With director Chris Columbus’
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opening this Friday, I was able to talk with
screenwriter Craig Titley (
Scooby-Doo,
Cheaper by the Dozen) about his involvement in the project yesterday afternoon. During the interview, we talked about writing
Percy Jackson, his involvement in
Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon (he’s written two episodes), and what’s up with
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And just to clarify the
20,000 Leagues story, two competing projects were going at the same time last year, one was at
Disney with McG helming, and one was being developed at New Line with Sam Raimi’s company. Titley wrote the New Line one. During the interview he talks about his take on the material and what it’s about.
And one final thing before the interview…I need to come clean. Craig Titley and I have been friends for a number of years, so it’s more of a conversation between friends than a hard hitting interview.
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