DISAPPOINTED FANS DON’T often get a second chance when a beloved book gets botched in a Hollywood adaptation. Take the legions of readers who adore author Rick Riordan’s YA fantasy series Percy Jackson & The Olympians, who are still smarting from director Chris Columbus’s 2010 retooling of The Lightning Thief into an aged-up movie that barely resembled the source work.
Movie Percy only survived two instalments, while Riordan went on to sell more than 180
