OlderOrlando Bloom is the Prince of Persia
Orlando Bloom has landed the lead role in the next big budget franchise, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, according to recent reports.
Orly, 31, will rake in a reported $40 million for all three pictures. The first pic will be directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Donnie Brasco). June 2009 is the tentative release date and filming will start in Morocco.
If this is any measure of success, Bloom certainly knows how to make a successful threesome. Pirates of the Caribbean, anyone?
FYI: High School Musical hottie Zac Efron was also rumored to be in the running for the role. And remember, this casting news hasn’t been officially confirmed by legitimate news sources yet. So stay tuned!
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Orlando Bloom playing The Prince of Persia?
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This is so cool! I miss Orlando! He’s such an amazing actor and such a sweet guy.
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I like Orlando and everything, but… WTF? he doesn’t look Persian at all!
Yay! Love him.
sounds like career suicide. and his career is already in need of resuscitation.
HOTTIE!
i think he will do good he makes really good epic movies
Jared must be reading the threads. LOL at his thinly vailed joke in third
paragraph!
I look forward to seeing him in those movies!
can you say TYPECAST? will orlando EVER be in anything other than epic big budget franchises? jeez
Sounds lame to me. Most of these movies based on video games don’t turn out too well. It doesn’t surprise me that they’re looking at Orlando for the part, though. I don’t think any serious actors would want their names involved with it.
what… they couldn’t get johnny depp? lol at least bloom knows his place and leaves the real acting to others.
he just seems a little too delicate for me as far as men go….
Love him!
I think this is a smart choice, Orlando Bloom may be not be the next Brando, or De Niro but he does good in those roles. It doesn’t surprise me that Jerry Bruckhemer and Disney chose to go wtih him.
Orly can do it Hes a much better actor than Zac Efron WtF was they thinkg about him
yay love him =]
Love him!!!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! He’s soooo wrong for it!!!!!!!! It should be Oded Fehr!!! At least he’s middle eastern, for goodness sakes!
Perfect.
why? Bloom cannot carry a movie on his own. Anyone remember Kingdom of Heaven.
Bloom handles this kind of film well. He does well with physical roles and special effects. He’s basically experienced at the kind of action required.
And, he looked great in a turban in Kingdom of Heaven. Give him a good heavy tan and sure, he could play Persian.
True most video-game based movies are junk, but the sci-fi genre was laughed at until Star Wars. Pirate movies were dead until Pirates. The material has been waiting for a great script, great director and great visionary to put everything together into a successful film. Is POP going to be the breakthrough film for video game to film success? Time will tell.
Pure gossip. Cinema Blend, a RESPECTABLE website unlike the source of this gossip had this to say:
UPDATE: This story seemed to come out of nowhere, so after reading Ed’s report I shot a quick email to our contacts at Disney looking for confirmation. Their answer? “There is no truth to these rumors.” Well that rumor died quick. If you look at the Hollywood.com story closely, you’ll see that it actually comes from the British celebrity news syndicator WENN, not Hollywood.com. The odd thing is that WENN would report this story without even bothering to ask Disney about it. It literally took me five minutes. I wonder where they came up with it? Either way, there you have it. Orlando Bloom is not in Prince of Persia. No way, no how. - Josh Tyler
Good lord, talk about type-casting. All he plays are delicate, beautiful characters. Princes, elves … gah
the role should go to Zac!!!
IT’S A RUMOR!!!
he looks nothing like the character in the game - Orlando is a scrawny lookin’ fella compared to the character who is well built and athletic
and the game itself got repetitive and quite boring, it tries to be like a male version of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider but fails miserably
look at Hitman: a brilliant game and story but the movie absolutely butchered it and then set it on fire
as for Zac Efron - b!tch please, yeah and Miranda Kerr is gonna be playing the princess LMAO
I CANNOT WAIT I HOPE THEY SHOW PLENTY OF HIS BUFFED UP NAKED BODY!!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I CAN’T STAND “Orly”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE don’t let him get the role!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmm… zac efron would probably be a better pick. he looks more the role & he’s the new thing. orlando bloom is OUUUUUUUUUUUUUT! much more kids would go see it if zac was starring. either way, i think vanessa hudgens would be happy w/ either one ‘cuz her celeb crush is orlando bloom & her real-life bf is zac efron. though, she’d probably be happier if zac got it LOL
Orlando Bloom is much better actor and more experience actor than Zac Efron. Orlando Bloom has done action pack movie. He is one of the top actor that will bring in lots of money. Orlando Bloom captures audience of all ages, but mostly adults. Zac Efron only capture kids. Orlando Bloom has been Lord of the Ring (all three) and all three of the Pirate movie. Plus he has made an action pack movie on his own. He is up there with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Densel Washington.
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