Prince of Persia Movie Delayed Until 2010

August 1, 2008 7:35 AM

The release date for the Disney-produced live-action feature film adaptation of Prince of Persia has been pushed back until 2010, ComingSoon.net reports.

The movie is currently slated to hit theaters on May 28, 2010, just in time for Memorial Day. Other cinematic releases around that time include Dreamwork's Shrek Goes Fourth and Marvel's Thor.

According to the site, Prince of Persia's previous June 19, 2009 release date would have placed it in close proximity to the next Michael Bay-directed Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen.

Loosely based on the 2003 Prince of Persia game The Sands of Time, the Jake Gyllenhaal and Alfred Molina-starring film was written by series creator Jordan Mechner, with Mike Newell (Pushing Tin, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directing and Jerry Bruckheimer serving as producer.

Thanks to K1Bond007 for the heads up.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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August 1, 2008 7:51 AM

Oh no! I loved Sands of Time purely because of the amazingly told story. Sure the puzzles were cool and the combat was alright, but the story telling was absolutely perfect, right down to the very end.

"Loosely based" will never do it justice.

Stop making crap movies based on good games! Get some original ideas you worthless bastards!
- Arceihn
  
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  August 1, 2008 10:49 AM
  
  Well, uh, hold on.
  
  You want them to get some original ideas, but you complain when they depart from a story that's already been told?
  
  In any case, Sands of Time's story was fantastic, but it's for that reason I'm actually glad they're doing something different. I don't really want to watch a movie version of a story I've already experienced in the first place, but I certainly don't want to watch them ruin a story that didn't need improving to begin with.