By Fred Topel at Sci Fi Wire
Video games have inspired few good movies. Mortal Kombat was sort of fun, Resident Evil had its chills, and Angelina Jolie was a credible Lara Croft, but none of them have been great. For every Tomb Raider there’s a Hitman, Legend of Chun-Li or Super Mario Bros.
But producer Jerry Bruckheimer unveiled never-before-seen footage from Disney’s upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time at the D23 fan expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, and it rocked the house, suggesting that Persia may be the first video-game-based movie to break the mold.
Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook presented the clips and discussed the film, based on the Ubisoft title. Here are five good signs that Bruckheimer’s movie has leveled up…
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I think this will be an awesome movie…but Jake Gyllenhaal is kind of distracting with long hair. Like that awful wig Colin Farrell wore in Alexander. But Prince of Persia is an awesome game, so I’ll see the movie.
What do you think of Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince? What’s you favorite movie from a game?
