Walt Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films (Pirates of the Caribbean) teamed up to create a movie based on the video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which if everything goes well , will be released on May 2010. A short synopsis for those of you who don’t know the games.
The story is set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it’s up to the prince and the princess (Gemma Arterton) to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time.
There is no Vizier in the movie, however, Nizam (Ben Kingsley) essentially is the movie version of the Vizier being that he is the main antagonist and also the conspirator in the plot to kill his brother, the king of Persia and the uncle of Dastan (the Prince).
Since this is the first part of the trilogy and if successful (just like Pirates) there probably will be two more part: Warrior Within and The Two Thrones. I have written a post about these games earlier.
If you’re curious about the trailer and we have the gorgeous flashless HD version:
