14 DAY TRIAL // The Prince of Persia movie trailer has become available to the public and it now seats swinging from some column on the YouTube website. The trailer was previously seen at some press events last week, but, now, the just-under-two-and-a-half-minute trailer can be enjoyed by everyone with access to the World Wide Web.
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the movie seems to stick to the same guns it held when it announced that the movie would receive the same attention as the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Not that money would have anything to do with it, but the $150-million-budget movie is bound to be a world apart from anything that Uwe Boll ever stitched together and called a movie.
The trailer removes any doubt there was about the movie's plot and confirms that it will follow the action of the 2003 Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time title. The movie involves the creator of the original 1989 Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner, who was brought in as a co-writer.
Mechner was also the one that created the Sand of Time, which would explain why the series was resurrected to its original fame by the title. Just as the game did, the movie will focus its action on the magical dagger that can alter the natural course of time, as it reaches the hands of the Persian prince.
Mike Newell, who also did Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Donnie Brasco, has also been co-opted to direct the film. The Prince will be played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and, even though the trailer shows him making a decent representation of the Prince of Persia, his slight British accent might come as a bit inappropriate to some, considering he's supposed to be an Arab royalty. The movie will come out at the end of May 2010, and, according to unconfirmed rumors started by the film's cast, Ubisoft will release another title in the Prince of Persia series around the same time. GameSpot tried to dig around for more details, but Ubisoft has yet to respond.
Brought by popular demand, here is the trailer: