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Prince of Persia film shoots this summer

The Prince of Persia is one step closer to a shot at becoming Hollywood royalty. After pre-production on the film version of Ubisoft's action series was disrupted by the departure of original director Michael Bay (Transformers, The Island) and put on hold by the Writer's Guild of America strike, the Prince appears back on track.

In December, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed for GameSpot that the film has a new director in Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), who was set to begin location scouting earlier this year. Newell apparently found a location he liked, as Variety is reporting this week that shooting on the film is set to begin in the North African nation of Morocco in mid-June.

Morocco has provided a backdrop for a number of recent feature films, including Alexander, Babel, and Stop-Loss. Going further back, the country also played host to classics like Lawrence of Arabia and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

As of late last year, Bruckheimer was aiming for a 2009 release for the Prince of Persia film.

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Posted by Polybren, Mar 7, 2008 3:54 pm PT   87 Comments

Comments

gp3tron

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:10 pm PT

Wow... this could actually look good! could this be the 1st REALLY good, decent, entertaining, well written game to film adaptation?

xaos

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:15 pm PT

I can't imagine this ending well but I will hold out tiny tiny glimmers of hope

jobot_5000

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:17 pm PT

disney...ew

Vash67

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:23 pm PT

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer? Well, we finally have a game-based movie in a postion to potentially be good! Plus, I love the PoP games so if it is, I'll be happy. Then again, if it's just ok, I'll be happy....

zeppelin_64

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:37 pm PT

PoP movie....OMFG THIS IS GREAT

Tanjavasi

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:41 pm PT

Well...who is playing the Prince???

I think a CGI movie would have been the best to ensure a faithful adaption.
They at least need to have the decency to give Yuri Lowenthal (the Prince's voice actor in POP:SOT & POP: TT) a cameo in the movie.

Strike_Zer0

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:49 pm PT

Good to hear it's back on track. I think this actually could be pretty good.

DiabolicalX

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:50 pm PT

too bad about Michael Bay, still with the kind of people who are involved it may actually be good

prioritymail

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:06 pm PT

Cant wait for this movie! I love the PoP series

jhcho2

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:10 pm PT

departure of director Michael Bay? He was never officially confirmed as the director, it was all just rumours. After Transformers, he mentioned that he didn't know anything about Prince of Persia.

icarus212001

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:26 pm PT

in other knews: man fights shark with feet.
honestly, VG movies are done with (in fact, overdone)

legend26

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:28 pm PT

jerry bruckhiemer?! mike newell! this could actually be the first good video game movie!

swamplord666

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:29 pm PT

uuuh.... I sense a bad movie

Tranceplant

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:32 pm PT

Jerry Bruckhiemer? This movie cannot go wrong! Yes! Maybe finally a quality video game movie... HAVE FAITH, instead of driving down videogame movies when they are not even completed!

fearrich

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:33 pm PT

Well its about time we had some solid news. I've been checking imdb for ages about this film!

arab_prince

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:38 pm PT

BOUT TIME!!

Vulpis

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:43 pm PT

They ditched Bay? Smart move--otherwise, they probably would have ended up with a movie that was 3/4 about either the sand or some random guard, with maybe a half-hour actually about the Prince...

nintendoboy16

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:45 pm PT

Awesome, more Prince of Persia movie news

JamesSoprano

Posted Mar 7, 2008 5:56 pm PT

i wasn't big on this game but Congrads to the people who love the series that is getting the movie. the only game that went movie i thought was true to the game was Hitman and alot of people disagree with me and it was almost exactly like hitman well at least i thought it was and really enjoyed it and i'm going to be buying it this tuesday when it hit's shelves

JackfnBurton

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:09 pm PT

They better not mess up this movie or I will come back in here and post a poorly written tirade full of misspellings, half formed thoughts and random capitalizations. I'm warning you Jerry Bruckheimer. Is that what you want? For me to come back in here and post some insane gibberish about how Prince of Persia was the worst movie ever in the history of the world and on a completely unrelated subject the PS3 sucks because the Xbox 360 pwns? Is that what you want?

xgalacticax

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:11 pm PT

Just what Prince of Persia needs, the director of Harry Potter. Another video game - turned - movie thats gonna blow.

FlaminDeath

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:18 pm PT

Well we know one thing, there are going to be alot of random explosions in this movie.

linkinSOXecho

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:20 pm PT

please dont let this be sucky

kaziechameleon

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:24 pm PT

i have high hopes, though i think bruckheimer is wimping out.

PhazonBlazer

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:28 pm PT

R rated?

gamer_unleashed

Posted Mar 7, 2008 9:03 pm PT

we can only hope that this movie will be great..... please dont screw this VG adaptation up.

brewed100

Posted Mar 7, 2008 11:58 pm PT

I'm glad Michael Bay isn't directing this movie since his movies are all flash and no substance. The PERFECT actor for this role is TOM WISDOM from the movie 300. He is lean, has the accent, the hairstyle and goatee and wields a sword. Even the background effects almost looked like some parts of POP. Vote with me on this and lets hope Hollywood hears.

neerajkumar_4

Posted Mar 8, 2008 5:34 am PT

woot! atlast

Reetesh

Posted Mar 8, 2008 5:51 am PT

Wow, this movie should be something worth checking out

mfouad

Posted Mar 8, 2008 5:55 am PT

i m madly wait for this film!!!

zpxkjp

Posted Mar 8, 2008 9:07 am PT

This is going to be really really bad isn't it?

white_light91

Posted Mar 8, 2008 9:36 am PT

I really want this to be good but with Disney handling this, I have a feeling it's gonna suck. And how do they expect to make the 2nd one into a movie? He by himself almost the entire time.

Please don't mess this up.

DoomBringer2010

Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:53 am PT

sweet now all they need is a Devil May Cry Movie or Metal Gear Solid Movies

JACO9251

Posted Mar 8, 2008 12:29 pm PT

.. Director who made the second worst Harry Potter film adaptation, the first being David Yates (Order of the Phoenix). Hm..

sujithsks

Posted Mar 8, 2008 1:49 pm PT

really ! ,it will b a hit flim

Arab-man666

Posted Mar 8, 2008 2:25 pm PT

Arabia for the win!!!
The title should be the original game title: Arabian Nights: The Prince of Persia (Oddly modern day Iraq...)

crsx

Posted Mar 8, 2008 6:21 pm PT

JUST BE GLAD UWE BOLL ISN'T DIRECTING THIS MOVIE! THATS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO GO WATCH THIS IN THEATERS

NuZZ01

Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:31 pm PT

Yeah Uwe Boll sucks.

SnakePlisskin88

Posted Mar 9, 2008 3:28 am PT

Uwe boll is pretty bad but then again michael bay isn't that great either, lets just be thankful none of them are directing it

DiscGuru101

Posted Mar 10, 2008 2:49 am PT

It's funny. I showed this game to an X-GF and she said: "This would make a good movie." Lets hope so.

R-Force

Posted Mar 10, 2008 5:30 am PT

Another game-to-film adaptation. Let hope they make it a good one.

mfouad

Posted Mar 10, 2008 12:25 pm PT

who is the hero and prince!!??

SEEDman_X

Posted Mar 10, 2008 8:08 pm PT

Wow! I am actually pretty excited. Prince of Persia is one of my favor series of all time. In fact, I think it has quite a bit of potential!

commander1122

Posted Mar 11, 2008 4:24 am PT

mabye like aladdin~~~who know~~

ringwraith58854

Posted Mar 11, 2008 7:55 am PT

Uwe Boll = bad movie.
people, please stop giving him game to movie licenses.
It would be the right thing to do.

Wanderer5

Posted Mar 11, 2008 8:05 am PT

I hope it will be a good movie.

Brotto

Posted Mar 11, 2008 9:40 am PT

ABOUT TIME!!!!

darkfire201

Posted Mar 11, 2008 10:02 am PT

wtf... Disney???
pls dun make this a children-like show...
also pls dun make the prince into the next potter...
(Potter die!!!)

Matthew-first

Posted Mar 11, 2008 1:29 pm PT

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!! Disney horrors xD
Maybe it will be good movie ^^'

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