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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie Trailer

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 by Brendon Connelly

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The official movie trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is now online… Watch it after the jumpp.

Update: The trailer is now officially online at Myspace, embedded below.

There are a numerous rumors that a new Prince of Persia game will launch next year. Computer and Video Games have Ubisoft denying this however. Foolish, maybe, as the rumours seemed to start with the film’s producers, and I’d expect they’d know.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis, to help put the trailer into context:

From the team that brought the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia. A rogue prince (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (GEMMA ARTERTON) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Set in the mystical lands of Persia, PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME is an epic action-adventure about a rogue prince (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) and a mysterious princess (GEMMA ARTERTON) who race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

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  • Strach
    Oh my God....It actually looks cool!
  • dsahawker
    I love the games but this looks mediocre at best ...sad... hopefully it ends up being better than it looks
  • cambion
    That didn't do much more for me. Just looks like a generic summer blockbuster. And those accents pissed me off for some reason. I know it's not supposed to be a realistic portrayal of Persians by any stretch, but why make Jake Gyllenhaal try to sound English? I found that annoying.
  • haha, serious? I'm Deaf, so I can't tell from accents. But I find it hilarious that a WASP-y white dude plays a Persian character... with a bad ENGLISH accent.

    lulz
  • mace
    maybe you right dont think a American person will understand a Middle Eastern accent speaking English.
  • STG
    If any of you had actually played POP: Sands of Time then you would know that the prince does indeed have an English accent in the game.
  • cambion
    I've played it, and three other Prince of Persia games. It's still silly and sounds bad to me.

    Also, I don't give a damn how it was in the video game. That's totally irrelevant.
  • existenz
    I agree. A silly choice in the video game doesn't mean it has to be copied in the movie.

    I guess doing an Iranian accent would be too difficult. So an English accent is "exotic" enough huh?
  • cactus
    A good example of why people don't take video game stories or characters seriously. In America, English accents has come to represent anything foreign in the most generic and lazy way possible. It's dumb in a game and will look even dumber on the big screen. First word out of his mouth and I was cringing. Looks horrible.
  • alex
    well then why have the characters speak english at all, lets bitch about everything. technically the movie shouldnt even be spoken in english, the entire thing should be subtitled. be happy that for once someone actually tried to follow what the game did and use the accent from the game.
  • mace
    Persians dont speak with a clean cut English accent at all. it looks kind of stupid on the big screen seeing Persians speaking with a perfect English accent. im not saying Middle Eastern people dont speak the English language but they have a accent when speaking English. the actors should of put a Middle Eastern accent to sound more realisitc.
  • BUT would many blue-blooded Americans be able to understand a Middle Eastern accent speaking English? Just wondering.
  • Blame it on Shakespeare though, he started it. Thanks to him audiences have come to expect british accents.
    In Rome every Aristo had very proper accents, the plebes had cockney accents and the slaves were Italian. Ha ha eh?
  • Wow, it actually looks ... good. o_O
  • It looks better than many of Bruckheimer's previous movies, and I hope it's better than Newell's last movies. I expect it to be as good as PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl
  • yea, may even spawn some crappy sequels
  • I think it was supposed to officially come out today at 7PM (not sure if PDT or EST)

    I'm going to wait for the HD version to watch it.
  • kfizz
    The UK always breaks the time or they don't know the internet is world wide. If they set a time and date its always before the time in the sates.
  • omega
    sorry we in the UK know the time everyone in the world wide dont have to do things based on US time.
  • kfizz
    I was talking about the people who set the time line for it to come out. They some times screw over other people by setting embargoes that lift early in other place. Like IGN was going to have the trailer first in the USA but it aired on uk tv and spread like wild fire. Its just film makers shooting them self in the foot not thinking of the internet that really connects people. So it was not a dig at any one over seas. Just the people who plan these things. It reminds me when a website was going to have the trailer for spider man 3 and then it went down since a tv ad was all over tv telling people to go see the trailer at said website and the sight went down before it was to go live. Since some manny people were on the site before it was live.
  • omega
    ok i understand my bad
  • Square
    I think that's the first time I've ever seen somebody apologize for being a trolling dick on the internet.

    That said, fuck... you Brits are pussies.
  • jesus christ.

    'hello, my name is basil exposition (with tits): we are now looking at a tower, which is guarded by some kind of demon. carry on'

    i think this might reek actually.
  • This is giving off some DOOM like vibes to me. Unfortunately, the odds are this will end up being another sub-par videogame adaptation. Oh well, hopefully it's good.
  • nev
    im not so hyped by this trailer plus the accents is annoying they all sounds British they playing Persian people
  • Frank
    It does indeed look like fun (much in the likes of PotC), but I was also very distracted by the English accents of both the Prince and the Princess.
    Why can't they sound at least a little bit oriental?!
  • cactus
    Because an "oriental" accent spells Persian for you...
  • That was terrible.
  • cslroy
    Why would you want to destroy the world you live it??
  • Harmonica
    Jake's accent is great. Very similar to the Prince's accent in the game.

    Looks like this will be Disney's next Pirates of the Caribbean. I think that's the wisest road to take with this movie: a big, fun popcorn flick that audiences will enjoy and want to see again. I kinda liked this trailer. But I'm still not entirely confident.
  • STG
    Finally someboday who has played the game and not just seen Disney's Aladdin :), the accent is fine in the context of the game it is based on.
  • KateWest
    That isn't Jake's voice, that's voice-over actor.
  • AtotheJ
    I don't know how anyone can pass judgment on the looks of the thing. From the trailer I could see here, the quality was so bad, that it might as well have been the cut scenes from the original game... I wouldn't say anything until I have seen the HD trailer or at least a better quality one!
  • Tetsuo_Man
    The way the film "looks" isn't what is being judged in my opinion... so whether or not the trailer was in HD wouldn't change the way I think.

    I liked the first 30 seconds of the trailer, they caught the feel of the first game, the dark mysterious and tense mood, but after that... right when we meet up with the chick (aaah... and she's in a white dress! Didn't somebody tell Bruckheimer that the latest PoP game was the worse because of the chick who tagged along the entire time???!!!). Frankly, by the time the trailer was over, all I could think of was- this is Pirates of the Caribbean all over again. You can't have the Prince acting all badass and then spraying stupid one-liners... it doesn't work.
  • existenz
    It's like "Pirates"....but without Johnny Depp. Snooze.
  • That's actually a really good comment. We have the love interests but not the third character who makes everything fun.
  • JBuell
    Why the HELL do they all have BRITISH accents?!!
  • smither
    PLAY THE GAME DAMMIT!


    ...OR LOOK ABOVE AT OTHER COMMENTS!
  • Because, aside from Jake, they are all British!? If he had an American accent then it would be out of place with everyone else in the film. His accent is actually pretty good.
  • AdventCiervo
    Couldn't really make out all of it but the little of it I did it looks fine compared to the game. Seems like they are putting in a little of POP The Two Thrones with his arm turning black. Looks alright, but we'll see.
  • Tetsuo_Man
    Yay I caught the Two Thrones vibe as well when I saw the spinny blade-whip flying around.
  • Think it looks surprisingly good. Not sure about Gemma Arterton though, she comes off way too much like Rachel Weisz in the mummy.
  • I thought it looked entertaining ... definitely has the bruckheimer summer blockbuster feel.
  • Pete (original)
    whoa! and i try to stay away from gyllenhaal movies, except donnie darko, but this looks sweet! feels like the game too.
  • straycatkid
    This looks really bad. The movie thinks it's epic, but it's actually dumb. Huh.
  • kevin
    this movie should be called Prince of Britain cause everyone accents sounds British
  • tmitch1109
    Would love if the bashing on accents would stop. Play the games. Could be the next PotC but the trailer just seems off and underwhelming. I love some Gyllenhall and Kingsley though. We will see how this film turns out.
  • kevin
    im going to keep on bashing the accent.
  • existenz
    Play the games? If the game characters had British accents, it means they f--ked up too. People in Persia do not have British accents. Maybe if it was Prince of India, since at least India was run by the Brits for a long time.

    But...whatever. It's just a movie. If we wanted full realism they would be speaking Farsi.
  • fanboy_d
    Looks great.
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