Jake Gyllenhaal Crowned The 'Prince of Persia'

[CaptStu]

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' adaptation of Ubisoft's popular video game. Mike Newell is directing.

In the fantasy adventure, 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.

Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner.

Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are exec producing.

Production is set to start in July.

MORE HERE (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if545c66bc7e57054242991650c330fad)

So, what do you think?

[Xerxes]

Dastan?! They gave the Prince a name?

[Heretic Machine]

I hope you can see this Hollywood, because I'm doing it as hard as I can.

http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/02/01/mooninite_lightboard.jpg

[Wokapto]

Really? Jake Gyllenhaal? That's just stupid.

[Wraith]

Cue a half million cheesy game blog stars-wars-meets-prince-of-persia photoshop jobs.

[Wraith]

because... he wasn't in star wars.

Curse the lack of the edit button.

[FallenStar]

While I'm no fan of Jake Gyllenhaal, I'll take a wait and see approach.

[Zanzibar]

Jake....why can't I quit you?!?!

[xcalibur]

ugh.... bad casting decision, imo.

[Gambit]

/vader
/end vader

[mkelehan]

Directed by the guy who did Harry Potter 4. I won't write it off yet, based purely on that.

[Devilturnip]

No longer interested.

[Philonious]

It probably would have been cool to have a Middle Eastern hero in an American movie, but I guess they couldn't cast someone who hated freedom. I have nothing against Gyllenhaal, but casting someone who was or looked 'Persian' could have been cool.

[zipR]

I'd rather watch Donnie Darko again.

(Nothing against Jake -- not interested in a PoP movie.)

[Crono]

This is a strange turn of events in more than one way.

Before this casting decision, I was very excited about the possibility of a PoP movie, and my girlfriend was not.

After this casting decision, I was not very excited about the possibility of a PoP movie, and my girlfriend was.

[Gambit]

This is a strange turn of events in more than one way.

Before this casting decision, I was very excited about the possibility of a PoP movie, and my girlfriend was not.

After this casting decision, I was not very excited about the possibility of a PoP movie, and my girlfriend was.

Dude, im in the exact same boat. Sucks so much. I love PoP :(

[archon]

Fuck this. At least it's not like Shia LaBOOF is gonna be the main star in the next Indiana Jones movie.

[Von Sol]

the Prince was finally named. what a shit fukking name.

[mister_slim]

At least Jordan Mechner is doing some writing.

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

Why the hell...

[Xerxes]

the Prince was finally named. what a shit fukking name.

There isn't anything wrong with the name. It's wrong that they gave him a name. All this time as the nameless Prince. Layer Cake went the whole movie without giving away the man guy's name.

[Gambit]

Can we just have Will Smith do it instead? I mean come on..... Jake Gyllenhaal seriously? Id rather see Will do that than Jake, and Will is a really bad choice for the role as well.

[Mac]

This post is the cue for all game nerds across the internet to say why their casting choice would be so much more refined.

EvAv is always consistent, at least.

[Von Sol]

There isn't anything wrong with the name. It's wrong that they gave him a name. All this time as the nameless Prince. Layer Cake went the whole movie without giving away the man guy's name.

Yes, the notion is preposterous!

[revelation]

'Laughing out loud' and 'epic fail' seem to spring to mind.

[DarkDaY]

meh, it was a good game, but nothing to go all fanboy about, from old to new its just a movie. Though Jake is a good actor so maybe it will be worth a rental.

[Kagger]

Bearing in mind this SNL video (do watch the WHOLE thing), I think the casting is AWESOME.

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/snl-i-ran-iran-so-far-parody/540439133

[Primus]

I doubt casting is going to be this movie's weakest point.

[GigaFuzz]

Directed by the guy who did Harry Potter 4. I won't write it off yet, based purely on that.

I would, it was by far my least favourite of the Harry Potter films.

[fitbabits]

Oh.. No.. What the fuck?

[dividius]

Can we just have Will Smith do it instead? I mean come on..... Jake Gyllenhaal seriously? Id rather see Will do that than Jake, and Will is a really bad choice for the role as well.

There is not any good choice for this role. Mostly because there isn't a good reason for this film to be made.

[StGeorge]

This is the only dude who could ever give the Prince justice:

http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2004/June/Images/zandi.gif

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1377352/

[DaXIthR]

This is great fucking news! I'm fucking stoked.

Seriously, Gyllenhaal is massively underrated, and I don't understand the hate. Expect the same grit and charm he brought to Jarhead.




EDIT: Sorry. I wrote this post in the wrong thread.

[MelbaToast]

Wow. That's quite the choice.

[Disgustipated]

Wait, isn't Orlando Bloom the Prince of Persia? WTF?

[MelbaToast]

Wait, isn't Orlando Bloom the Prince of Persia? WTF?

I'm really not a fan of Orlando Bloom, but he certainly would've been better than Jake Gyllenhaal.

[Pantsmonkey]

This is the only dude who could ever give the Prince justice:

http://www.iranian.com/PhotoDay/2004/June/Images/zandi.gif

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1377352/

+1 that was the first thing I thought when I read this.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9572&Itemid=9

He is a Persian prince FFS.

No offense to Jake but he isn't Persian.

[AbeLincoln]

Yeah I remember rumors of that ACTUAL persian prince possibly being cast, and I was stoked. Why do you not cast that guy? WHY?

[GigaFuzz]

Yeah I remember rumors of that ACTUAL persian prince possibly being cast, and I was stoked. Why do you not cast that guy? WHY?

We got a classic EvAv headline out of it as well:
"Prince of Persia to play Prince of Persia in Prince of Persia" (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46691&highlight=prince+persia)

[OrangePulp]

We got a classic EvAv headline out of it as well:
"Prince of Persia to play Prince of Persia in Prince of Persia" (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46691&highlight=prince+persia)

Damn, beat me to it. That was the best headline ever.

[lost]

Not a Jake Gyllenhaal fan. Always looks smug.

But...wait and see. He's rarely a bad actor and it might be fun to see him in a family adventure.

[Pantsmonkey]

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4336/siffm2.th.jpg (http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=siffm2.jpg)

Assif!

[SilentScreams]

This is a great casting choice for me.
But that's just the asshole in me that likes to see fanboys get irritated about trivial stuff.

[MacD]

Ditto on the 'what happened to the actual persian prince they were going to cast? He seemed perfect....but maybe he just couldn't act.

[Telefrog]

I wasn't all that excited before, and with this casting news, I'm even less excited.

[nixpayn]

"In this american adaptation of prince of persia, our beloved prince will sport american flag pattern short pants and be deep in iraq trying to save his people from.. his people... for freedom of glory that is america, and he will rebuild the jew fence and open up talks with Kazakhstan about importing the finest prostitutes."

Thats if Ewe Boll did it.

I don't know shit about this movie, but Gyllenhaal is someone i never wanted to see cast in an action movie.

Christ one of those French dudes from District 13, who climb all over the place and jump buildings and shit would have been fantastic for it, if you're gonna go white guy pretending hes not white.

[Mr.Green]

At least Jordan Mechner is doing some writing.

Yeah thank god because the story and writing of the games were so amazing. Especially the DOS side-scrolling one. ;)

[Venkman]

From the same casting director as Scarface, I'm sure. Thanks, white hollywood.

[dark_inchworm]

Can we just have Will Smith do it instead? I mean come on..... Jake Gyllenhaal seriously? Id rather see Will do that than Jake, and Will is a really bad choice for the role as well.

I hope you realize what you did there...

http://tepasmas.com/img/fresh_prince_of_persia.jpg

[roboninja]

I hope you realize what you did there...

http://tepasmas.com/img/fresh_prince_of_persia.jpg

Do you realize what you did there? Hotlinking fail!

I am ambivalent about the casting, as I have always been about the movie. I do like Jake as an actor, but I never expected this movie to be good.

[dark_inchworm]

whoopsy

That'll teach me to hotlink.

http://tepasmas.com/img/fresh_prince_of_persia.jpg

[dark_inchworm]

Do you realize what you did there? Hotlinking fail!

Hey, it worked for a minute or two ;) Currently I'm at my dull educational institute, and there's no easy way to supply the image by my own means.

[Typical_Michael]

Ill forget about this in an hour, and then not care again until the movie is about to come out. Ho-hum.

[dark_inchworm]

So Photobucket got unblocked this trimester. Word.

Last attempt:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/dark_inchworm/fresh_prince_of_persia.jpg

Inserted as a hyperlink just in case the other image is still loading for others.

I am now done polluting this thread with posts that I cannot edit. Goodbye ;)

[Debutante]

I had forgotten that a PoP movie was even happening, which shows how much weight my opinion should even have here. I suppose casting could have been worse, specifically how I can't say. While Gyllenhaal isn't the best choice for the role, we can't by default say an actual Prince of Persia would instantly be better for the role. I could be wrong, but his day to day peril is most likely less than his digital counterpart, but then again maybe he does fight hideous sand creatures via the power of time manipulation while running on walls. I haven't been keeping up on my subscription to Princely Matters Monthly.

It's not nearly as aggravating as Dennis Hopper being cast as Bowser, he's not even of the Koopa race. Pffft.

[asimonk]

Wait, isn't Orlando Bloom the Prince of Persia? WTF?

Orlando Bloom was originally tapped to play the princess. She's one hot chick imo.

[nixpayn]

they should have got homosexual latinos to play the persian prince, like in 300.

[Froggy]

I'm sad that it's not the actual prince of persia like we thought it was gonna be. The linguistic application of a Rockwell painting was too delicious to be true.

[Wombat]

While I can understand the concentration of attention on Jake Gyllenhaal, I'm suprised no one has commented on the Princess' name. Tamina? What the hell is wrong with Farah? They afraid people will expect to see Farah Fawcett or somethin?

[thomasc]

Yeah thank god because the story and writing of the games were so amazing. Especially the DOS side-scrolling one. ;)

Did you ever play The Last Express?

[A Lusty Alien]

I think I'm going to have to start paying close attention to Ted Casablanca (E! gossip columnist) and see if he says anything about "Toothy Tile" being put on the carpet while filming a new movie.

[Aaron Patridge]

I understand the need to have an actor with box-office draw in order to make a popcorn movie profitable, so I think this is a good choice. There is probably a wonderful Arabian actor who would be much better suited for this role, but who would not make the film studio nearly as much money.

[mister_slim]

Yeah thank god because the story and writing of the games were so amazing. Especially the DOS side-scrolling one. ;)

He wrote The Sands of Time, which was very well written. He didn't work on Warrior Within or The Two Thrones, and those weren't nearly as well written. Also, The Last Express.

[Zanzibar]

If they can get Aishwarya Rai in it, then all is forgiven.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/112980421_28000d96e6.jpg

[Xerxes]

Everybody runs around thinking they need a name. The need better trailers and presentation. Any guy directed to appeal to the masses would have done just fine even as a new comer. I don't think I'll be seeing this at the theater. And Aishwarya or any other girl would make a better Farrah. AND THEY GAVE THE PRINCE A FUCKING NAME! Grrrr...

[PsychoticVile]

I really don't think Gylenhaal is a good fit either but he is definitely a far cry better than Orlando Bloom who they almost cast instead.

[Talon-]

I'm pretty sure we can expect this movie to be fun. Bruckheimer will make sure of that.

[H.Bogard]

If they can get Aishwarya Rai in it, then all is forgiven.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/112980421_28000d96e6.jpg

Eww... to play as a boss or something? That could work...:rolleyes: