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See Gyllenhaal as PRINCE (OF PERSIA)!!

Published at:  Aug 11, 2008 10:16:22 PM CDT


Merrick here...




Just Jared has a pic that was snapped on the set of PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME.

This is our first look at Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role. I don't know much about the games other than I've never been able to play any of them very well. But, somehow, I was expecting the character to look a little less...beach bummy? Maybe it's just a bad angle...

HERE HE IS!!!



What do you think?

The film will hit in Summer 2010 - directed by Mike Newell (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES) with Jerry Bruckheimer as an Executive Producer.












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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:18:18 PM CDT

    yay!

    by strokerx

    me win...me think he looks ok as prince...yes

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:18:29 PM CDT

    Looks ok

    by spencertrilby

    let's hope the video game adaptations will improve. It can't be worse than the comic books movie fad, TDK aside.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:18:34 PM CDT

    Tarzan?

    by underdogthe3rd

    100% Whey protein.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:18:47 PM CDT

    Boring, boring, boring

    by hint_of_smegma

    Nuff said.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:18:56 PM CDT

    what

    by hyperboycomics

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:21:27 PM CDT

    my cock is so hard right now

    by dannyglovers_dlckblood

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:22:17 PM CDT

    You mean, your shitloads of cock

    by spencertrilby

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:24:32 PM CDT

    Wow

    by infinite_zero00

    Ummm...Holy shit? I'm not sure if he's necessarily hotter not, but my urges to jump him just jumped by 120% regardless.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:25:15 PM CDT

    It's Billy Ray Cyrus on the PX90 diet!

    by anino

    It pays to watch the 300 spartan workout clips on youtube eh?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:25:37 PM CDT

    Buff enough to turn a redneck gay...

    by aversiontherapy2

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:25:45 PM CDT

    Haha! that looks like garbage

    by george newman

    Looks like a dork dressed up at a convention. He is very unconvincing

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:26:29 PM CDT

    Hope he has a crappy Persian accent, too

    by george newman

    he better

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:33:31 PM CDT

    I still want Cillian Murphy.

    by anna valerious

    Sorry, but he looks more like the computer game character than Bubble Boy does. However, the thought of Prince of Persia/Joker yaoi brings a smile to my face. "I can't quit you!!!"

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:35:06 PM CDT

    is this the guy

    by frankenfickle

    from the gay cowboy movie?

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:39:01 PM CDT

    I can taste his stench.

    by larry sellers

    Yes! I can't remember the last time a video game made for a bad movie! fuck.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:39:27 PM CDT

    Kinda like Charles Broson as and indian

    by big bad clone

    Or Fisher Stevens as the other kind of Indian. Or Chuck Heston as a Mexican. And don't tell me I'm being PC. People bitch about a blonde James Bond.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:39:55 PM CDT

    lame.

    by force_fed

    seriously. should be the comedy hit of summer 2010.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:46:21 PM CDT

    Perez, you're such a jerk!

    by badmrwonka

    wait, sorry, got my sites mixed up for a second...

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:47:11 PM CDT

    The Prince of Persia

    by kinjoalcoholicninja

    Is lilly white.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:50:00 PM CDT

    Only from Hollywood can we get a movie called

    by mattyboy122

    Prince of Persia with Jake Gyllenhaal as the eponymous hero. Reminds me of that bit of stand-up about the flick called The Last Nigga starring Tom Hanks. Can't wait!

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:53:31 PM CDT

    I'd like to see Maggie Gyllenhaal in that outfit.

    by cookylamoo

    Oh, wait a minute, I already have.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:54:06 PM CDT

    "Oy! Like urine, he smells!"

    by metalmickey

  • Aug 11, 2008 10:54:57 PM CDT

    He looks just like the guy to me

    by erichaislar

    http://www.hugewallpaper.com/data/media/78/wallpaper_prince_of_persia_warrior_within_10_1600.jpg

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:58:19 PM CDT

    Yowza!

    by buffywrestling

    Looking good. Little bit for the ladies; thank you for that.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 10:59:15 PM CDT

    That guy loves his steroids.....

    by turd furgeson

    and his personal trainer... Am I the only one who has no desire whatsoever to see this?

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:02:35 PM CDT

    I know an Iranian chick (of persian descent) that looks

    by spencertrilby

    more caucasian than him. Seriously, ethnicity is not an issue, unless you want him to go full Kirk Lazarus. Could be fun, actually.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:02:53 PM CDT

    He still looks like a whiner...

    by pirateemery

    Seriously, I can't take him seriously as a "badass."

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:05:37 PM CDT

    Brokeback Prince?

    by banzai rootskibango

    ...anyone? No?

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:06:16 PM CDT

    I have doubts on the badassness front, I admit

    by spencertrilby

    hope they'll be squashed like when I saw that leaked TDK trailer and vowed to never question a casting decision until I see the flick.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:06:33 PM CDT

    Everyone Watch this!

    by erichaislar

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZWYwYqbfuM

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:06:49 PM CDT

    Haha congrats MetalMickey . . .

    by zeldas

    for giving me the laugh out loud moment of the talkback. Seriously tho, the only thing right about the pic is the hair. P.O.P. on PC was the first game I was ever in love with, so maybe I'm biased.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:06:50 PM CDT

    Everyone Watch this!

    by erichaislar

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZWYwYqbfuM

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 11, 2008 11:07:07 PM CDT

    Everyone Watch this!

    by erichaislar

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =hZWYwYqbfuM

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:07:23 PM CDT

    Prince of Persia: The Regrets of the Miscast

    by jimmy_009

    This one tanks.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:12:52 PM CDT

    YUCK! He looks like he STINKS! >:P

    by theghostwholurks

    Is the Prince of Persia SUPPOSED to look homeless? Hope he acts better than he looks in this film.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:14:50 PM CDT

    Well..

    by super rabbi

    He's got the hair right... not so sure about that face or body.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:18:58 PM CDT

    well ill be pig fucked!!

    by stengah

    should've at least chosen somebody who looks slightly arabic.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:22:11 PM CDT

    Hey DANNYGLOVERS

    by bass bastardson

    I just caught Apatow name dropping you on a Conan O'Brien ep from last week. Way to go! You're famous now!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 11, 2008 11:26:45 PM CDT

    BTW

    by excommunicated

    Persians are not Arabs. They are of Caucasian stock.

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:29:29 PM CDT

    huh

    by zozma

    looks weird

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  • Aug 11, 2008 11:30:39 PM CDT

    juice does wonders

    by shogunshin

  • Aug 11, 2008 11:34:49 PM CDT

    JUST FUCKING NO.

    by premiere warlord bush

    Is this a pic from the set of VIDEO-GAME MOVIE written and directed by the Wayans Brothers?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 11, 2008 11:48:45 PM CDT

    I hate it. Jake, why?!!

    by viola123

    I'm in denial that he's actually going to do this movie. Jake, this is so not you. :(

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:07:55 AM CDT

    You sure this ain't a DANZIG bio-pic?

    by horace cox

    Just askin...

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:14:00 AM CDT

    Where's the respect?

    by infinite_zero00

    Where's the respect for Jake? He's done a great job in tons of movies, what's with all the fanboy hate? Is it because fanboys are usually enraged by an incredibly good looking man?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:17:14 AM CDT

    That's some racist bullshit

    by scarbro

    How's it okay for a white boy to be playing a Persian? No one bats a fucking eye-- now if he was playing a black man everyone would be up in arms-- and he can't even use the fair excuse of satire (like Tropic Thunder)-- Fucking double standard--Rob Schneider can play Asian and no one says shit, he plays Arab and no one says shit. If I was Persian I'd be pissed, hell, I ain't Persian and I'm pissed!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:18:31 AM CDT

    race issue

    by sokitome

    Here's the thing. I agreed with Harry's rant against things being overly PC. I agree that can happen but that doesn't excuse all things. There are some things that should not be done. That being said I am a little concerned about this but not necessarily offended. I believe if Persians are offended by this, I think it is legitimate. But of course I'll probably be slammed by the racists, not a lot of them but some, that seem to be popping up more and more on this site.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:21:20 AM CDT

    excommunicated

    by sokitome

    did you mean Arabs are Caucasian or Persians? cause I think Arabs are Caucasian and not Persians.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:26:23 AM CDT

    what happened.....

    by movieman742

    to when there was an article about a pic and the pic was ACTUALLY IN THE STORY!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:35:39 AM CDT

    Jake, drop Reese like a lead weight.

    by youareallmybastardchildren

    Are you that sick of hot, young, tight, taut, buxom, global freakynaughty pussy? Dude, she's a single mom, she'll still be there in another 7 or 8 years. You can settle down then. Oh yeah, now I remember...you were in Brokeback.Has no one ever seen Jarhead? Jake's been ripped for a while now.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:37:48 AM CDT

    Well I thought

    by series7

    Being Mike Piazza for the Jokers dick would be the gayest thing Jake would ever do...guess I was wrong. Though he still makes a more convincing girl then his sister and gay guy then her "I always play a gay dude in movies" husband.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:42:47 AM CDT

    "Brokeback Persia"

    by ricardomontalban

    Well you never know... this could be good. Afterall Jake can pick whatever role he wants.

    hey moviefans check out this awesome new blog at: thebitterproducer.blogspot.com

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:48:03 AM CDT

    Bro-tastic!

    by wash

  • Aug 12, 2008 1:03:14 AM CDT

    no subject

    by infinite_zero00

    I always forget how homophobic this website is...

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:14:10 AM CDT

    i will lol...

    by werewolfbynight

    every arabian night until and after this film is released

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:20:00 AM CDT

    The games are really cool,

    by ecto-1

    my missus plays them a lot and the storylines are great. I thought that these games were a great choice for a movie adaptation. But, why the hell didn't they pick some actors who at least looked a little asian? I'm mean come on, this reminds me of fucking John Wayne playing Ghengis Kahn!!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:24:25 AM CDT

    Um...yeah....No...

    by terrymalloy

  • Aug 12, 2008 1:24:59 AM CDT

    let me rephrase that...

    by werewolfbynight

    i will lol for 1001 arabian nights

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:41:06 AM CDT

    I don't get the "not Persian enough" nonsense

    by spencertrilby

    see previous post.

    Favreau reportedly scrapped the Mandarin from Iron Man pretty late in the writing process - after anouncing he would be the baddie - because he couldn't find a way to make an asian baddie work. Does it mean that changing ethnicity for the villain works, but not for the hero?

    Ideally, of course I would've liked a Persian actor as known as Jake Gyllenhal to win the part. But today in Hollywood there is none. I love when directors stick to the source and don't conveniently forget ethnicity, like Gans hiring Takeshi Kaneshiro for Onimusha - that's ballsy casting, but name one Persian equivalent to Kaneshiro. One. See? They opted for the recognizable face. It may be lazy, but not racist. And nowhere near John Wayne as Genghis Kahn!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:54:46 AM CDT

    Lamest casting ever

    by darthvedder81

    I'm a big fan of the series ("Sands of Time" is one of the best video games of the last 10 years) but dopemeister general Jake Gyllenhaaalalallenhaal as the prince? I just have no desire to see that.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:12:28 AM CDT

    "He's like a not so hairy"

    by jed black

    "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to me. And Iran, Iran's so far away, 'cause your home but in my heart you'll stay..."

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:31:10 AM CDT

    And of course they make the Warrior within route

    by david cloverfield

    With the Lonely Badass Warrior Prince instead of the Arabian Folk Tale Hero Prince of the other games. Just what I've expected.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:13:20 AM CDT

    Looks a bit too Warrior Within unfortunately

    by photoboy

    Jake certainly looks like the Prince, but the costume and make-up is pure Warrior Within, a game that sucked so much ass it had a mouthful of shit.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:25:12 AM CDT

    Jordan Mechner should direct

    by gorgomel

    He is the creator of the original game and he's a director too. Just check his IMDB profile. So why he doesn't direct this?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:26:30 AM CDT

    do they have houses in Persia? because he looks homeless

    by newc0253

    The Prince of Homeless People maybe.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:35:51 AM CDT

    Oh shit!!!

    by harold-sherbort

    I think I forgot my 'bro'ssel sprouts at the store.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:53:29 AM CDT

    never really cared for the PoP games..

    by stalkeye

    ..so I'll give this a pass. I can still imagine all the "Brokeback" comments regarding jake as the prince.Can he outlive the image of being slammed by Ledger?(Sands of) time will tell...

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:07:51 AM CDT

    RIDICULOUS CASTING : HE LOOKS WRONG

    by livingwater

    that silly face and that ugly pumped body, do the producers know what Persia is ? they have OBVIOUSLY never been east of downtown LA......

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:20:19 AM CDT

    Ugly pumped body?

    by infinite_zero00

    Show that to a woman; they won't say it's ugly.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:23:36 AM CDT

    M-O-O-N. That spells "not baggy enough"...

    by tom cullen

    The pants, not the actor, the actor looks baggy to the triple douche.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:31:15 AM CDT

    I like Newell

    by mr gorilla

    I know he has done some not so good movies, but there is something brilliantly old-school about him. Harry Potter - well, in my fantasy world the final movies would have been Newell and Cuaron alternating. Their two chapters are so brilliantly complementary, and Newell was the only one to really make Hogwarts feel like a school (and the only one to realise how much this would benefit the movie). And Donnie Brasco, well, that's one of the last great Pacino films, a movie that dares to show just how shit it is being a gangster if you are not on the top tier. If Newell brings his magic to this movie - and his magic is bringing characters to life and telling rich stories - it could be intriguing.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:38:40 AM CDT

    This may be my fourth post but...

    by infinite_zero00

    What is wrong with you people?

    Gay =/= lame

    On another note, how does he look gay? He's more buff than any of you guys. He's also mature enough to know that having long hair doesn't make you gay.

    I can't even comprehend the immaturity of this board, where half the members act intellectually superior to the rest of the world.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:43:15 AM CDT

    "I don't know much about the games"

    by byobkenobi

    Of COURSE you don't know much about the games...you don't know fuck about fuck. Why are you here Merrick? Hmm? To display you ineptitude? Man, there should be an embargo on your ass. Harry, get rid of Merrick NOW.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:51:06 AM CDT

    I've lost the will to live..

    by skywalker772

    Sorry guys, buy wtf?!? I knew this was coming, the stream of bile has been buidling up since it was announced that the gayboy (gay- cowboy) had landed the part. Now I'm seeing pictures, I'm ready to blow. A bit of history, I'm a british actor of asain descent and I've played just about every kind of terrorist you can imagine. And after todays news, you can guess that I'll be playing terrorists for a long while yet. Why is it when it comes to evil dudes with beards the faces fit, but not for a lead role when the character is actually persian?? Given theres no persian actors that spring to mind but why not go for someone new who actually fits the breif? This is Charlton Heston and the 'Mexican' all over again. I really wish that Hollywood had a pair of balls that I could kick..

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:37:55 AM CDT

    Persians are Aryans

    by garzo

    Since Persians are ethnically of the real Aryan race, it seems perfectly OK to cast a white dude in the part. Having said that, I think the sexy Erik Balfour would have been more appropriate -- that guy's just smolderingly sexy and looks more exotic. Balfour's the next big action hero -- mark my words ladies.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:39:18 AM CDT

    He looks hot. As for the whiers screaming "racist"

    by yeti

    cause he's not "Persian".
    1. Newsflash. Persia doesn't exist anymore.
    2. Where was your self rightous indignation at the casting of Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury? In the comics, he's white. Can't have it both ways kids.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:45:47 AM CDT

    Yeti

    by skywalker772

    Have you seen Nick Fury in the comics recently?? Ultimate Marvel Series?? No? didn't think so.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:08:40 AM CDT

    Skywalker772, yeah you

    by garzo

    Maybe you're not getting any parts because your a fucking bigot and have the attitude of a poor uneducated Taliban. You sound like a terrorist so you might as well keep playing them forever.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:10:01 AM CDT

    that picture has made me a bit gay

    by hoisin

    ...can I get his trainers number please (or is it down to steroids?)

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:22:21 AM CDT

    Sorry Garzo

    by skywalker772

    but no terrorist here... Maybe you should think twice about calling someone a bigot before you dive into one about the Taliban. Guess it takes one to know one.. (although, I'm not sure how you can make the jump from pissed off actor to suicide bombing freedom hater?!)Way to go my son...

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:32:40 AM CDT

    OMG THAT JUST GAVE ME A RAGING BONER

    by bringingsexyback

    And Persians are white people. Don't let Zionist propaganda color your judgement.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:33:29 AM CDT

    Damn You Michael Bay

    by mcmlxxvi

    Damn You Michael Bay

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:38:44 AM CDT

    Pathetic.

    by joker2thief

    Talkbackers are, I mean. This has the director of GOF and YIJC attached. He knows how to shoot a movie. Also, look at the guy's CV... he doesn't choose shit films with bad scripts. The Director, I'm talking about. Jake is hit and miss, but Jarhead was great, his supporting work in Brokeback was great (Fuck this homophobic site, I swear to god) and as long as he can disguise that whiney voice of his, this has a much better chance than every other videogame movie of being a fun, stylized action film that brings in more than just devoted fans of the game. Of all the shitty movies that get made (and you retards make them box office successes) I can't believe people are bitching about Prince of Persia, which could adapt beautifully to the big screen. And YES, Persians are FUCKING CAUCASIAN. This is Jerry B. we're talking about here, folks... not in a million years would they cast an UNKNOWN as the anchor for their next Pirates. I'm not thrilled with the casting, but I'm not going to beat them up for casting a well known actor, it's fucking DISNEY. Jesus I swear people would bitch about not having the room to store their money if they won the lottery.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:54:58 AM CDT

    My only complaint

    by reverend toast

    Is that, judging from his clothes, it looks to be more influenced from the follow ups to The Sands of Time which weren't nearly as good.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:56:55 AM CDT

    Lay off the 'Roids!

    by creaturecantina

    They shrivel up your balls... Didn't dude used to be like 120 pounds?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:00:27 AM CDT

    Looks like...

    by kurgan

    ...many a lady would be prepared to have this Warrior Within them.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:02:29 AM CDT

    Prince of Iran

    by mr_x

    he's been working out.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:17:57 AM CDT

    Jake? What?

    by laughing irishman

    Why the hell is Jake Gyllensjhaha playing this character? This is some pretty shitty casting. He may be all muscley and what not, but, he doesn't have a very well...masculine face.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:19:30 AM CDT

    Looks like shit

    by rat fink

    The only thing I've like Jake in was Donnie Darko. They shouldv'e picked someone else.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:35:29 AM CDT

    Growth Hormone works

    by zoefan

    That is all.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:19:59 AM CDT

    BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

    by hobocode

    He looks ri-damn-diculous!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:25:08 AM CDT

    Why Would He Take This Role?

    by cowboyone

    It's a video game right? the Rock wouldn't go back and do Scorpion King NOW. So why would JGyll do this? I just do NOT get it. I know he wanted Spidey, but Spidey this ain't.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:25:27 AM CDT

    no subject

    by vawitch

    As both a chick, and a gamer who played a couple of the PoP games - I thought he'd look worse. W/ that mane, doesn't look too far off from the cover or game-art of the Prince. he can act, given the right material. So based solely on the pic, I'm reserving judgement. I'll wait til the trailer(s) come out before shouting "IT SUX!"

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:27:13 AM CDT

    Wow, he nails the part

    by rsdigi

    Sands of time is one of my fav games of all time (forget the shitty sequels)
    He looks pretty good, although his stomach looks kinda weird.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:43:23 AM CDT

    Mehhh!

    by clonewars

    Who gives a sh....

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:52:01 AM CDT

    Son of Rambo!

    by filmfunk

    Looks like the kid from Donnie Darko in a muscle suit! or the scene in Spiderman where he wakes up all buff and it looked like they CG'd Tobys head on a bodybuilder!Weird looking at that trying to think what the movie will be because I thought the Prince of Persia was a young lad with pointy shoes and bilowing cotton clothes a bit like the guy from Aladin!?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:56:51 AM CDT

    Jake should live a long life...

    by wooksie

    ... if he keeps spacing out these 'roid' movies by a couple years.

    Glad to see he didn't take it to the Jarhead level this time.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:57:22 AM CDT

    If the effects are along the lines

    by skimn

    of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, this could be decent. The director is a good choice and Bruck knows how to get the money on the screen, but was anyone really crying out for a Prince Of Persia movie? Video game junkies would still rather see God Of War adapted. That would have been a no-brainer in Harryhausen's heyday.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:08:21 AM CDT

    I can't quit you, well . . . yes I can

    by aboriginal

    Jeez, talk 'bout 'roid rage. Are those strap on muscles?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:14:18 AM CDT

    JAKE IS THE 3RD BARBARIAN BROTHER!

    by mullah omar

    What ever happened to those guys?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:21:52 AM CDT

    His testiglads will shrink...

    by banzai rootskibango

    ...after using the steroids. Just like that guy on the television device.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:26:41 AM CDT

    Holy Crackers

    by smashing

    I certainly would.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:29:10 AM CDT

    Always imagined the prince as younger...

    by rameses

    and more elegant.I know they gothed him up for the last few games , but even then he look sleeker and younger than this.Brandon lee when he played the crow {minus make-up} comes to mind.Somehow jake manages to look , buff and flabby at the same time!His belly looks like theydrew the muscles on a beer gut using brown pastels.Oh and his wig/extensions reminds me of Britneys bad glued on extenstions after she chopped her hair off!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:29:11 AM CDT

    For the last time...

    by knugen

    Persians are NOT Arabs! The premise of the movie could be the Prince of Persia hacking Muslim beards like no tomorrow, and it would still not be racist... just awesome!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:34:48 AM CDT

    I'd have rather they took it this route....

    by rameses

    http://www.leynos.ukshells.co.uk/sfc/prince_cover.jpg Nice artwork.I know the more recent games have gone more 300, but this looks so much more exotic.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:44:38 AM CDT

    'white boy'

    by superman76

    how about you racists stop using the term 'white boy' to degrade white men. i don't use the term 'black boy' to degrade black men.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:46:47 AM CDT

    The hair isn't right either, actually.

    by warcraft

    His hair is alot shorter than that in sands of time. his hair DOES look like that in parts 2 and 3 though. just saying.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:53:04 AM CDT

    What's with all the redirects for pics?

    by alienindisguise

    argh!!!!!!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 10:00:20 AM CDT

    SANDS OF SHIT!

    by dragon108

    A movie based on a computer game.....mmmm i wonder if it will be any good?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 10:20:39 AM CDT

    How come poor Maggie got the saggy tits and moles!

    by andre the frog

    "tain't fair.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 10:23:23 AM CDT

    He looks goofy.

    by omegaman

    And his hair looks like a wig (Ill bet he's wearing extensions). That picture is laughable. He's the wrong actor for this; he must have a really good agent.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 10:34:28 AM CDT

    he looks good enough as prince

    by seth brundle

    at least they got the overall likeness, now dont do anything stupid like exchanging his sword for a chainwhip......er...wait

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:15:06 AM CDT

    Uh, he's grimey looking because...

    by novaman5000

    It's probably from a sequence later in the film, after all hell has broken loose. I love the games and the film is written by the games' original creator so... I'm cautiously optimistic. This has some decent talent behind it in the form of Mike Newell and Jake, and even Bruckheimer knows how to produce a blockbuster. If the others can reign in some of his silliness and add some intelligence and depth to the proceedings this could be an awesome film.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:33:24 AM CDT

    most rediculous pair of boots i've ever seen

    by arcadiands

    look at those stupid things. They'll be distracting me through the entire movie.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:34:00 AM CDT

    he actually looks alot like the character

    by joevfx

    a little to buff though. the video game character is more skinny buff then huge buff.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:46:12 AM CDT

    Well...

    by therealhenryjonesjrjr

    firstshowing.net had this image three days ago, and they've had the Quantum of Solace plot details for months (which still haven't appeared on AICN). Remind me again why I come to this website, especially when its reviewers are no better than blockbuster employees on studio payrolls.

    Peace the fuck out, AICN. You're useless.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:52:18 AM CDT

    soooooo he's plastic

    by valmckee

    his fake plastic muscles are very 300-esque

    but yeah this looks like crap from what ive seen

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  • Aug 12, 2008 11:57:51 AM CDT

    Hey, Arcadian, it's spelled RIdiculous not REdiculous

    by bass bastardson

    The root work is ridicule, not diculous.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:03:46 PM CDT

    Mike Newell?

    by knuckleduster

    Ha! This is gonna suck balls. As bad as those Harry Potter movies are, Goblet of Fire was by far the worst. Hopefully Bruckheimer will light some fire under his ass.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:21:20 PM CDT

    I hate the game so

    by disfigurehead

  • Aug 12, 2008 12:27:03 PM CDT

    The racial problem

    by dominic-vobiscum

    (For the record I'm a white dewd who hates P.C. bullshit and says "fuck" a lot.)

    It's irrelevant whether or not Iran/Persia is diverse (which it is) or whether ancient Persians looked more like Caucasians than Arabs. The public perception of "Persia" is associated with Arabic culture. When you have a movie called "Prince of Persia" and you have a white boy playing the hero and white girl playing the heroine, while arab (or olive skinned) actors are stuck playing comic relief, villains, and background actors, it sends a message, even if it wasn't intended.
    At best it's an appropriation and exploitation of Arabic culture and it's more than a bit offensive.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 12:43:38 PM CDT

    Re:Bruckheimer

    by skimn

    There are the heavy handed producers that can step aside and let the director do their thing. Joel Silver did produce Die Hard and The Matrix, and for good or bad, Speed Racer. Bruckheimer does tend to get his fingerprints on everything he produces, and hopefully he'll let Newell alone.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:05:36 PM CDT

    Disappointed

    by wuu

    I am rather disappointed that this isn't about him doing a remake of Prince of Space.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 1:52:19 PM CDT

    He's wearing Napolean Dynomite's sweet moon boots!!!

    by rameses

    I was hoping for curly toed slippers!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:23:58 PM CDT

    That is one nasty looking wig . . .

    by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon

    Jake! Get Reese freshly shaven curlies off yer head man! God knows whats hidden in there! Like the ark of the covenant and Ryan Phillippes dignity!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:31:29 PM CDT

    Hmm

    by easyeastcoast

    Still not sold.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:32:25 PM CDT

    remember when he was dorky and skinny?

    by oisin5199

    Sorry, he'll always be Donnie Darko to me. Why did he have to go all 'action star' buff? Besides the loads of cash, of course. BTW, if you paid attention, the Mandarin WAS in Iron Man. Pretty cleverly, I might add. And if the Iranians had a problem with 300, they'll love this!

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:43:38 PM CDT

    Horrible.

    by niceguyeddie19

    He's in great shape but he looks about as Persian as Sean Bean, and he looks like more of a pauper than a prince.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:46:32 PM CDT

    Oisin

    by bartleby t. scrivener

    I assume you are referring to the organization called the Ten Rings.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 2:47:40 PM CDT

    Are we sure this is about the videogame?

    by pops freshemeyer

    If I just saw the pic I'd swear that the Prince of Persia was about some indy wrestler, and Jake was getting ready to walk out in front of a crowd of 17 people packed into an elementary school cafeteria or something, to get hit in the head with a chair 87 times while hoping Vince McMahon would notice how awesometastic he was.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:13:05 PM CDT

    GAY!!!

    by quadrupletree

    Sorry this looks very brokeback Persia to me...

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:40:37 PM CDT

    I wish I knew how to quit him...

    by photoman

    You know friend, this is a god damn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation

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  • Aug 12, 2008 3:53:20 PM CDT

    Starring in the Prince of Persia is so easy...

    by the eskimo

    ...apparently even a caveman can do it.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:00:01 PM CDT

    What's the matter? Steroids make ya deaf?

    by mcvamp

    He just looks like a surfer who wiped out at low tide. Tough? I've seen the dude at Lakers games. About as intimidating as...well, Donnie Darko should be. And his "friend" was wearing far more makeup than a dude should waltz out into public with, gay or straight.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:13:20 PM CDT

    Quadrupletree...

    by infinite_zero00

    Shut up. And please grow up.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:22:31 PM CDT

    Lame and gay

    by second try

    This reminds me of that gay movie Alexander. Those steroids will get him cancer.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:25:24 PM CDT

    I want to feel them washboards...

    by itto ogami loses daigoro

    every groove and bump.(back to the Scriptgirl talkback!)

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  • Aug 12, 2008 4:34:12 PM CDT

    HGH

    by charlie_allnut

    Looks better then I thought, tho he still doesn't look all that persian to me. I'll bet he's on HGH and all sorts of other nonsense to bulk up.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:14:03 PM CDT

    Don't get me wrong . . .

    by zeldas

    as someone mentioned earlier, I totally want his warrior within me asap . . . shrunken balls so what? But there's still no reason for him to be in this movie.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:54:43 PM CDT

    OK

    by infinite_zero00

    Will any of you people please explain how someone in amazing shape, with a hairy chest, holding the hands of a woman, with a beard, is, or appears in your tiny little brains, gay?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:55:27 PM CDT

    Scarbro

    by alex wilder

    I get your racist outcries, but Rob Schneider is half Filipino, so... yeah.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 5:56:39 PM CDT

    skywalker772

    by yeti

    No I haven't. If your trying to make a point maybe you'd like to get to it before this movie comes out? Tks.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:18:15 PM CDT

    So this is going to be a movie for the mandate crowd?

    by xiphos_2

    Man I'm glad I don't video games. It makes you have bromances.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:25:19 PM CDT

    Honestly . . .

    by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon

    I loved the games and a movie trilogy based upon them could potentialy be cool. Over all they were very God Of War like but a few years before Kratos was a glint in his daddys pants. Hope it turns out better than it's looking.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 6:25:35 PM CDT

    "...who must join forces with Tamina..."

    by immortal_fish

    Simply can't have an actioner without also starring a strong, plucky female sidekick. Unless of course the strong, plucky female happens to be the protagonist herself. Only then can the male sidekick be a two-dimensional paperweight.There used to be room for flicks like The Thing and 12 Angry Men. Not any more.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 7:57:10 PM CDT

    Give him a chance.

    by depalma25

    It's not like they're remaking Casablaca here. It's a fucking video game. He obviously got in shape for this. He's been good in other movies. Why the hating?

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  • Aug 12, 2008 8:42:17 PM CDT

    What?

    by infinite_zero00

    How is Jake Gyllenhaal an "emo-kid"? It seems like if you're not Don Draper or Solid Snake, you're an "emo-kid" to this board.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:15:48 PM CDT

    Steroids

    by joker2thief

    Apparently every talkbacker is a fat, floppy fuck who has never seen the inside of a gym. He's not that big in that picture. All this "His balls are gonna shrink!! HGH!!!" bullshit just proves you've never worked out a day in your life. Spend an hour at the gym a few days a week and don't eat shit all day while masturbating to Scriptgirl, and you too can have a decent body, as opposed to just a massive right forearm.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:18:05 PM CDT

    Ain't-We-Homophobic-dot-com

    by joker2thief

    Jesus. Apparently a picture of a male character with no shirt is homosexual. So if you've ever been to a beach, you must be gay as shit. I hope to christ none of you vote.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 9:36:43 PM CDT

    S-s-s-s-s-s-steroids?

    by han cholo

    Yeah, n-nice p-p-pecks. S-sw-sw-sweet b-b-biceps.

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  • Aug 12, 2008 10:55:32 PM CDT

    Prince of WHERE?

    by the grug

  • Aug 12, 2008 10:57:35 PM CDT

    (this forum's design is kinda stupid)

    by the grug

    There is nothing even slighty "exotic" looking about Gylenhall, looking at those pics it would never even occur to me that his character was "Persian". He's white as white can be!

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  • Aug 13, 2008 12:01:17 AM CDT

    Donde esta Laserpants?

    by youareallmybastardchildren

    I cannot believe 'Mr. Freud' himself has not made an appearance in this talkback. This talkback was made for you, bud!Maybe he was one of those who got banned within the last couple of days? For shame.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 12:24:28 AM CDT

    persians are nor arabs!

    by hatemphd

    most of you idiots have never meet someone from Iran at all... like Arabs, their ethnicity is extremely diverse. Gyllenhaal could pass as a Persian.

    And why the fuck does Gyllenhaal get alot of shit for being in Brokeback on this site and Heath Ledger gets a free pass?

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  • Aug 13, 2008 12:50:34 AM CDT

    Doesn't look like the character at all...

    by thewaqman

    but at least he got the hair right. Eh Jake Gylenhaal is decent. And a shitload better than Zac Efron at least.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 1:23:26 AM CDT

    Wow, racist, homophobic, writhing with envy

    by sepulchrave

    the fanboys are really outdoing themselves today. Note: Persians wore makeup; particularly eyeliner. He looks buff as shit but not shiny and oiled like a Bowflex guy; he's hairy and fairly thick through the middle and looks a lot less gay than he did in Jarhead. You are all envious because you are lardy, pale idiots who regret that you didn't start doing crunches when you were 14; now it's too late; no hot chicks for you. Boo hoo.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 1:24:44 AM CDT

    And as far as I know...

    by sepulchrave

    this guy has never been a crap actor; sure, he was in The Day After Tomorrow but fuck; he was in Zodiac! Zodiac rocked.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 1:24:45 AM CDT

    Jake looks like he's from the Middle East part...

    by retroactive

    of New Jersey. WTF?!! This is going to be terrible.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 1:31:20 AM CDT

    hatemphd...

    by retroactive

    he could not pass as a former or latter day Persian or a modern Iranian. It's not about the color of his skin. His facial structure and particularly his nose and cheek bones don't match the ethnic generalities of the Persians.
    He's just too "American"...or to get technical, his last name is Swedish. Plus, just based on the tone of the games, he's all wrong for the part. he's just too goofy for this, IMO...

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  • Aug 13, 2008 2:04:53 AM CDT

    Too goofy for this? The games were fuckin goofy

    by thewaqman

    Especially the radical shift in tone from first to second/third games. Honestly why "TRY" to make him look like a badass and throw in some cheesy generic metal? Was it because the first sold not so well?

    I'm excited for the new Prince of Persia game (the reboot). Looks fuckin awesome, and Jake Gylenhaal looks more like him to be honest.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 3:29:27 AM CDT

    he isn't ... persian

    by droidonthemoon

    Don't you think they coulda hired a Persian? and the bad prosthetic abs kinda put one off their lunch too.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 3:32:31 AM CDT

    hatemphd

    by droidonthemoon

    RetroActive's right, he couldn't pass as a Persian nor Iranian in the least. and the hair is bad too...

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  • Aug 13, 2008 4:07:36 AM CDT

    droidonthemoon

    by joker2thief

    "bad prosthetic abs"???? Tell me mirror, who is the fattest, slobbiest fuck of all? Congratulations, it's you. I think when you can no longer even RECOGNIZE the effects of a decent (not over the top) workout regimen, you qualify for a new kind of laziness designation. They're called "ab-dom-i-nal muscles". And since you haven't seen yours in 15 years, it's maybe understandable you'd be curious about them, but the leap you make to "prosthetic" is just so fucking sad. This isn't 300, he looks like a normal fucking person. He looks real, for anyone who's ever lifted more than the tv remote.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 5:12:34 AM CDT

    Correction Joker2thief

    by sepulchrave

    He has NEVER seen his abs; he went from puppy-fat to beer belly to lard-ass without passing GO or collecting a six-pack.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 5:31:34 AM CDT

    The end of muscle men

    by capitan_trueno

    80's action heroes were Arnold, Sly and Chuck, among others. Now, Tobey is Spidey and Jake the Prince of Persia. What's next, Shia as the new Conan? Orlando as the Mighty Thor? Anyway, I prefer the actual tendency of a real actor portraying a hero, instead of a inexpressive muscle-man

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  • Aug 13, 2008 10:46:03 AM CDT

    GOT ROIDS?

    by hollywoodsummers

    Good thing Hollywood doesn't drug test like sports. There's no way he packed that weight on without anabolics.

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  • Aug 13, 2008 12:19:50 PM CDT

    Bareback Baghdad

    by la frog

    another film i want to avoid, but will be forced to see by my gay friends.

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