But I think what really made the movie really catch fire after a lot of years and attempts on my part was the Sands of Time. JM: I've really wanted to make a Prince of Persia movie for 20 years, and the first time was right after the first game came out in 1993, but unfortunately, Disney kind of beat us to the punch with Aladdin that year, and we figured "yeah, you can't compete with Disney," so we kind of put it back on the shelf for a while. Q: How long have you been planning to make Prince of Persia into a movie? This is actually my first time seeing the trailer, so the experience has been pretty cool for me as well, but I haven't seen the movie along with the score. Harry Gregson-Williams is the composer for the movie. Jordan Mechner: I'm not sure if the music was taken from the movie or composed just for the trailer. Q: Is the music played in the trailer what we can expect from the movie? The trailer, now released to the public, is shown below, followed by a transcript of the Q&A session with Jordan Mechner. Overall, however, it's looking much better than I expected, given the movie-based-on-game stigma. While many were concerned over the casting of the Prince, I'm actually more concerned with the Princess, who narrates the trailer with an artificial-sounding voice. Like the game, it appears that the interaction between the prince and the princess is also a major feature of the movie, with a lot of sexual tension and witty dialog featured in the trailer.
Elements from the game were shown, such as the sand-filled Dagger of Time, which gives the power to control time, and a powerful antagonist bent on obtaining the artifact. One word for the movie, based on what was shown in the trailer, is "epic." Featuring tons of action and special effects, the movie looks to bring the Prince of Persia story to the big screen in a big way with action scene after fight scene after action scene.
Jordan Mechner, creator of Prince of Persia and screenplay writer for the movie followed up the screening with a question and answer session. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsly, and Alfred Molina, is directed by Mike Newell, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and distributed by Disney. Last week, video game journalists were invited to the first screening of the trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie, which is based on the game franchise of the same name.