News

The Prince Of Persia Movie Could Have Been Like This

The Prince of Persia movie, which was great by virtue of not sucking, could have been a little better had the production team stuck to the original script handed in by the game’s original creator, Jordan Mechner.


October 1, 2010
In Real Life

Chesty Jake Moves To World Of Warcraft

Fans can get up close and personal with Prince of Persia: Sands of Time’s Chesty Jake in the Egyptian-themed Uldum zone in World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion. Thanks, Michael!


June 3, 2010

This Video Game Movie Wouldn’t Be Like Those Other Ones

The pressure was enormous. Legions of fans worried. Prince of Persia, the movie, was more than a blockbuster. “Maybe I’m being melodramatic,” says movie scribe Doug Miro. Then again, maybe he’s not. This was a Hollywood video game adaptation.


June 2, 2010
News

The $US300 Prince Of Persia Statue

Hot Toys has gone mad for Prince of Persia, revealing an action figure based on the movie that’s not $US100. Not $US200. It’s $US300 worth of plastic Chesty Jake.


May 27, 2010
In Real Life

Watch The Prince Of Persia Play With An 18" Replica Of Himself

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time star Jake Gyllenhaal was on Jimmy Kimmel last night. They talked about stuff, but it’s the adoration of a giant plastic Jake that was the highlight.


May 26, 2010
In Real Life

Is Prince Of Persia Really A Racial Whitewash?

Prince of Persia director Mike Newell tells Reuters that he’s worried that the film is “a little homogeneous”. Critics are already saying the film is a whitewash – filled with white actors. But is it, and are they correct?


May 18, 2010
In Real Life

Hair Good Enough For Kurt Cobain

You gotta give Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal star credit. That’s some great hair. So great that perhaps it, not Jake, could star in a biography film about Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.


May 12, 2010
In Real Life

How You Can Get Big Muscles

Chest this, chest that. Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal is more than a chest. He is also wonderful hair. And good hygiene.


April 7, 2010
In Real Life

Prince Of Persia Is “Bigger” Than Harry Potter

We’re not talking popularity here, but size, physical size – er, scope. Distance! Get your mind out of the gutter.


March 11, 2010

The Final Prince Of Persia Movie Poster

This is, here we go. From “Courage” to Russia, there have been a couple of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie posters. You are looking at the final one.