Bruckheimer is bringing Prince of Persia to the big screen
03-08-04, 08:16 AM
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Bruckheimer is bringing Prince of Persia to the big screen
I saw this at IGN:
If this is half as fun as Pirates of the Carribean was, I'm definitely there. 
From http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/49...html?fromint=1 Jerry Bruckheimer Films is negotiating for the movie rights to Ubisoft's hit game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Today's edition of Variety scoops that Bruckheimer is eyeing the property for feature development at Walt Disney Pictures. The deal reportedly includes a script which is being written by the game's creator Jordan Mechner. John August is supervising script development and serving as executive producer on the film.
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Mechner told Variety that he sees the Bruckheimer-produced Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as a touchstone for the adaptation. "Rather than do a straight beat-for-beat adaptation of the new videogame," he says, "we're taking some cool elements from the game and using them to craft a new story – much as Pirates did with the theme park ride."
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Mechner told Variety that he sees the Bruckheimer-produced Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as a touchstone for the adaptation. "Rather than do a straight beat-for-beat adaptation of the new videogame," he says, "we're taking some cool elements from the game and using them to craft a new story – much as Pirates did with the theme park ride."
03-08-04, 09:05 AM
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Hmmm, I predict it'll be a terrific, exciting movie that gets great reviews, but nobody will go to see it. After a few weeks in theaters, they'll pair it along with a year-old spy movie as a double feature.
