Comments on: Pitching Prince of Persia

By: Ben T

Ben T — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:58 +0000

I agree, Im excited to see the actual trailer when the time comes. I certainly hope the movie involves a LOT of falling down into pits, since thats pretty much my momory of playing the game itself :) -Ben

By: Cyten

Cyten — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:41:55 +0000

Great “Trailer”. I don’t know but I thought that there is new material of the movie. :)

By: Dave Morris

Dave Morris — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:01:24 +0000

Btw it’s so heartening to hear of a case where the creator of the game held onto the rights. Nine times out of ten it’d be some game publisher suit bleating on about “our property” without any feel for what made it a great IP in the first place. Hope this is a massive success for you guys!

By: James

James — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:58:21 +0000

I'm so relieved to see that 'Sands of Time' was what you guys went in the room with. As a fan of the Prince I thought the 'Sands' game did an incredible job to modernise the series with the new acrobatics etc but hang on to the charm and visual design Jordan started the series with. The darker tones of the later games really undermined them for me and I was so concerned the film would head in that darker direction.

Really looking forward to this. It was being post-produced above my office and I'm guessing I've heard every foley effect in the film played on loop at high volume which almost sent me insane at the time.

I have faith, John, that the aural assault will be worth it in the end!

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:48:07 +0000

@Ben:

Jordan created Prince of Persia. He owned the rights already.

By: nex

nex — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:30:55 +0000

Oh no, not on vimeo! how will the chinese view this?!

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:10:25 +0000

I have to say I am fascinated to see the finished product. I think The Sands of Time is an absolutely superb game. Were you a fan of the game when you started the project John?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:45:47 +0000

How did Jordan acquire the rights to the game? What were his intentions when he made the purchase. I’m quite curious as to the benefits and costs of a writer personally buying an established property to adapt himself.

By: Rohon Nag

Rohon Nag — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:30 +0000

Hello

I am a amateur film maker and have done a lot of work on machinima's, even won a competition for best machinima by rockstar games,

The video attached is pretty interesting and gave a good sense of the tone of the film, very interesting to know the actual mechanics of a pitch...

By: Murray

Murray — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:00:22 +0000

Oh... and John...

Two things:

a) Was the process similar to a collaborative pitch with a director? b) Was it better?
(off topic) When did you decide to shave it all off? I have wispy patches that hide most of the thinning (without having the comb over look... I hope). I'm fairly certain the thinness is prominent at the crown, although I haven't looked back there lately. Out of sight, out of mind my mother always said.

I think I want to shave it down, but I also don't want to lose 'the fingers through the hair' feel too early (I'm 28).

For us soon-to-be baldies, when is the right time to bruce willis your ass?

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:37:00 +0000

@Emily Blake:

I can't talk much about story without revealing story points. When it's out, I'll be able to talk more about it.