Prince of Persia film to feature Parkour, says early script review
by Ross Miller 
{ Jun 1st 2007 at 8:15PM }
Latino Review, who always manages to nab early script reviews, has recently taken a look at the Prince of Persia movie and given it an overwhelmingly positive A-.Though the review attempts to abstain from spoilers, it does mention the script specifically calling for Parkour, a French physical art form that emphasizes momentum and efficient movement. You might remember seeing it in the French action flick District B13 or Casino Royale. It also fits really well given the Prince's acrobatic nature.
The Prince of Persia film is being developed by Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer, who managed to take a theme park ride and turn it into one of the highest grossing movie trilogies of all time. Can they work the same magic with a video game adaptation? With Michael Bay? The sands of time are trickling, and it looks like this movie is moving along.
See Also:
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[Via Movie Chronicles; thanks, Paul]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kingofwale @ Jun 1st 2007 8:21PM
hmmmm. without Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer, this movie will give DoA movie a run for its money.
But... we might have a decent movie in the making.
Ephraim @ Jun 1st 2007 8:25PM
WOOO!
Parkour FTW!
go search for "parkour" or "freerunning" on youtube, and after you've watched the videos, go out and become a traceur.
zenprism @ Jun 1st 2007 8:51PM
If it's half as good as District B13 was, it'll be the best video game-based movie ever.
Casino Royale was pretty rad too, but for different reasons.
REUYL @ Jun 1st 2007 9:14PM
But will it feature a soundtrack consisting entirely of French rap?
Ryoga Vee @ Jun 1st 2007 9:46PM
#2
Search SJPK on YouTube for my videos!
pr_master @ Jun 1st 2007 10:10PM
parkour is so lame, make a very lame jump from a wall
to another, tell people that is training to your mind
and body and boom Parkour is born. lame sport
Eugene Lee @ Jun 1st 2007 11:21PM
david belle is a genius for founding parkout
dustandechoes91 @ Jun 1st 2007 11:49PM
Freerunning FTW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvQ2q6W3yAg
Platy @ Jun 2nd 2007 1:55AM
kinda of obvious news ... and parkou do rox on screen =D
but ... it may be the first time ... but i'm finaly excited to see a movie based on a videogame =D
i have really big hopes for this one .. sands of time is totaly cinematic and has the right amount of history that a movie needs to fill 2 hours.
wich reminds me ... anyone else thinks that the first brad pitt kill in Troy was totaly inspired by this game ?
retromancer @ Jun 2nd 2007 9:17AM
WTH does the prince have his "dark prince" chain from TTT in that poster?
Lewis @ Jun 2nd 2007 4:37PM
YES! PK! YEEEEEEEES
Paul Gale @ Jun 3rd 2007 1:20AM
I'm happy whenever there's new news on the Prince of Persia movie. Parkour being included is an obvious choice and a very good one; I'm looking forward to it.
Stubbs @ Jun 3rd 2007 8:33AM
Why post this as news?? You use it all the time in the PoP games....! How could anybody be surprised about that? It would be a really lame movie if the Prince didn't know how to scale the walls and jump like a freak.....
And the "Dark Prince" chain...? Why? Isn't it supposed to be Sands of Time? I'm confused....
Platy, I kinda thought so too.... But I also thought it looked like crap, when he pulled it off...reeeaaally tacky....sorry to say it...
Oh, and pr_master, go suck a rail-road spike, you jerk.... You are just bad mouthing it because you can't get off your couch and do some physical activities....
eat_your_brocoli @ Jun 5th 2007 2:42PM
I think they would make a good movie if they pick an actor who looks like the prince of Persia in the Sands of Time version and if they include the powers of time,wall running,Farah,magic and the mistical atmosphere of the game.They shouldn't forget that the movie atmosphere must look somewhat persian and not all amerian,otherwise the movie will be called-The Prince of America!!!