Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have announced the home video release details for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina and Gemma Arterton.

It will be available September 14, 2010, on DVD (retail price of $29.99), Blu-ray ($39.99) and as a digital download (undisclosed). There will also be a three-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack ($44.99) that includes…

Oh, movie companies. You take the games we love and make them into movies it’s hard to love. And so, now, you’ve taken the acrobatic platformer Prince of Persia and made it into a big-screen treatment feature.

We want to love it.

Really we do.

But, yet again, you just didn’t make it very easy on us. Click through to find out why…

Wondercon 2010′s Saturday (April 3, 2010) program drew an impressive audience with a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time panel featuring Jake Gyllenhaal (Dastan), Jerry Bruckheimer (producer), Mike Newell (director) and the Prince of Persia franchise creator, Jordan Mechner.

Click through for a video clip featuring director Mike Newell sharing a few words in regards to some of the many characters who play prevalent parts in the movie…

Video game movies usually tend to be well, awful. (Super Mario Bros or Dead or Alive, anyone?)

So it was with much skepticism that I’ve been following news regarding a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time movie.

After having seen the first trailer, I am convinced this film will be worth seeing. One of the first obstacles to a decent movie, game based or otherwise is the budget. With Walt Disney Studios considerable resources behind the production, there are no problems there, putting Jerry Bruckheimer and an all-star cast in place. The quality of the special effects show that no money is no object.

When the original Prince of Persia saw release by Jordan Mechner in 1989, it managed to distinguish itself from other platformers at the time due to its real-time nature and punishing difficulty, the latter often frustrating novice players and really separating the men from the boys.

This classic adventure is now set to make its debut on the Playstation Network this Thursday (October 23, 2008). No additional features are known at this point, meaning that game may not come bundled with Trophies. However, it will provide players the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Prince before…

Ubisoft has released a financial statement which says three things: 1) they’ve done really well from September to December 2008, raking in $625.81 million, thanks in no small part to Assassin’s Creed; 2) they intend to rake in a total of $1.21 billion for this fiscal year, which ends this April Fools Day; and 3) they’re going to release a new Prince of Persia game within the next fiscal year. No platform(s), gameplay or story details have been announced.

I was always under the impression that the past three games were supposed to be their own self-contained trilogy, so this game could be the start of a whole new plot arc, possibly with a different prince. On the other hand, the current prince changed his accent and…

Michael Bay is no longer directing the upcoming live-action film Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The reins of the project have been offered to Mike Newell who will meet with the Disney and project executives at the studio this week for negotiations. Of course the film won’t be able to start casting for the more »