Mon, 07 April 2008 at 5:34 pm

Orlando 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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# 1

Laila @ 04/07/2008 at 5:36 pm

This is so cool! I miss Orlando! He’s such an amazing actor and such a sweet guy.

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jj @ 04/07/2008 at 5:36 pm

1st

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Jennifer @ 04/07/2008 at 5:37 pm

I like Orlando and everything, but… WTF? he doesn’t look Persian at all!

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L. @ 04/07/2008 at 5:37 pm

Yay! Love him.

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mossy @ 04/07/2008 at 5:38 pm

sounds like career suicide. and his career is already in need of resuscitation.

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mrs channing tatum @ 04/07/2008 at 5:38 pm

HOTTIE!

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maria @ 04/07/2008 at 5:41 pm

i think he will do good he makes really good epic movies

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lol @ 04/07/2008 at 5:41 pm

Jared must be reading the threads. LOL at his thinly vailed joke in third
paragraph!

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Orchid @ 04/07/2008 at 5:41 pm

I look forward to seeing him in those movies!

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kay @ 04/07/2008 at 5:44 pm

can you say TYPECAST? will orlando EVER be in anything other than epic big budget franchises? jeez

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Georgia Lass @ 04/07/2008 at 5:44 pm

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.

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[☆F a m o u s☆] @ 04/07/2008 at 5:45 pm

what… they couldn’t get johnny depp? lol at least bloom knows his place and leaves the real acting to others.

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bejeebus @ 04/07/2008 at 5:47 pm

he just seems a little too delicate for me as far as men go….

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Mike @ 04/07/2008 at 5:49 pm

Love him!

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troy @ 04/07/2008 at 5:52 pm

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.

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oh snap! @ 04/07/2008 at 5:57 pm

Orly can do it Hes a much better actor than Zac Efron WtF was they thinkg about him

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erika @ 04/07/2008 at 5:58 pm

yay love him =]

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Julie @ 04/07/2008 at 6:00 pm

Love him!!!

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Sabriel @ 04/07/2008 at 6:02 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! He’s soooo wrong for it!!!!!!!! It should be Oded Fehr!!! At least he’s middle eastern, for goodness sakes!

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Tracy @ 04/07/2008 at 6:05 pm

Perfect.

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faith @ 04/07/2008 at 6:10 pm

why? Bloom cannot carry a movie on his own. Anyone remember Kingdom of Heaven.

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Ellen Armstrong @ 04/07/2008 at 6:11 pm

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.

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NOT TRUE @ 04/07/2008 at 6:17 pm

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

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Face @ 04/07/2008 at 6:19 pm

Good lord, talk about type-casting. All he plays are delicate, beautiful characters. Princes, elves … gah