''[[The Lightning Thief]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author=Claude Brodesser | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117906944.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1 | title='Lightning Thief' strikes Maverick | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=[[2004-06-23]] | accessdate=2007-04-18 }}</ref> The following November, screenwriter [[Joe Stillman]] was hired to adapt a screenplay based on the book.<ref>{{cite news | author=Claude Brodesser | coauthors=Nicole Laporte | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117913718.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title='Lightning' to strike for scribe Stillman | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=[[2004-11-17]] | accessdate=2007-04-18 }}</ref> In April 2007, director [[Chris Columbus]] was hired to helm the project.<ref>{{cite news | author=Peter Gilstrap | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963285.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | title=Columbus struck by 'Lightning' | publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=[[2007-04-17]] | accessdate=2007-04-18 }}</ref>
