Prince of Persia movie poster released
It may still be over a year away, with a current release of June 19, 2009 planned, but it seems as if Hollywood is getting into full swing, and is already getting ready to heavily promote the upcoming movie based on the Prince of Persia series.
Recent details hint that the film will loosely follow The Sands of Time storyline of recent games, but will see some changes to better accommodate medium of film. The film will be directed by Mike Newell of Into the West, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Goblet of Fire and Mona Lisa Smile fame, and will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Disney will be in charge of distribution of the film.
It is rumoured that the film will make use of Parkour for many of the quick paced action sequences. Hollywood already used the style to great effect in the opening scenes of the last James Bond movie, Casino Royale.
19 comments ↓
Jagger
May 4th, 2008
W00T!! I am comment #1!! Yay!!
Tex
May 4th, 2008
Woow.. Incredible release!.. Want to see that action…
Si raf ay pokpok
May 7th, 2008
so?. . . I’m comment no.2 . si rafel deramas ay pokpok. Prince of persia ROCKS! Hope this is not just a repeat of the game’s story line.
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May 8th, 2008
no ur actually comment #3. woot comment #4!
matt
May 10th, 2008
pretty cool! I’m looking forward to it.
Ben
May 11th, 2008
Persian/Iran is not the land of Arabs, they seriously need to stop portraying it like an “Arabic” nation. What is up with all the Arabic looking architecture and surroundings. They seriously need to get this straight as I am sick of media doing this. Creators and producers of this movie really need to look back and the history of Persian and learn what it was like.
Neil
May 11th, 2008
I hope it lives up to the fun of the games, loved the series.
As for the Arab versus Persian comment. What architecture? The poster doesn’t really give you a very detailed image of the architectural style and as for the games, most of the buildings in the persian parts of them looked like good examples of Iranian design.
Anyway…yay :p
Ben
May 11th, 2008
Neil, look at the dome/tower right below the sunset. That is NOT Persian architecture. Nonetheless, I am speaking in general, it’s the same in the game and media, Persians getting portrayed as Arabs. If you are interested in learning more about the Persian history and architecture Google search Shiraz and Persepolis. Here I’ll get you started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis
Same story in the games, they dress the main character in outfits that are not what a Persian prince or royalty would wear.
Ryan
May 12th, 2008
Its a trap, made by Disney *Palmface*
Nuf_Said
May 28th, 2008
I know someone who is working on this Movie muhahaha!.
Gunna be awsome..
And Ben yes i know Arabs Persias blah blah..
Its only based on the game so they have to stick fairly stricktly to the game so the architechture will be the same in both none-the-less
Nuf_Said
May 28th, 2008
Oh is perisa anywhere near Jerusalem
?
Anonomus
July 2nd, 2008
Since Persia is modern day TURKEY you should be able to look on a world map and find it…….NO DISRESPECT
Anonomus
July 2nd, 2008
IF ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS UP COMING PIECE’O'CRAP GO TO gopatition.com BECAUSE SOMEONE MADE A PATITION FOR THEM TO RECAST THIS MOVIE.
Ben
July 2nd, 2008
As far as I know the modern day equivalent is Iran. Turkey was on the edge of the area controlled by the Persian Empire.
Alasdair
July 2nd, 2008
If they include some Chronicles of Riddick style action with some good scenery and effects on top of a decent plot, it’ll do quite well. Might be a game->movie conversion that everyone actually enjoys!
Allen
August 14th, 2008
Persia is the former name for present day Iran. The change of name of the country happend in 1935 and the capital is Teheran. Tthe country has nothing to do with Turkey although part of their borders meet at some point. The Persian Empire was one of the great empires and one of the early centres of civilisation. If you know where Iraq is on map of the Middle East (everybody knows where Iraq is these days !) then look East and you will find Iran. The Prince of Persia movie is currently being shot in Morocco as this country has the right kind of scenery and facilities which would probably not be allowed in very religious present day Iran. Source of my information ? My daughty is on one of the film crews presently on location in Morocco.
darkpince
May 9th, 2009
thank god its coming this year!!!!!
rose
July 2nd, 2009
Listen douchebags, in the game at least, the prince of Persia WASN’T IN PERSIA
he was traveling in India, and the whole movie is bullshit because it is nothing like the game. If it isn’t actually based on one prince of persia game, why the FUCK would you call it the sands of time?
You can’t take one element from the game and the title from the game and tell people to think of it seperately. Also, why the fuck is everyone white? They aren’t even tanned!! >:[ This movie is going to suck dick.
Alan
July 2nd, 2009
Thanks for that Rose, I guess POP won’t be in the big list of completely accurate video game adaptions after all, thats for proving me wrong tho.