Prince of Persia film shoots this summer

  • By Polybren, GameSpot
  • Posted Mar 8, 2008 9:54 am AEST

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 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.

87 Comments

  • sintong

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 12:27 am PT

    i am waiting this film... i hope this film have a same level with the game...

  • ehthay_danger

    Posted Mar 19, 2009 3:09 am PT

    I am an iranian there is nothing better than this for me i hope it reales as soon as possible an i wish they continue to produce such movies

  • hedocarmiceb

    Posted Nov 7, 2008 1:00 am PT

    This should be fun to watch!

  • Predator_286

    Posted Nov 1, 2008 8:36 pm PT

    looks awesome can't wait

  • Predator_286

    Posted Nov 1, 2008 8:34 pm PT

    looks awesome can't wait

  • ElemWiz

    Posted Oct 23, 2008 6:55 pm PT

    Jerry could do no wrong?! What about the Batman movies he directed? They were awful!

  • Marcolon

    Posted May 25, 2008 6:49 am PT

    Omg cant wait!

  • Boozer11

    Posted May 23, 2008 8:44 pm PT

    Finally a good producer and director. Under a good company too(Jerry Bruckheimer Films). But then again Disney will probably screw the whole thing up. This needs to be an R rated movie for it to do the series honor.

  • Haruhion

    Posted May 14, 2008 4:23 am PT

    Depends which game they base the film off first I suppose. It'll probably be either really good or really cheesy. I just hope this will be better than Tomb Raider... all of them!

  • Potts1350

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 6:48 am PT

    This actually might be good and if they make this one they need two more to complete the trilogy right?

  • gandork

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 5:36 pm PT

    Nice, Ditching Michael Bay for Mike Newell really ups my expectation...which can be bad considering all the video game movies that came out as crap!

  • Adam_the_Nerd

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 4:02 pm PT

    Now only if they'll use the game's fantastic stories in these damn videogame-based movies. I pray this is the case for PoP.

  • MrGordons

    Posted Apr 22, 2008 9:32 am PT

    All hail Jerry Bruckheimer he can do no wrong

  • YamiGuzz

    Posted Apr 19, 2008 2:04 pm PT

    I hope the movie is like the first game

  • gamernut

    Posted Apr 18, 2008 9:29 pm PT

    None of the game based movies in history did well, so i don't think its gonna do well

  • KinsmanFrederik

    Posted Apr 9, 2008 3:04 pm PT

    Hope that it will turn out to be superb movie. it is easy to talk and easy to mess it all up!

  • 3178834

    Posted Apr 5, 2008 10:54 am PT

    Man its going to be the best movie out like it sounds)but hell no i thought its going to be out this summer}(f***}cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  • game_fanatic_7

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 8:50 pm PT

    great love the games this movie will rock

  • LaraCroft15

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 11:18 am PT

    hey Resident Evil was great, for exception of the 3rd one, but... wow now i'm excited, any idea who will play the main character? i think Oded Fehr from The Mummy could have been good pick

  • necronaux

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 9:16 am PT

    Good or Bad, they already have a built in three-quil, at least.

  • 74141976

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 5:00 pm PT

    dont screw it up plain and simple

  • theclip

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 9:41 am PT

    man... what was wrong with the goblet of fire movie? i really didnt think it was all that bad, considering the amount of content that needs to be crammed in.

    looks promising, ill keep an eye on it

  • membernametaken

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 9:18 am PT

    This actually sounds promising...

  • keyf2005

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 2:31 am PT

    i sense the story will be too altered.... personally i think the 2nd PoP is the most successful. though it seems that the title of the movie is sands of time which refers to the first game release
    its not gonna be as good without the "empress of time" she's too hot to ignore

  • Holy-Rapture

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 5:01 pm PT

    i hope this film is great, but i have a feeling it will be too kiddish(HP4 was a good movie tho). PoP was violent, dark, bloody, and maybe even a bit sexual. The only way to make this movie incredible is if it was rated R, which it wont be...but i guess i'll have to settle for PG-13. Also, i've heard that its goin to be a disney movie. like Pirates of the Carribean. i dont see how you can make this into a Disney movie!

  • VenomRitual

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 1:02 pm PT

    i've lost all hpoe in a videogame to movie adaptation. maybe this movie will break the curse.

  • Krazy-K

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 12:13 pm PT

    I wish all the best for this film....

  • ebladinieres

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 6:46 am PT

    I hope they release another prince of persia game, too. For xbox 360 would be nice... If it looks like assasins creed but plays like Prince of Persia older titles, I would be very happy.

  • Booseh_ye_Irani

    Posted Mar 12, 2008 5:56 pm PT

    Is that a good film?!... or that's 300 movie 2?
    ;-)

  • PoPdude123

    Posted Mar 12, 2008 12:40 pm PT

    SWEET!!!!!! This film is going to be insanely awsome. Can't wait for it to be released. One question: Is it going to just be sands of time or the whole trilogy?

    P.S. Curious to see how the special effects team will handle rewinding time.

  • app3095

    Posted Mar 12, 2008 5:05 am PT

    AWESOME!!! This is gonna rock!

  • RandomBeast

    Posted Mar 12, 2008 1:49 am PT

    I can see this turning out very badly, though I do hope the film does justice to one of my favorite games ever..

  • oonge

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 11:08 pm PT

    bound to be a teriffic hit jus have to sit out the long wait till 2009

  • oonge

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 11:02 pm PT

    this should be a great movie, pity the long wait till next year

  • sitgom

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:57 pm PT

    It's most likely gonna be a PG13 movie. Just lik Pirates of the Carribean, also a Jerry Bruckheimer production.

  • CoRiNi

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:15 pm PT

    what's important is who's playing the prince .... Orlando bloom , Christian biel or maybe Gerard Butler ... this is gonna be tough ... because the the prince role is so sensitive ... But man I'm looking forward to the movie.

  • Lisandro_v22

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 3:20 pm PT

    i haven't seen a good videogame adaptation in ages wait I haven't seen any yet

  • RonTorque

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 3:20 pm PT

    Been Waiting for from a long time for this one.Hope that Mike Newell directs the movie right.

  • Matthew-first

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 1:29 pm PT

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

  • 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!!!)

  • Brotto

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 9:40 am PT

    ABOUT TIME!!!!

  • Wanderer5

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 8:05 am PT

    I hope it will be a good movie.

  • 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.

  • commander1122

    Posted Mar 11, 2008 4:24 am PT

    mabye like aladdin~~~who know~~

  • 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!

  • mfouad

    Posted Mar 10, 2008 12:25 pm PT

    who is the hero and prince!!??

  • R-Force

    Posted Mar 10, 2008 5:30 am PT

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • NuZZ01

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:31 pm PT

    Yeah Uwe Boll sucks.

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