London, Mar 27 : Former James Bond Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman have been roped in to play Greek gods in a film based on Rick Riordan's novel.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the pair will be seen in Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief, an adaptation of Riordan''s first novel in his popular five-book series.

The story is based on Greek mythology and centres around young Percy Jackson, who discovers that he is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, reports the Daily Express.

Washington, Mar 18 :

Washington, Feb 18 : Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan is the latest celebrity to feel the heat of global economic crisis, as his forthcoming flick has been deferred due to lack of funds.

The former James Bond actor was all set to begin shooting for `Heaven and Earth', a 20 million dollar flick based on biopic of James Miranda Barry, a woman doctor who masqueraded as a man to follow a medical career.

Washington, Nov 10 : Former James Bond and wife Keely Shaye have received an award for their work with a youth charity.

The couple were honoured with the Responsible Activism in Media and Entertainment award at the second annual Jane Goodall Institute Global Leadership Awards Celebration in Washington, D. C., on November 7.

Both Brosnan and Shaye have been involved in the institute''s Roots n Shoots global environmental youth programme, ever since it came into being in the early 1990s.

Washington, Nov 10 : Ex James Bond Pierce Brosnan believes that US President-elect Barack Obama would make a good 007 spy.

Talking at the second annual Jane Goodall Institute Global Leadership Awards Celebration in Washington, D. C., Brosnan said that Obama would make an even better president.

"He''s cool enough. He''s definitely got the walk and the talk, yes," People quoted Brosnan as saying.

He added: "But I think he''s going to make a greater president. And Mr. Daniel Craig is a great Bond of his time."