Movies based on video games have a strong tendency to suck. It’s unfortunate, but we’ve all seen it happen time and time again. Which is why I have such high hopes for the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie which trailers really impressed me.
There’s also the fact that Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia franchise, is involved as head writer for the movie. In an interview with HeyUGuys (via WetDarkWild) he announced that be loves the new film and that he hopes gamers will too:
“Well, I hope they love it. I do. For me, Prince of Persia is the kind of movie that I’ve always loved – the ones that really inspired me to make games in the first place. It’s almost like an old fashioned, swashbuckling, romantic adventure.”
While he was never directly involved with the casting, he’s been very pleased with the final choices:
“Jake looks a lot like the prince in the game. He’s a great actor and I think for me he embodies a lot of the qualities that sort of define the kind of hero that I’ve always seen the Prince as. He’s a warrior, but he’s also got a sort of mischievous quality, a certain vulnerability and I think Jake brings that to the screen in a way that’s really appealing.
You know, I think Jake Gyllenhaal played Prince of Persia games. He was pretty into it. What’s interesting is that when I was in London to meet the craftspeople – the people behind the set design and costumes and so forth… all the people working behind the scenes. I found that a lot of them were real gamers and they were deeply into the Prince of Persia games.”
That final sentence really nails it for me. I think this movie’s going to rawk.






