Prince of Persia Pulled Back!
Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are delaying the release of the fantasy action feature Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time by almost a year, from June 19, 2009, to Memorial Day weekend 2010.
According to Variety, Disney officially said it wants to allow plenty of time for post-production, considering that the tentpole will require extensive special effects to create its fantasy world and setpieces.
I wonder if part of this reason is because the Labor strike? Anyway this is the same thing Trek did and I am not opposed to it, in this day in age where fans want better CGI looks in the film I am glad some studios are allowing tentpole projects to focus on that and make their post-production better. We have seen a lot of movies this summer that have rushed post-production and the quality wasn’t good at all.
The Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time is based on the popular video-game of the same name it is unknown if the studio will produce a trilogy like the game but the story is intriguing and worth telling on screen. You can bet with Jerry Bruckheimer producing this it may be his next Pirates’ film.
The story follows Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), a prince, who must join forces with Tamina (Gemma 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. Alfed Molina and Ben Kingsley co-star. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell is directing under producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
