I have XXXed out some names to keep them private, but otherwise these are word-for-word what I sent. The SEA OF MONSTERS movie is a whole ‘nother story, but it followed basically the same process.īelow are extracts from two emails I sent the producers in 2009. What I know of them, and how I judge them, is based entirely on my experiences with the producers and on the final scripts. I never saw either of the movies in their final form. As I’ve said many times, once I saw the final script and saw what they were doing on the set, I realized I had to step away for my own peace of mind. Whether/how much the producers listened to my ideas, I will let you be the judge. I hope this will give you a sense of what I was trying to do behind the scenes. At the time, obviously, I couldn’t really share any behind-the-scenes information with you guys, the readers, but since these conversations are now almost ten years old (yikes!), I thought you might like to take a look at some of the correspondence and suggestions I sent to the producers while they were planning THE LIGHTNING THIEF movie. I did my best to give feedback that would help. I was indeed consulted at some points, about some things. Thinking about reboots even hypothetically made me remember the process I went through with those Percy Jackson movies.
In reality, the best we authors can hope for is a good team effort, where everyone gets along, has the same vision, and works together well. Nobody talks about that though, because when a movie is just coming out it is in the studio’s interest for it to SOUND like everybody was very involved and pleased with the final product. Even the most powerful authors (yes, the ones you are thinking of right now) have WAY less influence and control than you think they do.
There is a widespread myth (ha!) that authors have much more control over movie decisions than we actually do. The author may or may not be consulted, but the movie folks have final say on everything. Even if some reboot happened someday, I would have ZERO control over it, because those rights were signed away before the first PJO book was even published and, like most authors, my contract was very standard in that Hollywood controls all things and all decisions about the movie. Again, I have to warn you this is completely HYPOTHETICAL, just wishful thinking, not based on any concrete plans in the pipeline. Recently I asked you guys what kind of team you’d like to see in charge if a Disney-led Percy Jackson reboot were to happen.
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