Prince of Persia movie unlocks “release date” achievement

The film adaptation of Prince of Persia has finally gotten a release date of July 10th, 2009. As of right now, that seems appropriate, considering the film is supposed to be a summer blockbuster, but has yet to get any actors or a director. As of now, it has been rumored that Michael Bay would direct the film, but that's just rumors.
The film has been sitting around for a while — it's been mentioned back in my original "Upcoming video game movies" post. Quoth IGN:
The Prince of Persia movie has been in development at Walt Disney Pictures since 2004, with the game's creator Jordan Mechner having penned a script with screenwriter John August supervising.

Now, those are words I like to hear as well. The fact that the script is mainly being written by the game's creator is more good than bad. I mean, there's the fact that 80% of the game, save for the beginning and […]

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