Percy Jackson (footballer, born 1907)
Percy Jackson( 19 January 1907 – 4 August 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League( VFL).
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson:
Sea of Monsters( also known as Percy Jackson& the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters) is a 2013 American action fantasy adventure film directed by Thor Freudenthal.
It is the second and final installment in the" Percy Jackson" film series and is based on the 2006 novel" The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan.
It is a sequel to the 2010 film.
The film continues the adventures of Percy Jackson( Logan Lerman) and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece at the Sea of Monsters.
Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, and Jake Abel reprise their roles from the previous film, while Nathan Fillion and Anthony Head replace Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan.
New additions to the cast include Leven Rambin, Douglas Smith, and Stanley Tucci.
The film was produced by Karen Rosenfelt and Michael Barnathan.
Chris Columbus, who directed the first film, serves as executive producer.
The plot centers on Percy and his friends as they journey to the eponymous Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to save the tree( barrier) that protects their home.
The film was released in North America on August 7, 2013.
It received mixed critical reviews, with praise for the visuals, action sequences, and Lerman's performance, but criticized its script, unfaithfulness to its source material, and ending.
It also grossed$ 199.8 million at the box office worldwide.
The film was released on Blu-ray 3D, Blu -ray, and DVD on December 17, 2013.
A sequel," Titan's Curse", was planned, but never got off the ground.
Cristian Mungiu
Cristian Mungiu( born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker.
He won the Palme d' Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film" 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", which he wrote and directed.
He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director, at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals, for his films" Beyond the Hills" and" Graduation".
Thor Freudenthal
Thor Freudenthal( lauren 20 October 1972) is a German film director, animator and special effects artist.
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell Riordan Jr.( born June 5, 1964) is an American author.
He is known for writing the" Percy Jackson& the Olympians" series, about a twelve- year- old Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of Greek God Poseidon.
His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US.
20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films.
His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
Riordan's first full- length novel was" Big Red Tequila", which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series.
His big breakthrough was" The Lightning Thief"( 2005), the first novel in the five- volume Percy Jackson series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco- Roman mythological setting.
Since then, Riordan has written" The Kane Chronicles" trilogy and" The Heroes of Olympus" series.
" The Kane Chronicles"( 2010- 2012) focused on Egyptian mythology;" The Heroes of Olympus" was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series.
Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop" The 39 Clues" series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book," The Maze of Bones"( 2008).
His most recent publications are three books in the" Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard" series, based on Norse mythology.
The first book of his" The Trials of Apollo" series based on Greek mythology," The Hidden Oracle", was released in May 2016.
Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills is a 2012 Romanian drama film directed by Cristian Mungiu, starring Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan.
The narrative follows two young women at an Eastern Orthodox convent in Romania.
The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where Mungiu won the award for Best Screenplay, and Flutur and Stratan shared the award for Best Actress.
It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist.
Brynjar Leifsson
Brynjar Leifsson( born 11 September 1990) is an Icelandic musician.
He is best known as the lead guitarist of the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus.
The film is the first installment in the "Percy Jackson" film series and is based on the 2005 novel "The Lightning Thief", the first novel in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan.
It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan.
The movie was released to theaters on February 12, 2010 in the United States by 20th Century Fox.
The film cost $95 million to make.
It received mixed reviews from critics and a largely negative response from fans, with criticism for the unfaithfulness to its source material and its script, but praise for Lerman's performance and the action sequences.
Despite the response, the film grossed $226.4 million worldwide.
The film was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray.
A video game based on the film developed by Activision was released for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010.
A sequel, , was released on August 7, 2013.
Mind Ripper
Mind Ripper, also known as The Hills Have Eyes III, The Hills Still Have Eyes, or The Outpost, is a horror film released on HBO in 1995.
It stars Lance Henriksen and Giovanni Ribisi.
Although it is marketed in some areas as a sequel to the original" The Hills Have Eyes" and" The Hills Have Eyes Part II", no actors, characters, or scenarios link it to those films.
Its only connection is producer Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the other two films.
His son, Jonathan Craven, is credited as a writer.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film)
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace.
The film follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert.
Following Craven's directorial debut," The Last House on the Left"( 1972), producer Peter Locke was interested in financing a similar project.
Craven based the film's script on the legend of cannibal Sawney Bean, which Craven viewed as illustrating how supposedly civilized people could become savage.
Other influences on the film include John Ford's" The Grapes of Wrath"( 1940) and Tobe Hooper's" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"( 1974).
" The Hills Have Eyes" was shot in the Mojave Desert.
The film's crew were initially unenthusiastic about the project, but this changed as they came to believe that they were making a special movie.
" The Hills Have Eyes" earned$ 25 million at the box office and spawned a franchise.
All subsequent films in the series were made with Craven's involvement.
" The Hills Have Eyes" was released on VHS in 1988 and has subsequently been released on DVD and Blu-ray, while Don Peake's score for the film has been released on CD and vinyl.
Reviews for the film were mostly positive, with critics praising its tense narrative and humor.
Some critics have interpreted the film as containing commentary on morality and American politics, and the film has since become a cult classic.

Question: Do both films, Beyond the Hills and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no