RUMOR: A New Live-Action PRINCE OF PERSIA Movie Is In The Works At Disney

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RUMOR: A New Live-Action PRINCE OF PERSIA Movie Is In The Works At Disney

It's been a decade and a half since we last saw a Prince of Persia movie in theaters, but a new rumour claims that Disney and Ubisoft are moving forward with a new live-action adaptation of the games...

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The Prince of Persia video game franchise was created by Jordan Mechner and kicked off in 1989. Ubisoft acquired the rights in 2001 and rebooted the property with the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time two years later.

Since then, multiple games have followed, including Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004), Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005), Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010), and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024).

A big screen adaptation was released in 2010 directed by Mike Newell.

It starred Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, and Alfred Molina.

A live-action take on the 2003 game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was a critical failure but performed admirably at the box office with a $336.4 million global haul against a reported production budget of $150 million - $200 million.

In fact, it held the record for the highest-grossing video game adaptation until Warcraft surpassed it in 2016.

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH brings word that a new Prince of Persia movie is in development.

It appears Disney will be producing the live-action project, and it's a smart move on the House of Mouse and Ubisoft's part as there's still an awful lot that can be done with the fantasy franchise on screen.

We don't currently have any additional details beyond that but we wouldn't count on it having any connections to that 2010 effort.

In 2019, Gyllenhaal admitted that his experience making Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time put him off blockbuster fare for several years.

"I think I learned a lot from that movie in that I spend a lot of time trying to be very thoughtful about the roles that I pick and why I’m picking them."

The movie was also criticised for casting an American actor in place of someone of Iranian descent to play the lead Dastan.

"You’re bound to slip up and be like, 'That wasn’t for me,' or 'That didn’t fit perfectly,'" the actor acknowledged.

"There have been a number of roles like that. And then a number of roles that do."

 

[Tha Realest]

this series has produced some terrific games. I played the original when it came out, Sands of Time is one of the best games of all time, and The Lost Crown was a pleasant return to form. Hope they make it work this time.

 

[BrianLo]

I give this one a 1% chance of being real and 0.05% chance of happening. No trades have picked it up. Disney doesn’t really do licenses anymore. There’s no appetite for this. The video game franchise isn’t really in a better place (I played and liked the new one a lot, sales were meagre) and leadership hasn’t cycled out from the bomb the last one was. Ubisoft is a struggle bus right now.

The whole first movie comes from a time when the company was desperately seeking “boy films”. Even for its time it was a bit of a weird choice for Disney to license.

 

[Alice a]

I like terrible movies. I actually own a few MST screened movies because I actually enjoy them.

The first adaptation was so bad, it circled around to nigh unwatchable. I’m not sure I could stomach another one, honestly, and I loved the games.