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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:20 am Post subject: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - The Movie |
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LatinoReview script review added!! Release date 2/0/08!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As most of you know, Jerry Bruckheimer is officially making a prince of persia movie based around the new trilogy, and here is a link towards some of the actors that may play the role, and some other info. Disney Pictures has just officially announced that they are making this movie.
Micheal Bay has confirmed that he will direct the movie. These are all the artwork screens currently shown to the public:
Some think he may be prince
or him:
Micheal Bay - director confirmation:
http://www.ifitsmovies.com/2007/04/13/michael-bay-to-direct-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/
Script has been reviewed by Latino Review:
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=63
Script Reviews
Rating:A-
Almost Perfect
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Starring:
Screenplay: Jordan Mechner, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Director(s): Michael Bay
MPAA Rating: Unavailable
Reviewed by: El Mayimbe - 05.30.07
Oye! Mayimbe here!
Barbecues, the Hamptons, ballgames (GO METS!), and of course BIG MOVIES! The Memorial Day weekend is officially the start of summer! Currently, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie is playing in theaters. So after it finishes its run, what is next for Disney and Bruckheimer?
PRINCE OF PERSIA!
Man, what a fun read! I have a lot of history with this property and there is so much to discuss I don’t even know where to begin. Well, let’s go back 23 years to Jordan Mechner’s first classic game creation – KARATEKA! I used to be a Commodore 64 fanatic and had almost every game under the sun. These days, I have the entire Commodore 64 collection of games on a single CD and run an emulator once in a while when I feel nostalgic. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned and revolutionary at the time for its realistic animations, given the limitations of graphics at that time. Kareteka was one of my most favorite games as a kid. Even back then, given the limits of computers in those days, Mechner’s storytelling was on point and he was one of the first game makers in my opinion to revolutionize ANIMATED CUTSCENES in between the action of the game. I always thought this guy was cut out for Hollywood.
CUT TO: Five years later, I upgrade my 64 to the Commodore Amiga and one of the hottest games ever, PRINCE OF PERSIA, was released on that system.
Prince of Persia, a platform game developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989, was widely considered a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in computer games. Mechner used a process called rotoscoping, in which he studied many hours of films of his younger brother David running and jumping in white clothes, to ensure that all the movements looked just right. Also unusual was the method of combat: protagonist and enemies fought with swords, not some sort of projectile weapons, as was the case in most contemporary games.
The game managed to surprise and captivate the player despite being, at first glance, repetitive. This was achieved by interspersing intelligent puzzles and deadly traps all along the path the Prince had to take to complete the game—all this packaged in fluid, life-like motion.
Prince of Persia also influenced a very fertile sub-genre, which imitated the sprawling non-scrolling levels, fluid animation, and control style pioneered by Prince.
A couple of years later, now a PC GAMER, the sequel PRINCE OF PERSIA 2: THE SHADOW AND THE FLAME was released. I loved the opening intro and it was one of my favorite PC games back then. I have it somewhere in storage with my other PC games. I was utterly disappointed with Prince of Persia 3D in 1999, but back then I had COMMAND AND CONQUER to entertain me.
Life intervened, I got older, remained a gamer on the PC, but I somehow missed the last incarnations of Prince of Persia, mainly the trilogy of Sands of Time, Warrior Within, and The Two Thrones. I actually have them for XBOX and will get around to playing them, but for me and a lot of older gamers now in their early thirties our PRINCE OF PERSIA will always be the earlier versions from back in the day. I’ve never forgotten about Mechner, though, and it is nice to see my prediction come true. I always thought Mechner was cut out for the movies. Here I am now, someone who was raised on his high-quality games, holding the script to his PRINCE OF PERSIA. It’s an honor. Like his classic games, his fun and original vision remains in the script.
Like I said before, it’s a fun read and great way to start off Latinoreview’s summer.
Bruckheimer and Bay - back together again for Prince of Persia, which is epic in its scope. Disney has got a monster hit and another potential blockbuster franchise on their hands. Prince of Persia can be as fun as Pirates of the Caribbean. Even if you never played any of the games, if you’re into Arabian Nights, Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and his 40 Thieves, or old-school Arabian adventures, then Prince of Persia is for you.
I am going to keep the spoilers absolutely lite on this one to not piss off Bruckheimer, Bay and Disney.
What is also super-cool about the script is the use of PARKOUR. Parkour is a physical art of French origin, the aim of which is to move from point A to point B as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment — from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls — so Parkour can be practiced in both rural and urban areas.
The Prince of Persia games utilized Parkour and it is cool to see it intact in the script and a part of the storyline. That chase scene in Casino Royale utilized Parkour and I can’t highly recommend enough the Pierre Morel French action film DISTRICT B13, which is one hell of an action film. The way these stuntmen move without the use of special effects and wires is just breathtaking.
Parkour is finally going to be given a worldwide audience with Prince of Persia. Because of the incredible athleticism and shape you have to be in to practice Parkour, I would think that narrows down the choices to play Prince of Persia’s lead character – DASTAN.
One of the producers said in the trades that Prince of Persia is a 9th century Indiana Jones and it reads and feels like one.
So what’s the setup or our ACT 1?
Basically, in the first couple of pages, our opening action sequence involves NIZAM (Dastan’s uncle) and his sentries (The Persian Army). They intercept a smuggler’s caravan that has been smuggling weapons to enemies of Nasaf. Dastan is the youngest boy of KING SHAHRAMAN, the king of Nasaf. Dastan’s oldest brother is TUS, followed by the twins FARHAN and FARHAD.
When we meet Dastan, he is having a knife throwing contest and waging bets. He is summoned to the Perisan army tent and takes his place beside his brothers.
Nizam tells his nephews that the identity of their enemy’s secret ally is the kingdom of Alamut. Tus explains that his father, the King, has always said it was a Holy City and not to be touched. Alamut is renowned for treasure, food, and beautiful women. Dastan disagrees with Nizam and explains that his father did not send the Persian Army to fight for plunder nor to fight Alamut. Nizam counters that the friend of their enemy is their enemy.
It is said that the Alamut are sorcerers. Black magic. The Persian Army marches forth.
At a bedroom in a Royal Palace, we meet – TAMINA. A gong awakens her.
The siege of Alamut by the Persian Army ensues and we get our first glimpse of Dastan in action, his dexterity and Parkour skills.
Tamina gives the order to one of her HANDMAIDS that the passages to the Hourglass must be collapsed. Dastan comes into possession of A CEREMONIAL DAGGER with a glass handle encrusted with precious stones. The glass handle is half-filled with a fine white sand, so naturally bright it glows. Dastan tilts it curiously, the way you might tilt an hourglass.
Tamina watches Dastan come into possession of the dagger and thinks of him as the lowest sort of thief. Tamina is captured.
Dastan’s brother TUS stays behind in Alamut to search for the secret armories that Nizam is talking about. Tus asks Dastan what is he going to give their father the king as a gift for their victory. Dastan fights for glory and not plunder and their father doesn’t expect anything from Dastan. Tus tells Dastan to be a good son and give him the following…
…a gorgeous, embroidered silk ROBE.
Dastan and the Persian Army return to Nasaf. Dastan runs into his asshole rival or sorts, the captain of the guards, GARSIV. Garsiv throws an indirect at Dastan. Dastan taunts Garsiv about beating him in this year’s tournament.
At the Banquet Hall, Tamina is made into a slave girl. She catches the eye and attention of Dastan, who hits on her. Dastan is against the old-fashioned custom of enslaving the people they conquer.
A fanfare of trumpets signal the start of the royal procession and we meet KING SHARAMAN.
Farhad and Farhan give their father their gifts, but the King is most interested in what Dastan gives him. The King is fondest of his youngest son, Dastan. The twins seethe with jealousy at the King’s favoritism of Dastan. Dastan gives his father the robe. The King puts it on and asks where it came from.
Dastan says from Alamut. The King is furious with Nizam because Alamut is sacred; it is forbidden to attack it. The King’s orders were disobeyed. As Nizam begins to explain, the robe burns the King. Attendants hasten to remove the robe, but cannot. It’s glued to the King’s skin. The King dies in Dastan’s arms. Garsiv accuses Dastan of killing his father! The Guards go to seize Dastan and a chase ensues. Tamina, who managed to slip away earlier, grabs Dastan and goes on the run with him.
After another chase/action sequence -- the crossing of the first threshold – Dastan and Tamina manage to escape from Garsiv into a canyon.
Dastan has been framed for his father’s murder. Tamina decides to make her move on Dastan to reclaim the dagger, but Dastan gets it first and then…
THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WRAPS! Time slows to a stop and REWINDS!
The dagger has the power to go back in time. The Dastan/Tamina fight happens three times and Dastan figures out the dagger before Tamina can fight him by the 3rd time. Only the person holding the dagger recalls the rewind. This time, though, Dastan has used up all the sand in the dagger.
Dastan decides to go to Alamut to find out the truth about his brother, about his father’s murder and about the dagger. All the answers are in Alamut.
That is the setup and end of Act 1. Prince of Persia is one hell of an action adventure script which will be sure to thrill general audiences and fans of the game. I can’t wait.
One hell of a script and welcome to Latinoreview’s summer of big movies!
HASTA EL PROXIMO CAPITULO…
…YO SOY EL MAYIMBE!
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Ign info:
http://movies.ign.com/articles/496/496626p1.html
http://movies.ign.com/articles/767/767122p1.html
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Disney Heading to Persia
Prince may rule summer '08.
by IGN Staff
February 23, 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer snagged the movie rights to Ubisoft's hit game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time a few years back. The film version has been in development at Walt Disney Pictures, with the game's creator Jordan Mechner having penned a script at one point with screenwriter John August supervising it and serving as an executive producer.
With the Mouse House now hungry for franchises, JimHillMedia.com is reporting that Disney and Bruckheimer Films are "now gearing up to put a Prince of Persia movie into production. Because it's thought that a film based on this hugely popular series of Ubisoft Entertainment games (which -- in theory -- will be Disney's big action-adventure release for the Summer of 2008) could then lead to a new hit series of movies for the studio."
Although not always a reliable source of information on upcoming films, IMDB.com is listing nineteen year-old Aussie actor Charlie Clausen as playing the titular prince.
Ubisoft
Click for more images from Prince of Persia.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is set in medieval Persia, Earth's mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, where a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah and kidnap his daughter, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass, and a mysterious dagger.
What the Prince does not realize, is that these two objects can turn their possessor into an immortal god, and give him control over time itself. Tricked by a dying Vizier bent on harnessing this terrible magic for himself, the Prince releases the sands of time, destroying a kingdom and turning its populace into ferocious demons. Only the Prince, the Vizier, and Princess Farah, the kidnapped daughter of the Maharajah, remain unchanged. Now, it is up to the young Prince of Persia to call upon every resource and ounce of courage he possesses to save his kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake. |
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Games-to-Film: Prince of Persia
Bruckheimer is bringing Ubisoft's best-selling game to the movies.
by Brian Linder
March 4, 2004 - Jerry Bruckheimer Films is negotiating for the movie rights to Ubisoft's hit game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Today's edition of Variety scoops that Bruckheimer is eyeing the property for feature development at Walt Disney Pictures. The deal reportedly includes a script which is being written by the game's creator Jordan Mechner. John August is supervising script development and serving as executive producer on the film.
The original Prince of Persia game was released roughly 15 years ago and Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the 3D sequel, is a multi-platform smash. For those of you not familiar with the game, here's the setup according to IGN Cube:
The game is set in medieval Persia, Earth's mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, where a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah and kidnap his daughter, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass, and a mysterious dagger.
What the Prince does not realize, is that these two objects can turn their possessor into an immortal god, and give him control over time itself. Tricked by a dying Vizier bent on harnessing this terrible magic for himself, the Prince releases the sands of time, destroying a kingdom and turning its populace into ferocious demons. Only the Prince, the Vizier, and Princess Farah, the kidnapped daughter of the Maharajah, remain unchanged. Now, it is up to the young Prince of Persia to call upon every resource and ounce of courage he possesses to save his kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake.
For more on the game check out IGN's gaming channels.
Mechner told Variety that he sees the Bruckheimer-produced Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as a touchstone for the adaptation. "Rather than do a straight beat-for-beat adaptation of the new videogame," he says, "we're taking some cool elements from the game and using them to craft a new story – much as Pirates did with the theme park ride." |
Here is a link to a poll and some pictures of possible stars for the movie:
http://www.princeofpersiafan.com/3/pop-movie-poll/
Here are some links and info:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/prince-of-persia/big-things-expected-of-prince-of-persia-movie-239032.php
http://www.princeofpersiafan.com/1/movie/#more-1
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901177.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0
http://www.princeofpersiafan.com/category/movie/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/
http://digg.com/movies/Prince_of_Persia_Movie_to_be_Released_in_2006
http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/03/prince_of_persia_movie.html
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/prince-of-persia-announced
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=54780
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6144956.html
http://www.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/p/princeofpersia.htm
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10043/Prince-of-Persia-Movie-in-the-Works/
http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3390251
http://www.spacecast.com/spaceblog_1506.aspx
http://www.spacecast.com/spaceblog_1506.aspx
http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/01/prince_of_persia_from_bruckheimer.html
http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/24654p1.html
http://movies.ign.com/articles/496/496626p1.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/13/bruckheimer-considers-prince-of-persia-movie/
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2040&Itemid=2
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=16577&title=Prince%20of%20Persia%20Movie
http://www.game-vixen.com/modules/soapbox/print.php?articleID=23
http://www.game-vixen.com/modules/soapbox/article.php?articleID=23
http://www.cinemablend.com/new.php?id=2347
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What about Josh Holloway from Lost movie (Sawyer) ?
Or the Czech "signer" from SuperStar named Ali Amiri (nice persian name) ?
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Added some more pics and links and a poll from another site plus pics |
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how about Dennis Hopper as the dark prince ????XDD |
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is currently being adapted for film. The initial script was written by Jordan Mechner with subsequent drafts by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Thus far Jerry Bruckheimer has reportedly been attached to produce the film. When discussing the adaptation, Mechner said:
"Rather than do a straight beat-for-beat adaptation of the new videogame, we're taking some cool elements from the game and using them to craft a new story - much as 'Pirates' [of the Caribbean] did with the theme park ride." — Jordan Mechner [1]
Rumors of names for playing the role of the Prince ranged from Brendan Fraser and Barry Watson (from What About Brian), to David Zandi and Josh Somerhalder. According to a recent article in Australia's Hyper Magazine, Charlie Clausen is also being considered. For the role of Farah, it was rumored early on that Bahar Soomekh was a top choice, but this has turned out to be, as of now, speculation and rumor. As of February 2007, there has been no definitive word from the producers on casting.
Disney recently released production photos and the logo on comingsoon.net.
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somebody, make the pic bigger...i dont know how to... _________________ hi all...well, basically i am an average guy....nothing special...i like music and going to the cinema...i would like to become he dictator of india someday...*wink* |
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New Walt Disney Studios Artwork!
Source: Walt Disney Studios
March 1, 2007
In a new investor relations report, Walt Disney Studios has revealed new artwork for some of the studio's biggest projects coming up. Included are artwork for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Prince of Persia (including three pieces of concept art), WALL• E (with a new pic), Toy Story 3, Ratatouille and American Dog. (Part from http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19143).
Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
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I would like to see some main characters ... in short distance _________________ Neogogeta
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Awesome pictures! Finally some facts! _________________ AuraDragon calls me Zero.
Rival Swords has been released!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SoT is an excellent game, which only terrifies me about the movie. They could make it suck so easily, they better give Prince justice. _________________
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