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Ubisoft announced today that they will be placing a new emphasis going forward on the development of video game movies. Check out the entire post for all of the details.
Online retailer Amazon France has apparently listed two Ubisoft compilations, Splinter Cell Trilogy and Prince of Persia Trilogy, for the Playstation 3.
"Now I suppose that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as far as this beholder is concerned Gemma Arterton is perfect for the role of Princess Tamina, the character that evolved from the prince's companion Farah from the Prince of Persia video games. So the fact that anyone would take the time out of their day to write her a letter telling her otherwise boggles my mind.
According to an interview in the May edition of Details magazine, someone did just that.
quote""I've gotten lette...
"Prince Of Persia star Gemma Arterton said she'd never heard of the video game before landing the role in the film.
Asked if she knew the game, she said to UK's SFX magazine: 'I didn't. I'm really rubbish like that! Someone told me 'Prince Of Persia' and I was like 'Prince Of What?'
'So I went into it like an open book. The character in the film is not like the character in the game, from what I can gather. She's not a warrior - she's more of a priestess, and comic and funny.'"
Who says video games can't be turned into great movies? For years gamers have put up with game-to-movie adaptations that have ranged from terrible to average, but never much more than that. Well, it looks like Prince of Persia is about to change that. According to film producer Jerry Bruckheimer the test audience "flipped" over the movie. They adored it!
"The preview was short but powerful. We caught two runs of the trailer; what stood out was the movies that inspired the game easily transitioned back onto the big screen. Feeling a mash-up of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Pirates movies, the execution plays right into the expectations of a blockbuster summer movie, pushing effects and over-the-top action sequences in exotic locations in every sequence shown. From what we saw the "rewind" feature functioned well in the movie."
PC gamers can rejoice -- digital distribution service Good Old Games has signed Ubisoft to its catalogue, announcing the deal today. What this means is you can get the likes of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Far Cry, Beyond Good & Evil, and lots more for $6 or $10, DRM-free, and XP/Vista compatible (Mac and Win7 too, to some extent).
Hurrah!
"During the New York Toy Fair over the weekend, it was announced that, continuing with their recent fascination with recreating famous movie scenes/characters, LEGO would be releasing a line of LEGO figures and playsets for the upcoming Prince of Persia movie.
Sure, the toys will be based on the movie, and not the game, but it's a movie based on a game. So, in a roundabout way, we'll have the first LEGO toys to be made from a video game series, and not the other way around.
The toys won'..."
"The new Prince of Persia game isn't called Heir Apparent, as previously reported from a Game Informer cover. From the Ubisoft forums:
Rumors have popped up that the new Prince of Persia game is called Heir Apparent.
This is not the case! The origin of the mistake is in the title of the Game Informer
article on Prince of Persia called Heir Apparent.
Just to clarify: The Heir Apparent is the name of the article, and it is NOT the name of the new game.
No name has officially been an..."
There's another rumor out and about about who will play the lead role in the Prince of Persia movie. Despite 10,500,000 people wanting the real-life Prince of Persia to play the lead role, it was rumored that Orlando Bloom got it, but that was quickly proven false. Who's the rumor about this time? Jake Gyllenhaal.
Today it was announced that Orlando Bloom will be playing the role of the prince in the new Prince of Persia movie, despite a worlwide survey revealing that 70% of 15 million people voted for actor and real prince of Persia - David K Zandi - to play the role.
But Disney was quick to dispell this 'news' as a rumour, and announced that Orlando Bloom hasn't been cast as the prince. (though they're not ruling him out).
This might be good news, or it might be bad news.
It means that the re...
Despite 70% of 15 million people voting for the Prince of Persia to play the lead role in the upcoming PoP movie trilogy, Orlando Bloom has been awarded the role.
"Movie hunk" > Real life Prince of Persia. We love you, Hollywood!
IESB.com got their hands on a worldwide survey asking the audience who they want to see as the main man in the Prince of Persia movie. Well the results were unanimous - and here's the funny part - out of the 15 million people who took part in the survey, 70% of them wanted David K. Zandi to play the role. What's so funny about that? Well, David is the prince of Persia in real life!
And we might just see David playing the role. He is an actor and is proficient in both fencing and Roman swo...
"Now a report has surfaced claiming that Bruckheimer is tapping a regular collaborator of his to direct the highly anticipated project.
According to IESB.net, Transformers helmer Michael Bay will direct Prince of Persia. The site adds that Disney sources have confirmed that the studio is "hopeful" they will land Bay for the pic, which is reportedly earmarked for a summer 2009 release.
Bruckheimer and Bay have previously teamed for The Rock, Pearl Harbor, the Bad Boys films and Armageddon..."
![Box shot of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvR2FtZUN1YmUvQWN0aW9uL0FkdmVudHVyZQ==/prince_of_persia_the_sands_of_time_frontcover_small_8qG3WtJy3K0mrDz.jpg)