The Prince and the Babe

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Swoon... The first images of Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of video game adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time have appeared online. I learned of this via one of my usual blog haunts, My New Plaid Pants, but the pics originated over at Just Jared.


What can I say? Apart from looking a bit more bulked than the lean and athletic prince of the video games, Gyllenhaal bears a striking resemblance to the digital character... especially in the sequels, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones.


I'm of course very excited for this big screen adaptation, largely because Prince of Persia is one of my all-time favourite video game franchises. I've also blogged a bit about it before here, here and here.

Directed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's Mike Newell, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is set for release on 28 May 2010. It was due for release next year, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer (POP is intended to be his big franchise follow-up to Pirates of the Caribbean) and Disney decided that the film needed more time for special effects and other post-production work.

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In other "in the flesh" gaming news, a new model has been selected to "play" Tomb Raider's Lara Croft at promotional events leading up to the release of the newest game, Tomb Raider: Underworld. Meet gymnast Alison Carroll.


In case you're interested, you can learn about other former Lara Croft models by clicking here and here.

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