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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...

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

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [Blu-ray]
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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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That's concept art?! I thought it was a set photo at first. Damn!
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Hopefully, he'll be the droll, sarcastic prince from Sands of Time.
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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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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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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.
excellent point. excellent...
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Originally Posted by 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.

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



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Well that seems a pretty nice movie.
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IMDB lists Mike Newell as the director with a release date of 28 May 2010
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