24 February 2007
Ferry

Prince of Persia movie set to be Disney’s next blockbuster franchise starting summer 2008 (moved to 2009)

This May the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie sees Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. So what’s next for Disney?

According to Disney blogger Jim Hill The Walt Disney Company has gone franchise-crazy lately, with sequels being prepped and/or considered for virtually every project the studio currently has in its production pipeline. To quote:

“This is why Walt Disney Pictures — in conjunction with Jerry Bruckheimer Films — is 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.” [The movie has since been moved to Summer 2009.]

The first blockbuster movie will likely be based on the excellent video game Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. — One big question is which actors will play the prince and princess? Another big question is asked by 1up, and it’s if like back in 2004, the original Prince of Persia game designer Jordan Mechner will still be writing the script?

2 January 2008 07:48
roman

john abraham will play prince.! monica belucci will play kaileena

21 January 2008 12:02
safire

John Abraham is indian not persian. I totally agree tho, Persia back then and India kinda shared the same boundaries so we all have similar ancestory. I’m kashmiri so i’m definitely persian - i think they should pick me and if i had a choice of co-star, bipasha basu would be SOOO NICE! =P

24 January 2008 20:29
whale

This is a horrible idea- if Disney is going to do this then they’re pretty much going to throw most of the story. I think that it’s going to be too light, yeah a Prince and Princess are going to stop a villian from unleashing a devastating sandstorm over the world; most likely its going to be the main sugar-coated plot line as all Disney media tends to make everything.

Don’t mess with a brilliant game.

28 January 2008 07:00
klaidas

can anyone help me?
imstuckat 60%game i cant go throw it help me please

28 January 2008 07:14
Animelover13

Okay, use these hints:
1. Calm down
2. Use every trick in the book
3. Re-read the manual for added details
4. Observe all your surroundings
5. Talk to anyone you can
6. Use your brain

P.S. I have honestly never played this game (even though I own it) and I don’t know why I’m on this site, but hey, whatever.

21 April 2008 09:34
Delfie

I heard that Prince David K. Hassan was going to play the Prince.
Disney will screw this in the most horrible way possible. They are going to dumb it down, and all of they loyal PoP fans will cry, just like all of the Harry Potter, LOTR, Eragon, and any other book-to-movie fans will. I want to veto Disney for making this, we need some other movie making company to do this without ******** this!!!

22 November 2008 11:50
marc

Disney will as usual screw it up beyond belief, they will dumb it down and dilute the premise of the games so much just to find a wider audience and im furious that its disney thats doing it,,,,what the hell happened to 18’s???….it will be a PG or a 12a at best and wont be a good film at all.Why cant a fan of the games direct this film, i mean they always screw up films that were made from games look at super mario brothers and resident evil??…rubbish…make them an adult movie for gods sake and dont screw with it.

22 November 2008 12:01
marc

And getting a real persian prince to play the part just because he is a persian prince is the most pathetic idea ive ever heard…he’ll have such a big ego that the acting will be sh*t as f*ck and i bet he he’s never done a bit of acting at all….High school musical is aimed at young teenagers right??…and disney cartoons are aimed at young kids right???…..so why the f*ck cant they make this film aimed at 18’s and over? im seriously thinking about not even watching it if its turning out like this…disaster waiting to happen because if this film does sh*t at the cinema and has crap reviews then they wont even bother to make the sequels….get it right you wankers.

19 May 2009 20:05
Mandy

all i can say is, that im worried!! :S
like im excited but worried lika million and fifty thousand times more!!
like previously mentioned, games that turn into movies, or books that turn into movies usually end up being bad!!
ie: MORTAL KOMBAT! :S
D: im worried, i loveLOVElove Prince of Persia, OH and i heard that they are/have changed Princess Ferah’s name to Tamina :S
like WTF is that?! :@@