Prince of Persia - Summer 2008 (1 Viewer)

[DavidPla]

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer look to be having a live action "Prince of Persia" movie ready for next summer. There's some production art for the film along with other upcoming Disney movies at...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19143

 

[Joel C]

If the follow the storyline of the videogames (which are fairly cinematic), this could make a neat movie, what with the twisting story and time-travel aspects.

 

[ThomasC]

That's concept art?! I thought it was a set photo at first. Damn!

 

[Greg_S_H]

Hopefully, he'll be the droll, sarcastic prince from Sands of Time.

 

[John Doran]

i totally agree. unfortunately, i fear that the myopic powers-that-be in hollywood may well gravitate more toward the brooding, heavy-metal prince from the subsequent installments.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Since it's Bruckheimer and Disney, somebody's got to be thinking, "Hey, this could be our next Pirates of the Caribbean." The prince isn't that far removed personality-wise from Jack Sparrow, so we may be okay there.

 

[John Doran]

excellent point. excellent...

 

[Kevin Grey]

More importantly, the (initial at least) film screenplay was written Jordan Mechner who only had a hand in the first game so that tone was probably the starting point they went with.

 

[Greg_S_H]

I only had the information at hand, but I know of Jordan Mechner. I've been playing his games since I was a small child, starting with Karateka. His involvement is good news.

 

[Greg_S_H]

Oh, no. http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/images/smilies/doh.gif

http://firingsquad.com/news/newsarti...searchid=15079

I know, a lot of you are fans. And, at least it isn't Uwe Boll. But, I hope it isn't true.

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com...2301&Itemid=99

 

[Greg_S_H]

I just read at the IMDb that Bay is not confirmed as the director, and that Bruckheimer has said that a director has not been picked. Has anyone heard anything along these lines? Dare I hope? POP is about the best idea for a video game translation I've heard of, but I'll skip it altogether if Bay is given the helm.

 

[DavidPla]

Well.. looks like Jake Gyllenhaal got in shape for the part.



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[Audioman321]

Well that seems a pretty nice movie.

 

[Llappin]

IMDB lists Mike Newell as the director with a release date of 28 May 2010