We have another event to add to the Prince of Persia release schedule for May and that is a preview of the film on 12 May at a NYC event for Sprint. We have already seen that the iPad has been marketed with a PoP scene and now there is also PoP phone wallpaper. But so far, still no sign of PoPsocks or Dastan Pillows. I'd like to put in a request for some PoP Towels.
Gemma Arterton is interviewed in the new edition of Details magazine and in it she says that she has experienced some bad feeling because her character Tamina does not look like the videogame heroine Farah: 'They want me to go to Comic-Con. It kind of worries me... I've gotten letters telling me I'm not right for the part because I don't look like the girl in the video game! She really is this sex goddess. They've got massively high standards.' No, they just may not realise that Farah is not a human being.
I have come to the conclusion that Prince of Persia has been made and is being released purely as a marketing tool to promote the launch of Prince of Persia: The Lego. As is demonstrated by this amazing trailer for the sets. I feel unworthy - I stuck Dastan on a camel and put a snake in the hand of a baddie and that has been the extent of my lego construction skills. (Is Dastan really pronounced like that?)
Pictures from Disney, via IHJ.
