Huh... It could turn out worse than this, I suppose.

Boll, I'm looking at you.

German hookers, me thinks?

I don't have much faith in the Hollywood adaptation of this game.

of course bruckheimer has to change the historical setting.

how could a jerry bruckheimer film possibly be set in a time period prior to the emergence of gunpowder?

no gunpowder, no boom.

They should cast me, I'm Persian and I looked enough like the Prince on Halloween lol. Being 16 might not bode well though...

@InsomniaBob: They said "its not a videogame movie" so they sold me with that.

"Prince of the Bronx"

I think it gives a modern and subtly western perspective to the timeless tale of Pitfall :p

Dear God no... Haven't we suffered through enough crappy videogame adaptations without it being Bruckified?

@okenny :): lol!

@legacyed: He'll find a way. Anyways, while I may not like some of his stuff, I think, for the most part, he knows what he's doing.

I just want to know how Bruckheimer intends to slip some helicopters into this movie if it's a period piece.

"It'll definitely be a period film; we're not going to make it contemporary."

IT'S GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE.

He looks like Chuck Noris from the side. :/

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@Anemone: I just want to know where the product placement is going to fit in.
For my 'sellout hack roulette' choices, I'm going with... Doc Martins, Aquafina, aaaaand..... the Iphone.

"Scene: the prince gets transported by the sands of time... INTO A MALL! Specifically, into an Express store. And then he talks about how cool Doc Martins are while drinking an Aquafina (thus regaining health), and then oogles an iphone."

GENIUS!

It'll be good for the first hour...then they'll play it backward for the second hour.

@boopadoo: if only bruckheimer would be kind enough to end one of his movies after the two hour mark.

@boopadoo: @legacyed: Could be worse, Peter Jackson could be directing it. Then it would be 4 hours of scenes that take entirely too long.

@LuppyLuptonium: With Peter Jackson, at least I'll get a nifty figurine out of the whole ordeal...

Wow, that' so comforting that he found it necessary to clarify that PRINCE OF PERSIA wasn't going to be a contemporary movie.

@InsomniaBob:

Scab! Non-union scum!

9th century? Eh. Would make all the mechanical traps and such make a little more sense. I think. Still plenty old and mysterious.

Of course, despite being set in Persia the cast will be as Caucasian as ever. Cept maybe for the bad guys.

Newell is actually a really great director which is the only reason why I don't expect this to suck serious ass.

Also Bruckheimer might be Chuck Norris's long lost brother. Let's hope he can THROAT KICK!

It won't be really in Persia, I'm guessing. That way they won't offend Ahmedinnerjacket.

Sabre Justice: Persians are caucasians.

I hope this turns out good, Prince of Persia is like the perfect game to turn into a movie.

@Sabre_Justice: Well you couldn't possibly have an Iraqi hero, could you? What ever would people think?

I doubt I will ever once in my life waste my time on a game related movie.

also hollywood; you are so dead.

Will Captain Jack Sparrow be in this movie?

They'll set it in 1986 and the Prince will be fighting Iraqis for the Ayatollah, using weapons gifted from the Reagan administration.

Wouldn't Mike Newell be better known for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I'm pretty sure like 100% more people have seen that movie than Donnie Brasco...

It's NOT the eighth or ninth century! There's no Islam in the frickin' game. It's at the very latest the sixth century. People seem to forget that the middle east existed before then.

He should play the games before he makes the movie. Just a thought.

@kamra: He (Bruckheimer) should also kill himself before he makes this movie. In all seriousness he pumps out way too much regurgitated crap that sucked to begin with.

Leave movie as the game was intended.

This is the big problem with game-movies -- They're all about name recognition and usually have very little to do with the actual game they're based on.

But somehow, I don't think PoP is the best game to make a movie out of if you're going to stick close to the subject material.

I want Chuck Norris to be the Prince.
Yes...that would be excellent.
Wheres my medication?

I'm always nervous about video game movies. But, if/when they get finished, I think we might actually -enjoy- watching Halo and Prince of Persia.

Say what you want, Bruckheimer's the man. I've never really disliked a movie his name was attached to.