Michael Bay attached to direct Prince of Persia

PALGN News | Disney brings in the big guns.

We've known for a number of years that Jerry Bruckheimer optioned the rights to Prince of Persia for a movie based on The Sands of Time, and that series creator Jordan Mechner would be penning the story. After radio silence for a considerable length of time, recent developments have suggested that Disney wants Prince to be its "next Pirates [of the Carribean]."

Today movie news website IESB learned that blockbuster director and frequent Bruckheimer collaborator Michael Bay (Bad Boys, Armageddon, The Rock) is now attached to direct Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Bay is set to take up the project right after work is finished on Transformers, which is due for release this July.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is still a way off, with the current expected release date of mid-2009.

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Crestfallen

6 years ago

Who will star as the Prince??

He has to be tall, athletic, slim, young, dark and handsome.

Sounds like Danny DeVito to me.

DrTim

6 years ago

^ Ahahaha. Nice one. Took the words right out of my mouth.

Michael Bay huh...could be worse I guess.

Capoeira

6 years ago

So this film is now more than a rumor? Cool.

Personally speaking, the main draw card of the Prince of Persia trilogy was the story, so seeing it hit the big screen is great to hear.

I wonder if it'll be a new story altogether or a variation of the Sands of Time stuff. Either way, I'll be looking forward to hearing more about it.

?oe?oe

6 years ago

This could be a really good film if done right.

Djfuzz

6 years ago

Wow, they really killed this movie before it even took off.

Michael Bay hasn't even had the chance to destroy Transformers yet, and they're already handing him more canon fodder. If they wanted to make it like Pirates (which it probably could be), why didn't they hire Gore Verbinski?

Bitchacho

6 years ago

Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you.

I'm sure he'll do an adequate job. Never played a PoP game and probably never will, but I wouldn't mind checking the movie out. If they try to make it like Pirates, it's going to be epic.

Karai Pantsu

6 years ago

Michael Bay directing a PoP movie?! Who in their right minds thought that was a good idea? Damnit all, i can just imagine it now:

The Prince, a muscle bound meatsack (probably Vin Diesel), has to infiltrate the highly guarded (and well stocked of explosives) castle/military compound of a terrorist faction to rescue 'his girl' and take revenge for the death of his best friend (a dog) at the hands of said terrorists. There will be lots of 'tense' stealthy scenes as The Prince (a stunt double) acrobats his way past guards, breaks their necks mid-air, and then lands while simultaneously lighting a cigarette and spitting out a cheeseball one-liner.
The thrilling climax will occur after a sprawling fight-scene with 'The Boss' (accompanied bad metal/techno) which leaves the prince out of breath and nearly breaking a sweat, and the terrorist leader all but crippled. Princey will grab 'his girl' up into his arms, mumble some clichéd bullshit, and then flick a cigarette into the conveniently placed stockpile of highly unstable explosives. In slow motion, as a giant fireball is licking at their heels, the Prince will have to wall-run out of there, jump to and then swing off a low-flying helicopter that happens to be passing, catch a piece of hanging fabric on the descent, and then bullet-time dodge past some spinning blades (and over a pit of crocodiles with bees in their mouths) onto the safe ground (mere metres from the massively exploding building) where the shot will fade-to-black while he simultaneously says "That was for Rover!" and gropes 'his girl'.

It'll break new records at the box-office, and spawn a slew of crappy merch and a game of the movie of the game.

tootie_kicks

6 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

It'll break new records at the box-office, and spawn a slew of crappy merch and a game of the movie of the game.

It wouldn't be the first time. Remeber Street Fighter 2: The Movie: The Game?

Dutch Rootsman

6 years ago

What a nightmare. Has anybody seen Bad Boys, or the Island. This movie is going to suck harder than a fleet of hoovers.

thebigm

6 years ago

The first Bad Boys was fairly entertaining for me actually, although the second movie was ... I haven't really seen much of Bay's movies that I was impressed with still, although as DrTim said, there could be worse, and I'm sure we're all happy this wasn't by Uwe Boll.

theory

6 years ago

Karai Pantsu

6 years ago

That is gold! Is that a SomethingAwful piece, or did you do that yourself?
If that's all you then... goddamn!

You're right BigM (can i call you that) - Uwe Boll would be much, much worse. But still, I just can't even begin to imagine Bay making the movie anything like the source material. I'm sure that it'll have oodles of eye-popping explosions though, so at least we'll get some Bang for our Buck (sorry)

Sin Ogaris

6 years ago

I only have one question... how is Michael Bay going to put in the chase sequence that involves something being thrown off the back of a truck while speeding down a highway? I mean, it's not a Bay film if he doesn't reuse the exact same scene over and over again.

Capoeira

6 years ago

theory wrote

OMG

That caught me way off guard.

I would pay money to see that film. Even if that film was just 2 hours of the Carlton dance, I'd still go watch it.

HeDanny

6 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

Michael Bay directing a PoP movie?! Who in their right minds thought that was a good idea? Damnit all, i can just imagine it now:

The Prince, a muscle bound meatsack (probably Vin Diesel), has to infiltrate the highly guarded (and well stocked of explosives) castle/military compound of a terrorist faction to rescue 'his girl' and take revenge for the death of his best friend (a dog) at the hands of said terrorists. There will be lots of 'tense' stealthy scenes as The Prince (a stunt double) acrobats his way past guards, breaks their necks mid-air, and then lands while simultaneously lighting a cigarette and spitting out a cheeseball one-liner.
The thrilling climax will occur after a sprawling fight-scene with 'The Boss' (accompanied bad metal/techno) which leaves the prince out of breath and nearly breaking a sweat, and the terrorist leader all but crippled. Princey will grab 'his girl' up into his arms, mumble some clichéd Bulls***, and then flick a cigarette into the conveniently placed stockpile of highly unstable explosives. In slow motion, as a giant fireball is licking at their heels, the Prince will have to wall-run out of there, jump to and then swing off a low-flying helicopter that happens to be passing, catch a piece of hanging fabric on the descent, and then bullet-time dodge past some spinning blades (and over a pit of crocodiles with bees in their mouths) onto the safe ground (mere metres from the massively exploding building) where the shot will fade-to-black while he simultaneously says "That was for Rover!" and gropes 'his girl'.

It'll break new records at the box-office, and spawn a slew of crappy merch and a game of the movie of the game.

That sounds like the greatest movie EVER!. Seriously. I am lining up to watch it now!

Man I cant wait for the 4th movie in the series that will undoubtedly be Prince of Persia: IN SPACE

the doag

6 years ago

Love the game. 2009 is ages away though. The lead character is a toughie though. Could it be Deppy? He could definetly pull off the look i reckon.

The Brett

6 years ago

theory wrote

Looking forward to this way more than some crappy Prince of Persia movie.

BovineDeath

6 years ago

crestfallen wrote

Who will star as the Prince??

He has to be tall, athletic, slim, young, dark and handsome.

Sorry dude, I've got other things on.

theory

6 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

That is gold! Is that a SomethingAwful piece, or did you do that yourself?
If that's all you then... goddamn!

I take zero credit for the pic I posted. Saved it from some post in some thread at some forum a long long time ago and it was still on my HD.

Souless

6 years ago

theory wrote

Yiou deserve a medal, even if you didnt create it. That was classic.

ObsoletE

6 years ago

Dutch Rootsman wrote

What a nightmare. Has anybody seen Bad Boys, or the Island. This movie is going to suck harder than a fleet of hoovers.

i actually liked The Island. it was nowhere near as thought-provoking as the trailer made it out to be, but it was entertaining enough.

i would've preferred a more... subtle... approach to the themes though.

i'll hold out judgement on the film until i've at least seen who's cast as the Prince. it could be quite could, with the right script and actors. directors aren't the be all, end all of films. well, there is possibility of the worst director making a great film, with the right script.

Sin Ogaris

6 years ago

The Island was great until they left "The Island", then it was just implausible scenario after implausible scenario. I mean who survives a fall from a skyscraper? No one, that's who.

Edit: Actually The Tick could, but then again he's nigh invulnerable.

ugh the boot

6 years ago

hELL YEA...I love Michael Bay!! One thing is for sure....the budget will be huge.

rodvcpetrie

6 years ago

My instincts tell me that it will be Orlando Bloom. Although I would like to see him be in the film, I would rather they get an unknown who is a stuntman and an actor. One thing that would really make it worthwhile is if they hire someone who can do Parcour (or whatever it is), just like the guy at the start of Casino Royale.

PS: I'm still alive

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