Disney wants Michael Bay for Prince of Persia film

by Ross Miller { Apr 16th 2007 at 11:28AM }

Film site IESB reports that Disney is hoping Michael Bay, after finishing up Transformers, will helm the film adaptation of Prince of Persia. With frequent Bay producer Jerry Bruckheimer already signed on for the project, we expect the Armageddon director will take the job.

The Bruckheimer-Bay duo has brought us some entertaining (Bad Boys, The Rock) and not-so entertaining (Pearl Harbor) films, but there are some prevalent themes in all of their collaborations. Prince of Persia, heavy on explosion and light on character development and plot, is expected for a Summer 2009 release and, if successful, to become a franchise.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Flit @ Apr 16th 2007 11:32AM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!

/mourn the death of a script for this movie.

It will asplode and be a box office smash, but boy, will it be a thinner story than the game.

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 16th 2007 11:35AM

Pearl Harbor sucks!

Diskoboy @ Apr 16th 2007 11:54AM

How did Jerry Fuckheimer get so much credibility in the movie industry?? Will someone please tell me?

All his movies and TV shows suck ass.

UpIrons @ Apr 16th 2007 12:03PM

"Film site IESB reports that Disney is hoping Michael Bay, after finishing up Transformers, will helm the film adaptation of Prince of Persia."

That should actually read: "Film site IESB reports that Disney is hoping Michael Bay, after f$#cking up Transformers, will helm the film adaptation of Prince of Persia."

0ldb0y @ Apr 16th 2007 1:21PM

Michael Bay to be the next Uwe Boll.

Benjamin Heckendorn @ Apr 16th 2007 12:29PM

Indeed. Transformers WILL suck. You can tell by the previews it's gonna be "Jurassic Park with Robots"

"Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?" - Team America

Derbeste @ Apr 16th 2007 12:51PM

Ditto to everything said.

Disney going after Bay is basically stating they believe any plot for PoP is optional.

Just blow shit up.

Transformers is also going to be a travesty.

My childhood just threw up.

wyrdtoo @ Apr 16th 2007 1:31PM

Anything to keep it out of Uwe Boll's toxic grip.

Finn @ Apr 16th 2007 1:07PM

Such terrible news for one of my favorites... this is worse than when I found out the second game was gonna have metal playing in the background instead of the appropriate stuff from the first

SuperSneaky @ Apr 16th 2007 1:08PM

DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY

Zedd @ Apr 16th 2007 1:54PM

I don't understand this negativity. Isn't it good news that the prince of persia movie will be a movie with a established director and a big budget to make it look good?

Those complaining that the story is going to suck now are kidding themselves. It isn't like The Sands of Time already had a deep storyline with interesting characters. Not to say it was a bad storyline, but it certainly wasn't anything that can be fucked up. Sands of Time was mostly a great action game and that's probably what the movie is going to be, an nice action flick.

paralipsis @ Apr 16th 2007 2:02PM

I really like Sands of Time. I think it is one of the most atmospheric and fun games I have ever played, but Shakespeare it aint. I for one am not entirely heartbroken to see Bay making the film version. If it is an empty shell of a movie I will just disregard it and move on. If if it reasonably entertaining then I will be satisfied.

Shmil @ Apr 16th 2007 2:29PM

is it just me or has anyone else realized that people weren't really bothered by michael bay until team america came out. Yeah his movies have always been stereotypical summer action "blow shit up" movies but ever since team america came out people now loathe him and all of his work before team america even came out

Mike @ Apr 16th 2007 3:04PM

Established does not equal talented. Michael Bay sucks. He is famous for selling tickets, not making great movies. All he does is stick to the same tired formulas. The story will be good, since it's all plotted out, but Bay tends to ruin a good story by burying it under overzealous action scenes. That, and the fact his movies have the worst music in the industry. What I fear most about this movie is the original soundtrack being axed. Silent Hill was a decent movie, but it did manage to only use official music from the games, which made a big difference.

Davis 51 @ Apr 16th 2007 6:36PM

I am sick of people trashing Michael Bay by name. Honestly, I am. Most of this criticism didn't even happen until after Team America and him signing on to Transformers, and those people would have though Transformers would suck no matter who directed it.

Pearl Harbor wasn't good, I'll admit that. I loved The Rock (his best work ever), Armageddon, and The Island(his most recent/complex work). He makes big-ass summer blockbusters, and they are very entertaining to a large portion of moviegoers.

All of his movies have plots. Mind you, they weren't very complex plots, but they were solid. Giant Robots coming from space to search for resources (or in this movies case, a resource), is not a complex plot. An acrobatic prince who can rewind time trying to save the world/city/castle/himself/princess, isn't very complex either. But they are solid enough to keep a movie going.

Bottom line is Prince of Persia will be an action movie that needs someone who can deliver action, and good luck finding someone else who can deliver the same kind of action.

The creator of the game is handling the scriptwriting. Let him deal with the story. Michael will deal with everything in between.

Paul Gale @ Apr 17th 2007 12:27AM

I think that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has a really good chance at being a solid videogame movie. Hopefully Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer will do a good job for Disney and the great Ubisoft series.

t_m @ Apr 17th 2007 8:19AM

Sands of Time had an excellent plot.. but it was also cool for the setting, atmosphere and characterisation.

The Rock was great. He hasn't done a single other good movie though. (i guess maybe bad boys was a guilty pleasure).
(the island STOLE it's plot.. and still managed to suck)

If he is signed for this then its gonna be a dumb, popcorn flic and we will all hate it.

PS/ Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! /vader