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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express is regarded as one of the greatest adventure games of all time. Sadly, no one bought it and we never saw a sequel. Now, Mechner has revealed a script he wrote for a prequel, giving us a glimpse of what might have been.
Series creator Jordan Mechner once again plumbs the depths of the Prince of Persia mythology, penning an anthology graphic novel to serve as a prequel to the upcoming feature film.
No, it’s not Day of the Tentacle. Sorry. But it’s something almost as neat: a playthrough of Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express, re-cut to look like an animated film.
Jordan Mechner, the famed creator of the original Prince of Persia game, has been tapped to write Fathom, the movie adaptation of the popular comic book.
Wish there was a word more awesome than awesome. Because this would be that. Above is the original animation reference footage for the original Price of Persia. From 1985. That’s PoP creator Jordan Mechner’s little brother, running around in baggy pants. Mechner took this footage, tracked his bro’s movements then based the Prince’s animation on them. The likeness manages to be both amazing, creepy and amazing all at the same time.
While the majority of Jordan Mechner’s talk at Comic-Con earlier today focused on all things Prince of Persia, some fans veered slightly off-topic, picking the programmer’s brain on his other titles — Karateka and The Last Express.
The former, Mechner’s first commercial game, an early 2D fighter published by Brøderbund and known for its fluid animation, is planned to get an update (of sorts). Details on the Karateka project weren’t provided, but Mechner teased the crowd by saying “I can safely say it’s not going to be the way that you expect”. He did, however, say he would be directly “involved”, a claim he didn’t make about Ubisoft’s recent Prince of Persia releases.
Mechner also let the crowd in on the particulars of a hilarious Easter egg in the original Karateka.
Jordan Mechner discussed all things Prince of Persia at Comic-Con today, from the upcoming Ubisoft video game reboot to the forthcoming graphic novel to the Jerry Bruckheimer produced movie adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Mechner didn’t have too much to say about the new, cel-shaded take on the franchise, despite repeated questions from fans, but he did talk about the Mike Newell-directed film and the screenplay he’s working on.
Mechner said that in writing the script for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, that he essentially had to start from scratch, re-imagining the events of the time-bending video game of the same name. Expect carefully hidden allusions to past games in the series in both the movie and the graphic novel.
You read that right. According to GameDaily, Ubisoft is planning to release another Prince of Persia game next year, one that’s not the cel-shaded “reboot” that has yet to be officially named. The game that’s planning to ship alongside the Mike Newell directed, Jerry Bruckheimer produced film adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is “essentially” a video game adaptation of the film adaptation of the video game of the same name. Careful, your head may twist clean off if you succumb to the spinning.
It doesn’t sound like anything is guaranteed at this point on the game that may feature a polygonal Jake Gyllenhaal and a phoned in voice over performance, but if we know Hollywood and games based on movie licenses, regardless of the source material, I think we’re in for a fun ride. Not so much a good video game, but a fun ride.
Triple Play of New Prince Entertainment [GameDaily]
Jordan Mechner created the original Prince of Persia. Guy then did a sequel, then an ill-advised 3D version, then stuck around to help with Sands of Time, and is now involved in the upcoming Hollywood adaptation of the series. So his finger’s kept squarely in the Prince of Persia pie. So it’s little surprise he’s just registered a new PoP-related trademark, for Prince of Persia Prodigy. Whatever could it be? My money’s on it having something to do with the upcoming movie, and nothing to do with firestarting or smacking bitches up. Prince of Persia Prodigy [Trademork]
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