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'Prince of Persia' Featurette: 'The Sands of Time'

10 hours ago | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Jerry Bruckheimer's latest major push will be or is already Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It'll be out on Memorial Day weekend, but once upon a time it was supposed to be released in June of this year, the week before Transformers, in fact. The upcoming Tooth Fairy was also a June 19th film at one time, if you can believe it.

The extra time Bruckheimer and Disney gave Persia allows for things like this, the second in what promises to be a long line of featurettes related to the video game adaptation. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to them so far, like Watchmen's once-a-month video journals, but it is keeping the name out there a little bit before the studio really starts pushing it, which should be sometime between Alice in Wonderland and the summer kick-off.

The latest featurette explains, through Bruckheimer, »

- Colin Boyd

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New Featurette For 'Prince of Persia'

26 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »

Walt Disney Pictures has released a second featurette for Mike Newell’s adaptation of the popular videogame “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina.

Check out the new featurette below and let us know what you think.

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"  is set to be released on Memorial Day 2010.

In the fantasy adventure based on Ubisoft's popular video game, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

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- Kellvin Chavez

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Prince of Persia The Sands of Time Featurette 2

24 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Disney just released the second featurette for the upcoming film “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” by director Mike Newell (The Elfstones of Shannara, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and starring Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Brokeback Mountain) and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Quantum of Solace). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Prince of Persia. Synopsis: 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 was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Is Still A Thing That Is Real

24 December 2009 10:58 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Disney’s big May tentpole, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time has been slowly but surely building up its marketing campaign since this past year’s Comic-Con, and now the Mouse House has released a new online featurette.

We’ve had the first official trailer available for some time now, but buzz for the film has remained muted at best.  We could soon be experiencing a Kingdom of Heaven-esque box office disappointment from this film, dropping as it does at the beginning of the summer box office season.  It’s an understatement to say that Gyllenhaal appears miscast in the film, but the film itself doesn’t seem particularly appetizing either.  With CGI spectacles approaching such as Clash of the Titans and Iron Man 2, it’s easy to see how Prince of Persia: Sands of Time could be lost in the hubbub.

However, there are a handful of bright spots. »

- Andrew Ford

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New Persia featurette

24 December 2009 1:42 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

While everyone has been (rightly) drooling over Disney's Tron: Legacy and Alice In Wonderland, let's not forget that in 2010 the Mouse House will also be releasing Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time. In this new behind-the-scenes featurette on the film, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, star Jake Gyllenhaal and director Mike Newell all attempt to explain exactly what the Sands of Time are and what it does, etc. As Jake (as Dastan) notes, "Releasing the sand, sands back time!" Duh. »

- Mike Sampson

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Prince of Persia Destiny Movie Poster

23 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Disney released another new movie poster for the upcoming film “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” by director Mike Newell (The Elfstones of Shannara, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and starring Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Brokeback Mountain) and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Quantum of Solace). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Prince of Persia. Synopsis: 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 was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Another Prince of Persia featurette

23 December 2009 10:29 AM, PST | Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news »

Earlier this month we saw a featurette for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time which focused on Dastan, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Now Disney has released another featurette which focuses on the dagger, which has the power to turn back time. Again we see small snippets of interviews with director Mike Newell, Jerry Bruckheimer, [...] »

- Liam

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Second Featurette For Prince of Persia is Released

23 December 2009 4:50 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The guys over at Wet, Dark and Wild have been in touch with us to show to give us a heads up on a new behind the scenes featurette for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. At first glance, it looks like the featurette that we posted the other day focusing on Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), this new version looks more closely at the dagger that Dastan finds before revealing The Sands of Time.

The featurette looks at how the dagger was designed while Jerry Bruckheimer and director, Mike Newell explain a bit more about how the Sands of Time actually works as well as seeing a bit more footage that we’ve not seen previously. I’ve embedded the featurette below for your viewing pleasure.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is released 28th May 2010 and also stars Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley.

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- David Sztypuljak

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New Prince of Persia Movie Poster

22 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Disney recently released this very cool movie poster featuring Ben Kingsley in the upcoming film “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” by director Mike Newell (The Elfstones of Shannara, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and starring Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Brokeback Mountain) and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Quantum of Solace). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Prince of Persia. Synopsis: 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 was tricked by a [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Two New Images From Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

22 December 2009 9:36 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Two new images have hit the net for Disney’s big screen adaptation of the popular video game series, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, Gemma Arterton as damsel in distress, Tamina and Ben Kingsley as the evil sorcerer Nizam, the film is directed by Mike Newell.

The images, one of which is Gyllenhaal in full body armour, the other featuring him and Gemma Arterton, come to us courtesy of Fantasy.fr. Personally I’m still unsure as to whether Disney can pull this one off, but then again I felt the same about Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and look how cool that turned out. Check out the images below:

From the team that brought the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, »

- Craig Sharp

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New images from 'Prince of Persia' debut

22 December 2009 11:32 AM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Two brand-new images from Mike Newell's upcoming adventure "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" have debuted online (via ComingSoon & Fantasy.fr), and you can check them out above and below.

Not much to see here besides Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan and Gemma Arterton as his companion. Based on the popular videogame series, "Sands of Time" is slated for a release in theaters May 28, 2010.

In the film, Prince Dastan teams up with a princess to stop a villain from laying his hands on the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can be used to reverse time and rule the world. Ben Kingsley co-stars. »

- Franck Tabouring

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New Images from Prince of Persia

22 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

French website, Fantasy.fr have gotten hold of a couple of new images from Disney / Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time which is due for release early summer 2010. I think we may have seen the one of Jake Gyllenhaal on his own previously but the one of him and Gemma Arterton together is definitely new. Mike Newell takes the reigns directing while the supporting cast includes Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley and Steve Toussaint

The live action movie is based on the computer game, Prince of Persia and from the trailers that we’ve seen looks like we’re going to be taken on quite a roller-coaster ride! It’s out May 28th and we’ll be bringing you lots more in the new year.

Click the images below to enlarge.

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- David Sztypuljak

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2 New Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Images Arrive

22 December 2009 8:51 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Fantasy.fr has released two new images from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which will be released in theaters nationwide on May 28, 2010. Click below to take a look at these two new images from the film, featuring its two stars, Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton.Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, directed by Mike Newell, stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and Toby Kebbell. The film will be release in theaters everywhere on May 28, 2010. »

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New Photos From 'Prince of Persia'

22 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »

The folks over at Walt Disney Pictures have released two new stills from Mike Newell’s adaptation of the popular videogame “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina.

Check out the new stills below.

The Walt Disney film is set to be released on Memorial Day of next year.

In the fantasy adventure based on Ubisoft's popular video game, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Source: Walt Disney Pictures , Fantasy.fr 

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- Kellvin Chavez

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Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20 December 2009 2:45 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince it finally hits home that Warner Bros.' phenomenally successful cash cow is starting to come to its conclusion. The battle between the boy wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his ghostly nemesis Voldermort (Ralph Fiennes) nears its climax during the student's sixth term at Hogwarts, and for all the twists, turns and surprises the revelation that the end is nigh might just be the most startling one of all.

This comes from the point of view of someone who has not always been this series' biggest fan. I wasn't impressed with director Chris Columbus' first two chapters, their sluggish pace and simplistic storytelling drove me nuts. Yet Alfonso Cuarón's magnificent third entry (still the best of the bunch) blew me away, Mike Newell's follow-up felt more like a John Hughes meets J.K Rowling hybrid than it did anything else. »

- Sara Michelle Fetters

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Video - 'Prince of Persia: The Featurette of Dastan'

19 December 2009 3:48 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

The trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time showed us quite a bit of action, looking every bit the Jerry Bruckheimer summer movie it's been designed to be. Now there's a new featurette that focuses on Dastan, the Jake Gyllenhaal character.

Gyllenhaal joins director Mike Newell and Lord Bruckheimer in talking a little bit abot the character and the genesis of the subtitle, The Sands of Time. There's also what I think is our first look at Alfred Molina, so that's good news for the ladies.

There appear to heavy doses of action in this flick, a lot of it performed by Gyllenhaal himself, and it also looks like it's following the formula of Pirates of the Caribbean, with more saucy humor that you might have originally expected. »

- Colin Boyd

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Xmas Video Vault: The Box of Delights

18 December 2009 3:07 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

A quarter of a century ago, a few weeks before Christmas, this happened…

…and children’s TV, particularly at Christmastime, was never the same again.

It has been twenty five years since the BBC’s adaptation of John Masefield’s magical fantasy The Box of Delights appeared and time has not weathered its charm and festive cheer.

If you find yourself shouting the word ‘Splendiferous!’ when opening your presents on Christmas morning, or muttering that Granny nabbing the last After Eight mint is the ‘Purple Pim’ then chances are you’ve seen, and fallen in love with, The Box of Delights. It is a delightful yarn, spun with a love of Boy’s Own adventures and using some innovative animation effects to create a television event that is a treasure trove of nostalgic joy.

It begins with the impeccably posh young boy Kay Harker as he returns home from boarding »

- Jon Lyus

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The Walt Disney and Touchstone Pictures 2010 Movie Preview

18 December 2009 11:41 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures are the latest to reveal their 2010 slate of films with such selections as Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, the videogame adaptation Prince of Persia, Toy Story 3, Step Up 3D, Oceans, Rapunzel and several more.

All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.

When In Rome January 29 Photo: Touchstone Pictures Browse The Gallery Starring: Kristen Bell, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Josh Duhamel

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

An ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic »

- Brad Brevet

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Prince of Persia The Sands of Time Dastan Featurette

17 December 2009 11:20 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Disney just released another very cool featurette “Dastan” for the upcoming film “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” by director Mike Newell (The Elfstones of Shannara, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and starring Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Brokeback Mountain) and Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Quantum of Solace). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Prince of Persia. Synopsis: 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 was tricked by a dying Vizier to [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Looks Amazing in HD

17 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is one of the most visually striking films of a year filled with achievements in great cinematography. I love Deakins’ work on “A Serious Man,” Richardson’s on “Inglourious Basterds,” and Christian Berger’s on “The White Ribbon,” but Bruno Delbonnel (who also lensed “Amelie”) has helped produce one of the most aesthetically remarkable films of the year, easily the most interesting interplay of shadow and light yet seen in a “Potter” film. Naturally, it makes for a great fit with the 1080p of Blu-Ray.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

After shuffling directors for four installments in a row from Chris Columbus to Alfonso Cuaron to Mike Newell, the “Harry Potter” series settled on the relatively unknown David Yates for the final four films (“The Order of the Phoenix,” “The Half-Blood Prince,” and the two-part “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”).

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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