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See Jake Gyllenhaal run, backflip and spin kick as the Prince of Persia
There’s been a bit of controversy about Jake Gyllenhaal playing The Prince of Persia in the upcoming movie, so the above pic from Entertainment Weekly may or may not sway your opinion.
Nonetheless, Walt Disney is banking that the combination of Gyllenhaal, director Jerry Bruckheimer and a waiting audience of franchise fans will make this one of the rare video game films worth watching.
Bond girl Gemma Arterton will play Princess Tamina. The movie will somewhat follow the plot of the first game in the revamped Prince of Persia series, The Sands of Time. Dastan and Tamina will try to stop an evil nobleman (presumably the Vizier portrayed in the game) from using the Sands of Time to take over the world.
Those holding out hope for this movie to not be god awful can take solace in one fact: One of the screenwriters for the film is Jordan Mechner, the Prince’s original creator. Other writers include Boaz Yakin (The Rookie) and Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard (The Great Raid).
Gyllenhaal is reportedly doing a lot of his own stunts in this one so he appears to be throwing himself into the role.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is slated to hit cineplexes May 28, 2010.
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I’m avoiding this one. I hate it when Hollywood whitewashes films like this. Casting some white dude as a Persian is flat out racist, just like what is happening with the Avatar: The Last Airbender movie.
on July 21, 2009 at 12:50 AM - LINKThe only one racist here is you. Have you ever played the game? This is an adaptation and Gyllenhaal looks exactly like the protagonist in the game. White people playing a persian role is as racist as Hillary Swank playing a role of somebody with a dick (and winning an Oscar for it) is sexist. This is what actors do mate. They pretend. Maybe you want a real chicken this time they make the next chicken run movie?
on December 20, 2009 at 09:06 PM - LINK