
According to the trades,
Alfred Molina will join
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Gemma Arterton and
Ben Kingsley in
Disney‘s “
Prince of Persia,” the
Mike Newell-directed adaptation of the
Ubisoft fantasy actioner.
Jerry Bruckheimer is producing.
According to
Variety, Molina will play Sheik Amar, who becomes a mentor to the prince.
Shooting is slated to begin in July in the U.K. and Morocco.
Based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.