PoP movie to be filmed in Morocco
Shooting will begin this summer.
The big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is set to begin shooting in Morocco this summer, according to Variety.
"Producers are always looking for cheap places to shoot and Morocco is one of them," said Disney representative Jimmy Abounouom. He reckons the Moroccan shoot will kick off in mid-June, while other bits of the movie will be filmed in the UK at Pinewood Shepperton studios.
The film is being directed by Mike Newell whose previous credits include Donnie Brasco, Pushing Tin and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing.
The script is by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, who also wrote The Day After Tomorrow, and PoP creator Jordan Mechner. Trousers will be supplied by MC Hammer.
Sources, i.e. IMDB, suggest the Prince of Persia film is out next year - but nothing has so far been confirmed.
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Trousers will be supplied by MC Hammer
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From what I've heard, the plot is going to be faithful enough (to Sands of Time), and the location sounds like it's as Persian as you can get outside the 'Axis of Evil'. I guess the real litmus test will be when they announce the casting of their Prince. Let's hope it's not Justin Timberlake, eh?
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Still, we can always hope this will be good, right? RIGHT?
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"No, no, no, that didn't happen..."
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I just hope they look at the story, the characters and the action separately from the videogame genre - that they try to make a decent film based on the "tone and feel" of the games, rather than to do an interpretation of the gameplay, which just wouldn't make any sense at all - but this is still what most film makers try to do when adopting games into movies. This could be a cool movie about a handsome, agile and resourceful prince - or it could be a movie about a platformer/hack'n'slash brawle. Im not the least interested in seeing the latter...
Are there any good "araby-looking" lead actors around? That guy from Lost is great, and the indian guy in Heroes too, but both are a little old...
By the way: Are there any parcour tracteurs around who can both speak english and act (and looks OK)?
Adil Thattal certainly looks the part, and has the moves, he can even act - dunno what his english is like. No chance it would ever go to him though, not high enough profile. They'll probably do an Al Jolson on Ben Affleck or something instead
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Kal Penn (Kalpen Modi)?
Was he any good in 24 or House? I've only ever seen him do comedy. Indian==Middle Eastern in Hollywood eyes, it would seem at least as far as Naveen Andrews is concerned.
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He looks good and can act.
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To be honest I don't expect much from this. It will probably be a painfully stylish and CGI swamped PotC/National Treasure clone. Perhaps if I keep these expectations low I will be able to avoid dissapointment.
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