"The critical consensus is: ""It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but ""Prince of Persia"" is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler—and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations."" Another review aggregate, Metacritic, which calculates an average rating based on reviews from mainstream critics, gave a score of 50/100. ""Chicago Sun-Times"" film critic Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four and wrote, ""The two leads are not inspired. Jake Gyllenhaal could make the cover of a muscle mag, but he plays Dastan as if harboring Spider-Man's doubts and insecurities."" Film critic David Roark of ""Relevant Magazine"","
"the #1 spot in 41 of the 47 countries. The film has ultimately earned $90,759,676 in the United States and Canada and $244,394,967 in other countries, for a total worldwide gross of $335,154,643. The film overtook previous record holder, """" as the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, before it was surpassed by ""Warcraft"" in 2016. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 American action fantasy film directed by Mike Newell. The film was written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard, produced by Jerry"
"It received 12 nominations and 8 awards at the Interactive Achievement Awards (D.I.C.E.). Ubisoft has since published four more ""Prince of Persia"" sequels and several spinoffs. Mechner became one of the few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film with Disney's """", produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina. Disney released ""Prince of Persia"" movie on May 28, 2010. Mechner wrote the first drafts of the screenplay and is an executive producer of the film. In 2003, Mechner wrote and directed the documentary"
"from """" and """", the two other titles from the ""Sands of Time"" trilogy of the ""Prince of Persia"" video game franchise, are also incorporated. The film was premiered in London on May 5, 2010 and was officially released on May 28, 2010 in the United States. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, who shared the consensus that the film was an improvement over other video game adaptations and giving praise to the score, action scenes, humor and the acting performances (particularly those of Gyllenhaal, Kingsley, Molina and Toby Kebbell), while showing negative attention towards the screenplay and"
"King of the Sands King of the Sands is a 2013 historical and biographical film, directed by Najdat Anzour, with the main characters starring Fabio Testi, Bill Fellows in the title roles. ""King of the Sands"" is a biopic of Ibn Saud, an emir of the central Arabian Al Saud clan and founder of the present-day kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ""King of the Sands"" is presented as a ""landmark taboo-breaking film"", depicting a ""dichotomous"" story. It presents an impoverished prince in exile who reconquers his ancestral lands (Najd), and continues to expand his dominion until he controls the better part"
"Jessica Henwick Jessica Yu Li Henwick (玉李; born 30 August 1992) is an English actress who was the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series, having starred in the children's show ""Spirit Warriors"" (2010). She is also known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in HBO series ""Game of Thrones"" (2015-17), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in """" (2015) and the character Colleen Wing in ""Iron Fist"" (2017), ""The Defenders"" (2017) and the second season of ""Luke Cage"" (2018). Henwick was born and raised in Surrey, the daughter of a Singaporean Chinese"
"However, he also wears plain leather leggings to help protect his legs, instead of opting for fashion. The Prince also had a companion in the form of Elika. Their relationship was based on the story and gameplay relationship between the Prince in ""The Sands of Time"" and Farah, which had worked well. The Prince has been voiced by four actors in his various incarnations, most notably beginning with ""The Sands of Time"". The known voice actors to have portrayed the Prince are David Boat, Yuri Lowenthal, Robin Atkin Downes and Nolan North. Boat's one performance as the Prince was in"
"video game production. The game has been cited as the reason why the ""Prince of Persia"" series, formerly ignored after ""Prince of Persia 3D"", returned to prominence in the gaming world. In 2004, Mechner began work on a , produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film was eventually released in 2010. The success of the game prompted immediate development on a sequel. Titled """", the game was made aesthetically darker by the team. It released in November 2004. Several further sequels set in the continuity of ""The Sands of Time"" followed. Aspects of its design, such as the relationship between the"
"Vermont with his wife, Pam Van Sant, and two children, Gill and Ellie. Treat Williams Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 film ""Hair"", and later also starred in the films ""Prince of the City"", ""Once Upon a Time in America"", ""The Late Shift"" and ""127 Hours"". From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series ""Everwood"" and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Williams was born"
"10 PM time slot. In February 2018, it was announced that Roselyn Sanchez and Chris Warren had joined the pilot's main cast. In March 2018, it was reported that Demián Bichir, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Shalim Ortiz, Denyse Tontz, Anne Winters, Bryan Craig, Lincoln Younes, Feliz Ramirez, and Justina Adorno had been cast in the pilot's additional main roles. In September 2018, it was announced that Eva Longoria had been cast in a guest starring role and that Jencarlos Canela would appear in a recurring capacity. On November 15, 2018, it was reported that John Marshall Jones, Richard Burgi, and Adrian"
"of all time. Sales of the title were initially slow, but it eventually became a commercial success. Its success prompted the development of a sequel, """", which was released in November 2004. Further games set in the ""Sands of Time"" continuity have been developed, and it is generally cited as the reason for the ""Prince of Persia"" series' return to fame. ""Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"" is an action-adventure puzzle-platformer. The player controls the main protagonist, an unnamed Prince from a kingdom in Persia. Environments are seen through a controllable third-person view. The camera's view changes to different"
"play the role of protagonist Tamina, and Arterton reported she practiced horse back riding in Madrid before filming. Ben Kingsley was to portray the film's antagonist, Nizam. Alfred Molina was to portray a character named Sheik Amar, who becomes a mentor to the prince. Toby Kebbell was to play Prince Garsiv, Dastan's brother and head of the Persian army. Richard Coyle was cast as the eldest brother Crown prince Tus and William Foster was cast as young Dastan based on his experience in parkour. The leading characters of the film all speak with recognisable English accents. In March 2008, director"
"Saudi Royal authorities have attempted to ban the King of the Sands movie from screening in other countries. The film has been shown in Damascus, despite attempts from a Saudi officials to have it banned in Syria. There is no report about public show of the movie in any other countries but a mixed reports about a private screening in London, Britain. King of the Sands King of the Sands is a 2013 historical and biographical film, directed by Najdat Anzour, with the main characters starring Fabio Testi, Bill Fellows in the title roles. ""King of the Sands"" is a"
"the dagger of time from Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney production directed by Mike Newell. Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina lead the accomplished cast which includes Ronald Pickup, Richard Coyle and Toby Kebbell. He worked for Pixar in spring 2010 on the film ""John Carter"", with an ensemble cast that included Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Taylor Kitsch and Dominic West, and directed by Oscar winner Andrew Stanton. The following year, he appeared in the opening scene of ""Prometheus"" directed by Ridley Scott as one of the Elder Engineers. In other media, Shaw has"
"for the narration were the 1940s version of ""The Thief of Bagdad"", the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and films such as ""Double Indemnity"" and ""Sunset Boulevard"". The Prince's interactions with Farah were also an important factor. As part of the character interaction, Farah was deliberately designed not to be a perfect archer, sometimes hitting the Prince if he strayed into her line of fire. Despite this, unspecified features planned for her needed to be cut. The music for ""The Sands of Time"" was composed by Stuart Chatwood of the Canadian rock band The Tea Party. Chatwood was chosen for"
"He has two children, Brawley (b. 1986) (who has had a few acting roles himself) and Sophie (b. 2007) with his wife Clytie Lane. Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, November 20, 2017. Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film ""The Prince of Tides"". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for ""Affliction"" (1998) and"
"Bray, John Scott, Dennie Gordon, Kate Woods, Terry McDonough, Tim Matheson, Norberto Barba, Felix Alcala, Jennifer Getzinger, and Mike Smith. The first role in which a casting spot was filled was for Patrick J. Adams, who was cast in the lead role of Mike Ross in July 2010. In late July, Gabriel Macht joined the main cast as Harvey Specter. Rick Hoffman came on board in mid-August to portray Harvey's competition, Louis, at the law firm. Meghan Markle and Gina Torres soon joined the cast in late August, who were set to play Rachel Zane and Jessica Pearson respectively. Sarah"
"with the number of potential stories within the ""Prince of Persia"" series, along with defining the various incarnations' unifying traits. The version of the Prince that has gone through the most development is the character from ""The Sands of Time"" and its sequels. Mechner described the Prince as he is portrayed during the opening of ""The Sands of Time"" as ""[A] daredevil who races ahead of the attacking army in order to gain “honor and glory” by being the first to steal a valuable trophy of war"". Ceri Young, writer of ""The Forgotten Sands"", described this young Prince as ""arrogant"
"just a story. In parting, the Prince mentions a private word she told him during their time in the tomb, leaving her amazed. The development of the initial concept work for ""The Sands of Time"" began in the second quarter of 2001, after Ubisoft had bought the ""Prince of Persia"" license. While Ubisoft held the ""Prince of Persia"" catalog, the actual IP still belonged to the series original creator Jordan Mechner, but he was initially unwilling to return to the series after poor experiences with ""Prince of Persia 3D"". The game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, which was also a"
"Chris Pine Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. Pine made his feature debut as Lord Devereaux in """" (2004). He is known for playing James T. Kirk in the ""Star Trek"" reboot film series (2009–2016), Will in ""Unstoppable"" (2010), Cinderella's Prince in ""Into the Woods"" (2014), Jack Ryan in """" (2014), Toby Howard in ""Hell or High Water"" (2016), Bernie Webber in ""The Finest Hours"" (2016), Steve Trevor in ""Wonder Woman"" (2017), and Dr. Alexander Murry in ""A Wrinkle in Time"" (2018). Pine was born in Los Angeles. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor"
"Treat Williams Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 film ""Hair"", and later also starred in the films ""Prince of the City"", ""Once Upon a Time in America"", ""The Late Shift"" and ""127 Hours"". From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series ""Everwood"" and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Williams was born in Rowayton, Connecticut, the son of Marian (née Andrew), an antiques dealer, and"
"Development"" ""' Jamie Foxx – """" ""' Laurel Holloman – ""The L Word"" ""' Portia de Rossi – ""Arrested Development"" ""' Dianne Wiest – ""The Blackwater Lightship"" ""' ""The Lost Prince"" ""' ""Nip/Tuck"" ""' ""Desperate Housewives"" ""' Bill Nighy – ""The Lost Prince"" ""' Anjelica Huston – ""Iron Jawed Angels"" For the game categories only nominees are listed – winners are unknown: La Dolce Vita Broadway: The American Musical Maria Full of Grace Seinfeld Spider-Man 2 The Iron Giant Winners: Losers: Winners: Losers: 9th Golden Satellite Awards The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of"
"as a catalyst for his other emotions. On many occasions, the Dark Prince seizes control of the Prince's body and the Prince is fully transformed into a hybrid sand monster with abilities that allow the Prince to pass otherwise insurmountable obstacles. Later, the Prince encounters Farah (voiced by Helen King), who is surprised that the Prince knows her name. Despite this, the pair begin to grow an entirely new romance together. The Prince eventually starts to ignore the Dark Prince, and begins to fight against the suffering of his people, which the Dark Prince had always spoken against. In the"
"by Streisand, although they did not appear in the film (one of those songs, ""Places That Belong To You"", was at one point intended for the film's end credits, but replaced with new music by Howard in the released version). The film also includes songs and music that do not appear on any soundtracks. The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the"
"Campbell (4), Gracie Carvalho, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Emanuela de Paula, Waris Dirie, Yamila Díaz, Lily Donaldson, Isabeli Fontana (8), Magdalena Frackowiak, Saskia de Brauw, Sonny Freeman Drane, Gigi Hadid, Bridget Hall, Filippa Hamilton, Miranda Kerr, Karlie Kloss, Heidi Klum, Karolína Kurková (3), Noémie Lenoir, Adriana Lima (3), Daisy Lowe, Angela Lindvall, Lakshmi Menon, Kate Moss (3), Petra Nemcová, Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Frankie Rayder, Coco Rocha, RuPaul, Anja Rubik, Joan Smalls, Lara Stone (3), Fernanda Tavares, Caroline Trentini, Christy Turlington, Guinevere Van Seenus, Edita Vilkeviciute, Natalia Vodianova (5), Alek Wek (3), Daria Werbowy and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Actresses: Patricia Arquette,"
"the character Scatter says Superfly has a hairstyle like Morris Day. 2017 ""One Night Stand"" featuring Snoop Dogg Morris Day Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time. In addition to his roles in ""Purple Rain"" (1984) and ""Graffiti Bridge"" (1990), Day also appeared in small parts in films such as Richard Pryor's ""Moving"" (1988) and the Andrew Dice Clay film ""The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"" (1990). Day's presence on the screen decreased until, in 2001, he returned to film in Kevin Smith's"
"Princes, writing his story around several Prince characters in different eras. For the , the Prince was given the name Dastan. According to Mechner, he chose the name as he had learned it was an old Persian name meaning ""trickster"". Dastan was portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal said that there were several reasons that he chose to accept the role of the Prince, including the character's appeal to him, the fact that the film was based on the video game, and he ""[liked] to do things that people have tried their hand at and haven't succeeded."" According to"
"In April 2010, Sacha Baron Cohen was offered and accepted the lead role. Later that month, ""The Pursuit of Happyness"" writer Steven Conrad was hired to pen the screenplay, with Gore Verbinski announced as director in June 2010. In April 2011, it was announced that Ben Stiller had been cast in the lead role, though no director was attached. The following July, it was announced that Stiller was also due to direct the film. In January 2012, it was announced that Kristen Wiig would play the female lead, with Shirley MacLaine attached to play the mother of Ben Stiller's character."
"between the light, cartoon-like tones of ""Sands of Time"", and the grittier mediums of ""Warrior Within"". In November 2008, Ubisoft revealed that they were working on a new entry in the franchise, which turned out to be ""The Forgotten Sands"", which filled in some of the narrative gap between ""Sands of Time"" and ""Warrior Within"". The game was released in May 2010, timed to tie in with the film adaptation of the first game in the ""Sands of Time"" subseries, also titled """". The ""Prince of Persia Trilogy"" (known as ""Prince of Persia Trilogy 3D"" on the remastered collection's title"
"science consultation for the film. A of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also appeared in the film. Jeremy Renner was originally considered for the role of Hopper, but the actor chose to star in a Paul Thomas Anderson drama filming at roughly the same time. In April 2010, it was reported that Taylor Kitsch had been cast as Alex Hopper, Alexander Skarsgård played his brother Stone Hopper, Brooklyn Decker stars as Sam, Hopper's fiancee and Liam Neeson as Admiral Shane, Sam's father and Hopper's superior officer. Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna makes her acting debut in the film, as a sailor."
"filmmaker Jon Amiel had replaced McGuigan as director. In August 2017, it was announced that Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne had been cast in the series' two lead roles. On September 22, 2017, it was reported that David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma, and Tamzin Merchant had joined the main cast. In October 2017, it was announced that Simon McBurney, Alice Krige, and Jared Harris had been cast in recurring roles. On November 3, 2017, it was reported Ariyon Bakare was joining the series in a recurring capacity. On December 15, 2017, it was announced that Andrew Gower and Jamie"
"cinematographer. In July 2007, Zac Efron was cast as Ren McCormack, but he left the project in March 2009. Two months later, it was reported that Chace Crawford would replace Efron, but he later had to back out due to scheduling conflicts. Thomas Dekker was a ""top candidate"" for the role but on June 22, 2010, ""Entertainment Weekly"" reported that Kenny Wormald had secured the lead role as McCormack. Former ""Dancing with the Stars"" ballroom-dance professional Julianne Hough was cast as Ariel. Amanda Bynes, Miley Cyrus, and Hayden Panettiere were considered for the part before Hough was cast. Dennis Quaid"
"Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Wii) Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec for the Wii. The game is the eighth installment to the ""Prince of Persia"" franchise, and takes place in the seven-year gap between """" and """". The game was released in North America on May 18, 2010, and Europe on May 20, 2010. ""Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands""' plot centers on the unnamed Prince character as he asks a genie for a kingdom of his own. The genie instead leads him to a cursed kingdom, expecting that"