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3/1/07 at 10:40am

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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...

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3/1/07 at 1:15pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

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.

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3/1/07 at 1:19pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

That's concept art?!

I thought it was a set photo at first. Damn!

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3/1/07 at 1:30pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

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

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3/1/07 at 1:36pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

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

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.

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3/1/07 at 1:43pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

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.

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excellent point. excellent...

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3/2/07 at 7:31am

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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.

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3/2/07 at 10:18am

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

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.

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4/15/07 at 1:10pm

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Re: Prince of Persia - Summer 2008

Oh, no.

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

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7/6/07 at 9:51pm

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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.

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8/11/08 at 3:02pm

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