Jake Gyllenhaal to star in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie
Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 7:07am by Eliah_Holiday
Recently reported by The Hollywood Reporter Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," mDisney 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 6th 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 and Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the games created by Jordan Mechner. Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are executive producing. Production is set to start in July in Morocco and England.
