A Percy Jackson video game based on Percy Jackson & the Olympians : The Lightning Thief was released on the Nintendo DS on February 11 , 2010 . Percy Jackson & the Olympians : The Lightning Thief ( also called Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief ) is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus . The film is loosely based on The Lightning Thief , the first novel in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan .