Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Release Date: May 28, 2010

Plot Summary: In the fantasy adventure based on Ubisoft's popular video game, Jake Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Gemma Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a 6th century prince who holds the fate of the world in his hands in the sweeping fantasy-adventure 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,' and ET's Thea Andrews got up close and personal with the newly minted action hero on the London set! So, how did Jake get that buff bod?

"I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I'd be hopefully able to do anything," a playful Jake tells Thea.

The former 'Brokeback Mountain' star trained for months before the arduous Moroccan desert shoot, and has been training daily to maintain his action-hero physique, gaining five pounds of muscle.

"I guess I've gotten buff," he shrugs. "There's a lot acrobatics in the movie -- a lot of running up walls, and jumping on things and Parkour, so it requires muscularity, but it requires a lot of aerobic ability too."

When filming finally wraps, Jake promises with a smile, "It's going to turn into fat and I'm going to be happy."

'Pirates of the Caribbean' blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer is bringing 'Prince of Persia' to life, based on the hugely popular video game and scheduled to open in theaters on May 28, 2010. The story finds Jake as Dastan, a young Persian prince who must join forces with the beautiful and feisty princess Tamina (played by 'Quantum of Solace' Bond girl Gemma Arterton) to prevent a villainous nobleman (Ben Kingsley) from possessing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

"I'm running away from family and I'm running away from bad guys and I'm trying to prove my innocence," says Jake, trying to keep the play-by-play plot details a secret. "There's so many extraordinary elements throughout the movie."

Apparently you can get a look at a future Jerry Bruckheimer film inside his latest film. According to MTV Movies Blog, Bruckheimer revealed that he has hidden a poster for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time inside his upcoming film, Confessions of a Shopaholic, which stars Isla Fisher and opens on February 13.

Mega-Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has hidden the poster inside his latest film, Confessions of a Shopaholic, appearing as a Times Square advertisement about halfway into the film. It joins posters for a number of other Bruckheimer productions, including the upcoming G-Force, though Persia is unique in that it marks the first time the films' artwork has been seen anywhere.

It was also said that the poster will feature star Jake Gylenhaal in full costume as Prince Dartan. The film, which also stars Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley and Toby Kebbell, is set for release on May 28, 2010.

Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina

Synopsis:
Set in the mystical lands of Persia, PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF
TIME is an epic action-adventure about a rogue prince (JAKE GYLLENHAAL)
and a mysterious princess (GEMMA ARTERTON) who race against dark forces
to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a
gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to
rule the world.

To be released May 2010

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