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.
The power to rewind time will not save video game movie adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from the likes of Roger Ebert and the assembled movie critics in this rare but highly warranted movie Frankenreview.
Who was at the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time big-time Mann’s Chinese theatre premiere in Hollywood yesterday? These folks, among others…
Tired of seeing only quick flashes of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie? Here’s 55 seconds’ worth of Prince Jake running across rooftops, dodging arrows and swinging from ropes for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of ComingSoon.Net.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and stars Jake “Chesty” Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton discuss the story behind Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Disney’s big-budget film based on the long-running gaming franchise.
Gossip blog Just Jared has snaps of our first look at Jake Gyllenhaal filling the shoes of Dartan, better known as the Prince of Persia in the upcoming film adaptation. Looks like Jake’s tapping into his inner steroid-abusing homeless man for the role, a tasty melange of ripped and filthy. The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time movie won’t be starring Reese Witherspoon, as far as we know, but should you have a hunger for more Jake-style man meat, just try to block her out in the other shirtless spy pics.
Oh, and thanks to all the tipsters who sent this one in. You guys really have your fingers on the pulse of breaking topless Jake Gyllenhaal news.
Jake Gyllenhaal is the Shirtless Prince of Persia [Just Jared via Latino Review]
The Mike Newell-directed, Jake Gyllenhaal-starring Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie won’t make it to theatres next year as planned. According to a report from Coming Soon, Disney has delayed the Hollywood adaption of the Ubisoft game to May 28, 2010. Coming Soon pegs its release between the planned bowing of the next Shrek picture and Marvel’s Thor movie. Heartbreaking news to the both of you who were planning on taking off that Friday.
The new Prince of Persia game? Seems to be coming along nicely, according to what we weren’t allowed to touch at Comic-Con. We did, however, press the Start button on the PlayStation 3 controller before it was snatched out of our hands. That bit worked perfectly.
Prince of Persia Pushed Back a Year [Coming Soon]
