A movie adap­ta­tion of one of my most favorite games of all time – Prince of Per­sia: The Sands of Time – will come to a movie the­ater near you in 2010. The game evolves around an adven­tur­ous prince who teams up with a beau­ti­ful princess to stop an evil sor­cerer from unleash­ing the Sands of Time. It fea­tures beau­ti­ful envi­ron­ments, clever puz­zles, superb ani­ma­tions, really strong char­ac­ter­i­za­tion, and a well thought-out story won­der­fully nar­rated. An absolutely gor­geous mas­ter­piece that has been praised many times for its stun­ning atmosphere.

The film will be the­atri­cally released on May 28th, 2010. Jor­dan Mech­ner, the cre­ator of the Prince of Per­sia fran­chise, lent a hand in writ­ing the script. He re-conceived the sto­ry­line to shift the per­spec­tive to a non-interactive expe­ri­ence and in doing so he crafted a new story. Though the film still is based on the video game Mech­ner doesn’t expect pos­si­ble sequels to be based on the sub­se­quent games War­rior Within and The Two Thrones.

The prince is played by Jake Gyl­len­haal and con­trary to the game, in the movie he has a name: Das­tan. Gemma Arter­ton por­trays princess Tam­ina and Beng Kings­ley stars as the film’s antag­o­nist, Nizam. Alfred Molina plays a char­ac­ter named Sheik Amar, a men­tor to the prince. Jerry Bruck­heimer is pro­duc­ing for Walt Dis­ney Pic­tures. Like Pirates of the Caribbean The Sands of  Time has received a PG-13 rat­ing due to intense sequences of vio­lence and action.

Now, with­out fur­ther ado, enjoy the trailer: