Arterton Purrs In "Persia"

Sneak Peek new posters, featuring actress Gemma Arterton in Disney's upcoming video game adaptation, "Prince Of Persia".


In addition, new action figures for the upcoming feature, pending licensor approval, have been designed by Canada's Todd McFarlane for Calgary-based McFarlane Toys.

Available May 2010, each figure includes character-specific accessories, based on the upcoming Disney/Bruckheimer film, adapting the "Prince Of Persia" video games. Figures include 'Dastan' (Warrior Gear), 'Dastan' (Desert Gear), 'Zolm' (Lead Assassin) and Dastan's horse 'Aksh'.

Writer/illustrator/toy designer McFarlane, best known for his "Spawn" character that launched a trend in creator-owned comic book properties, continues to focus on a new "Spawn" live-action, 3D feature through his film/animation studio Todd McFarlane Entertainment.

Director Mike Newell's "Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time" adapts the Ubisoft video game series "Prince of Persia" .

Created in 1989 for the Apple II by creator Jordan Mechner, the original game pioneered a unique rotoscoping process for authenticity of movement during the animated sword-play.

Following it's release, "Prince of Persia" was ported to Amiga, Apple Macintosh, DOS, NES, Game Boy, Game Gear, SNES, Sharp X68000, Atari ST, Sam Coupe and Sega Mega Drive Genesis.

In "Sands Of Time", actor Jake "Brokeback Mountain" Gyllenhaal co-stars with actress Gemma "Quantum Of Solace" Arterton.

Production lensed in Morocco and London, with Mike "Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire" Newell directing from a screenplay by Mechner, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Boaz Yakin.

Premise of the movie follows 'Dastan' (Gyllenhaal), a prince in sixth-century Persia who joins forces with 'Tamina' (Arterton), an exotic princess, to prevent a villain from possessing the 'Sands of Time', a gift from the gods that can allow its possessor to rule the world.

The film will be released May 2010.

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