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Michael Bay to direct Prince of Persia movie.

core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Prince-of-Persia-The-Sands-of-Time-gets-a-director-pushed-back-to-Summer-2009/pg/49/aid/89465

Following the trend of, odd choices of directors for video game movies (Uwe Boll, Peter Jackson), we get Micheal Bay teaming up with Jerry Bruckheimer to bring us presumbly, a summer blockbuster action movie.

So. Video game movies. Who would you like to see, and who wouldn't you? (Besides the very obvious guy.)

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    To save you wikipedia'ing (which I had to), He directed -
    * Bad Boys (1995)
    * The Rock (1996)
    * Armageddon (1998)
    * Pearl Harbor (2001)
    * Bad Boys II (2003)
    * The Island (2005)
    * Transformers (2007; currently in post production)
    and then
    * Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2009; currently in pre-production)

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    WHY DOES MICHAEL BAY GET TO KEEP ON MAKING MOVIES

    I guess Pearl Harbor sucked...

    just a little bit more than I miss...

    YOU

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  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I think colin ferrel looks a bit like the prince, or could be made to look more like him....


    I dont know if the body type would be right though, prince is more gimpy then muscular for his acrobatics

    Edit(I never saw what was so bad about michael bay, but looking at those movies, besides enjoying the rock, the rest of those seem really overly bland on an overall scale of movies

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    How is he going to put gratuitous explosions in the movie?

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited April 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    How is he going to put gratuitous explosions in the movie?

    The sands of time is actually gunpowder from the 96th century.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    How is he going to put gratuitous explosions in the movie?

    beat me to it. you really did. i tried so hard, but to no avail.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Lewie, Micheal Bay is a director and Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer, so that is the list of movies produced by Bruckheimer.

    This does seem like an odd choice for a Prince of Persia movie though, unless Micheal Bay can make it into a crime movie.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Rehab wrote: »
    Lewie, Micheal Bay is a director and Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer, so that is the list of movies produced by Bruckheimer.

    This does seem like an odd choice for a Prince of Persia movie though, unless Micheal Bay can make it into a crime movie.

    yeah, but Brookheimer has also produced lots of other films without any involvement from Micheal Bay

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    You guys are going to say how much it sucks that he's directing, but it'll probably be the best game movie made so far.

    I mean, think about how fun game movies generally are, and how fun Bay's movies generally are.

    Michael Bay is a step up for movies based on games.

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    To save you wikipedia'ing (which I had to), He directed -
    * Bad Boys (1995)
    * The Rock (1996)
    * Armageddon (1998)
    * Pearl Harbor (2001)
    * Bad Boys II (2003)
    * The Island (2005)
    * Transformers (2007; currently in post production)
    and then
    * Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2009; currently in pre-production)

    1 out of 6 isn't that bad. O_o Of course I haven't seen The Rock since I was 16 so it may be as bad as the rest.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    # Untitled Friday the 13th Sequel (2007) (in production) (producer)
    # 2012: The War for Souls (2010) (pre-production) (producer)
    # The Birds (2009) (pre-production) (producer)
    # The Horsemen (2007) (filming) (producer)
    # Transformers (2007) (post-production) (executive producer)

    # The Hitcher (2007) (producer)
    # The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) (producer)
    # Pissed (2005) (consulting producer)
    ... aka In the Blink of an Eye (USA: new title)
    # The Island (2005) (producer)
    # The Amityville Horror (2005) (producer)
    # The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) (producer)
    # Pearl Harbor (2001) (producer)
    ... aka Pearl Harbour (UK: promotional title)

    # Armageddon (1998/I) (producer)
    # 2012: The War for Souls (2010) (pre-production)
    # Transformers (2007) (post-production)

    # The Island (2005)
    # The Lionel Richie Collection (2003) (V) (video "Do It to Me")
    # Bad Boys II (2003)
    ... aka Good Cops: Bad Boys II (Malaysia: English title)
    # Pearl Harbor (2001)
    ... aka Pearl Harbour (UK: promotional title)

    # Armageddon (1998/I)
    # The Rock (1996)
    # Bad Boys (1995)
    # Shadows and Light: From a Different View (1992) (V)
    # Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection (1991) (V) (video "Call It Rock N' Roll")
    # Playboy Video Centerfold: Kerri Kendall (1990) (V)

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  • Neo RasaNeo Rasa Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I can't wait to see a chariot flip over in slow motion.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Rehab wrote: »
    Lewie, Micheal Bay is a director and Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer, so that is the list of movies produced by Bruckheimer.

    This does seem like an odd choice for a Prince of Persia movie though, unless Micheal Bay can make it into a crime movie.

    yeah, but Brookheimer has also produced lots of other films without any involvement from Micheal Bay

    Oh okay, I see what you are saying now.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited April 2007
    Neo Rasa wrote: »
    I can't wait to see a chariot flip over in slow motion.

    And then the prince rewinds so we can see it again.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    WHY DOES MICHAEL BAY GET TO KEEP ON MAKING MOVIES

    I guess Pearl Harbor sucked...

    just a little bit more than I miss...

    YOU

    Hell yes, that was one of the better parody songs there.

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  • paco_pepepaco_pepe Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    How is he going to put a highway car chase in the movie?
    seriously, MB makes fun-pretty looking movies, exactly what i want from a VG movie.

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The God of War movie better be good. But it probably will.

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  • GertBeefGertBeef Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark
    When he made Pearl Harbour
    I miss you more than that movie missed the point
    And that's an awful lot girl

    And now that you've gone away,
    And all I'm trying to say
    Is Pearl Harbour sucked
    And I miss you

    I need you more than Ben Affleck needs Acting School
    He was terrible in that film
    I need you more than Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part
    He's way better than Ben Affleck

    And now that you've gone away,
    And all I'm trying to say
    Is Pearl Harbour sucked
    And I miss you

    Pearl Harbour sucks
    Just a little bit more than I miss you

    We should all take heed from this historical ballad.

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  • The CheeseThe Cheese Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    jackal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    To save you wikipedia'ing (which I had to), He directed -
    * Bad Boys (1995)
    * The Rock (1996)
    * Armageddon (1998)
    * Pearl Harbor (2001)
    * Bad Boys II (2003)
    * The Island (2005)
    * Transformers (2007; currently in post production)
    and then
    * Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2009; currently in pre-production)

    1 out of 6 isn't that bad. O_o Of course I haven't seen The Rock since I was 16 so it may be as bad as the rest.
    No, the Rock is completely awesome.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Is Mechner attached to write?
    IS MECHNER WRITING IT!
    TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR!

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    I wonder how Jordan Mechner feels about this.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    haha hifive agoaj

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This thing is pretty fun and may give us some clues as to what the Prince of Persia plot might be.

    Jerry Bruckheimer Plot Generator

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    I enjoy Micheal Bay(Pearl Harbor did suck.), he makes fun action flicks that aren't meant to be anything more than that. The Rock? One of the best action flicks ever in my opinion, it's just so gratuitous. Transformers, in my opinion, looks great. Sure it isn't an exact replica of the cartoon but it looks like it'll be 2 hours of hot robot on robot action, and honestly what else do you want out of a Transformers movie.(Besides "You've got the Touch").

    However, I can think of two ways to do PoP as a movie: as a very smart adventure with many head-scratching time-travel moments, or as a fun action movie with 300-esque fight scenes and incredible acrobatic scenes.

    Bay seems like a perfect fit for the latter.

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  • NarianNarian Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Nicolas Cage as the Prince!

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  • GertBeefGertBeef Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Rehab wrote: »
    This thing is pretty fun and may give us some clues as to what the Prince of Persia plot might be.

    Jerry Bruckheimer Plot Generator

    I love this thing.
    Along with this there is the loveable slapstick of a smart alec soul brother (Chris Tucker) who when captured by the evildoers says: "You crazy, muthafucka?"

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    DiannaoChong wrote: »
    I think colin ferrel looks a bit like the prince, or could be made to look more like him....


    I dont know if the body type would be right though, prince is more gimpy then muscular for his acrobatics

    Edit(I never saw what was so bad about michael bay, but looking at those movies, besides enjoying the rock, the rest of those seem really overly bland on an overall scale of movies

    The Island was enjoyable in a very "low expectations" kind of way.

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  • GertBeefGertBeef Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Narian wrote: »
    Nicolas Cage as the Prince!

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Nah. Fresh Prince of Persia.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    FUCKING NO

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Micheal Bay took The Island, which originally had a pretty damn intelligent script by all accounts, and lowered it 50 IQ points.

    So, fuck no. PoP needs some wit and flair in addition to the action, and that's something Bay wouldn't know if it exploded in his face.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This just seems strange to me. Prince of Persia is cool and all, but it doesn't seem like an obvious choice to use for adapting to a film. Maybe I'm underestimating its popularity, but it seems like an unusual title to get so many big names attached to it so fast.

    Then again, Spielberg was reputedly interested in attaching Dreamworks to Fatal Frame at one point(which would have been so awesome), so I guess anything's possible.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/01/jordan_mechners_documentary_si.php
    It's kind of old but it clearly says Mechner was working with Bruckheimer on a PoP movie, adapting the screenplay and such.
    I hope this is still the case.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    As long as Bay doesn't go the dark Prince rout right out the gate I may enjoy this.
    Of course by then Transformers will be out and bay, depending on how badly he fucked it up, will probably be killed by a rabid TransFan so they will have to find someone else to make Prince of Persia colon the Sands of Time semicolon the Movie Film.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I never watched the old Transformers cartoons. So when I look at the movie and I see shit it isn't colored by me thinking that they are raping the old franchise.

    All bay does is explosions and he is goin g to fuck up the Transformers movie even though it is right up his alley.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Rehab wrote: »
    Lewie, Micheal Bay is a director and Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer, so that is the list of movies produced by Bruckheimer.

    This does seem like an odd choice for a Prince of Persia movie though, unless Micheal Bay can make it into a crime movie.

    yeah, but Brookheimer has also produced lots of other films without any involvement from Micheal Bay

    Dude, he spelled it correctly in the post you quoted

    You could have looked up. Or even copied and pasted

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2007
    Oded Fehr as the prince

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Accualt wrote: »
    As long as Bay doesn't go the dark Prince rout right out the gate I may enjoy this.
    Of course by then Transformers will be out and bay, depending on how badly he fucked it up, will probably be killed by a rabid TransFan so they will have to find someone else to make Prince of Persia colon the Sands of Time semicolon the Movie Film.

    I can't wait for the game based on the movie.

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  • Roland of GileadRoland of Gilead Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Of all the shit VG movies we've had at least there is some money being thrown at PoP. Love him or hate him Michael Bay is a huge step up from Uwe Boll or Paul Anderson.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Micheal Bay took The Island, which originally had a pretty damn intelligent script by all accounts, and lowered it 50 IQ points.

    So, fuck no. PoP needs some wit and flair in addition to the action, and that's something Bay wouldn't know if it exploded in his face.

    Are you seriously suggesting that the Clonus Horror had a "pretty damn intelligent script"?

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