Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Of Persia?

…otherwise known as my 3rd consecutive post in a row linking to Kotaku.  But let’s face it, they are often the first ones to nail early news.

I bring up this movie because some of you might know of Uwe Boll’s upset at having the Postal movie open in all but 4 screens lately (not 4 cities… 4 screens.), and the vendetta he’s started with the gaming community.  Now, gamers usually hate Uwe Boll not necessarily because he makes bad movies, he just adapts video games to film very poorly because of his cursory glance at gaming culture.  He just doesn’t take gaming seriously and this is conveyed in the work.  Ultimately, it damages the image of gamers because how are we supposed to be taken seriously if he is pushing films with a blatant disregard for our cherished storylines and characters?

So I can only thank [insert religious figure here] that this film is directed by Mike Newell (director of Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire).

Moreover, this film looks to be a Jerry Bruckheimer kind of shindig.  This kind of bends my mind a little bit because Jerry Bruckheimer is most well-known for incorporating explosions–and LOTS OF EXPLOSIONS–into movies.  So I’m trying to visualize the Prince of Persia with explosions.

I guess that could work…?

Anyway, here’s more info, via the Hollywood Reporter.