Jake Gyllenhaal confirmed as Prince of Persia
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jake Gyllenhaal and (relatively unknown) Gemma Arterton are set to star in the upcoming Prince of Persia movie.
Among other things, the nameless Prince now gets a name (”Dastan”), Farah is now “Tamina”, Jerry Bruckheimer talks about how he’s always discovering new stars (such as NICOLE KIDMAN and KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, DON’T YOU FORGET IT!) and everyone in Persia is white.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to this movie, though. I still think Gyllanhaal’s not the best choice as the Prince, I don’t understand why they decided to change Farah’s name (what, to make it more exotic-sounding?) and… I probably shouldn’t go there with racial representation. Nevertheless, the movie looks really promising, and with Bruckheimer at the helm, I’d suspect it’ll be something like Pirates of the Caribbean, except with less water and more sand.
