Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In 'Prince of Persia' - Watch Trailer

It may just be the worst kept secret in Hollywood but Disney has finally confirmed that Jake Gyllenhaal will be their next big-screen hero in Jerry Bruckheimer's "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time", a fantasy adventure epic based on the video game franchise.

Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince of 6th Century Persia, who pairs up with Tamina, a princess to be played by Gemma Arterton, to prevent a nobleman from acquiring the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Set in medieval Persia, the story of adventurous prince Dastan (Gyllenhaal) who teams up with a rival princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons.

In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it's up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time.

Director Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is scheduled to start filming in Morocco next month, pending an actors' strike delay.

There is no official movie trailer yet, but since the movie is based on the popular video game we can only assume the movie will follow the plot of the game. Below is the game trailer that gives us a good idea if what the movie should be like…

Watch "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" Trailer


Jake Gyllenhaal can next be seen starring alongside Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire in the war drama "Brothers", about a young man who comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. "Brothers" is scheduled for release in December 2008.


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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe - Divorce Finalized

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe's divorce was finalized Thursday, Los Angeles court records show, indicating that financial and custody settlements have been established.

Details were not immediately available, however, the ex-couple have repeatedly sought a shared custody agreement with children Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4.

The divorce documents, dated June 12, read: "The court finds the parties have settled all their remaining issues in these proceedings."

Witherspoon is currently dating Jake Gyllenhaal, while Phillippe, 33, recently was seen out with Australian actress Abbie Cornish, 25.

After seven years of marriage, Witherspoon, 32, filed for divorce in November 2006 citing irreconcilable differences.

The couple first met when a friend brought Phillippe to Witherspoon's 21st-birthday party. Two years later, after they had costarred in 1999's "Cruel Intentions", Phillippe proposed. The couple married in June 1999 and had Ava three months later.

Ryan Phillippe will next be seen in the comedy romance thriller "Franklyn" due in theaters in early December - the story of four lost souls in a futuristic London society where there is no separation between Church and State.

Reese Witherspoon can be seen this November starring in the comedy "Four Christmases" with Vince Vaughn, about a couple who struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.

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"Brokeback Mountain" At The New York City Opera In 2013

The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for the 2005 movie starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal - the film won three Academy Awards.

The opera is scheduled to open in the spring of 2013, City Opera said Sunday. It will be City Opera's second Wuorinen premiere, following "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," which was based on a Salman Rushdie novel and opened in October 2004.

"Ever since encountering Annie Proulx's unusual story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so," Wuorinen said in a statement.

"Brokeback Mountain" was released in 2005, set against the sweeping vistas of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The film tells the story of two young gay men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.

Sadly, the movie was one of Heath Ledger's last films before dying of a drug overdose in January 2008.

Related Story: Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28

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Jake Gyllenhaal will next be seen in the December 2008 release of the war drama "Brothers" starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire, where a young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan, and based on Susanne Bier's film, "Brothers".

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Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Host House Warming Party

When you buy a Beverly Hills mansion for more than $35 million, you don't just throw any old house warming party.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes threw an extravagant, A-list house warming party last night for more than 450 guests. The couple and their daughter, Suri, just moved into the 10,000 square foot mansion with seven bedrooms and ten baths that they purchased last year for more than $35 million.

The bash included a Hollywood guest list of A-list super stars such as Reese Witherspoon, who arrived holding hands with boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Eva Longoria Parker, Prince, Sean Combs, Kirstie Alley and Oprah Winfrey attended the festivities.

Lot's of Tom Cruise's past costars also came to celebrate including Tobey Maguire (Tropic Thunder), Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder), Dakota Fanning (War of The Worlds) and Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire).

Cruise's mother and sister were among the first guests to arrive.
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Casting Call: Jake Gyllenhaal Set To Star As 'Prince Of Persia'

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," the adaptation of Ubisoft's popular video game. Mike Newell will be directing.

In the fantasy action adventure, Gyllenhaal will portray Dastan, a young prince in 6th century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), an energetic and mysterious princess, to stop an evil nobleman from holding the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can turn back time and allow its keeper to rule the world.

Bruckheimer is producing, and Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are executive producing.

"We've been fortunate with some our leading ladies," Bruckheimer said. "Some of them have gone on to become major movie stars, going back to Nicole Kidman in a movie I did a long time ago called 'Days of Thunder' with Tom Cruise, to Keira Knightley from 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom"

Bruckheimer declined to comment on the "Persia" budget other than to say, "It's not one of our smaller productions."

Production is set to start in July in Morocco and England.

Gyllenhaal next appears in Jim Sheridan's "Brothers" with Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.

Arterton is relatively new on the movie scene but already is generating heat for her work in Guy Ritchie's upcoming "RocknRolla" and the new James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace."

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Reese Witherspoon And Jake Gyllenhaal Are Getting Married!

Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal could be the next celebrity couple to get married.

Jake is planning to ask the question to Reese very soon, a source close to the actress claimed.

"They've been talking marriage for a while, they'll be formally engaged any day now. They want to spend the rest of their lives together."

The couple is seemingly taking a more conventional approach to marriage.

"This is a very serious relationship," the source said. "But Reese is very conservative and traditional. I'm sure she doesn't want her kids to see her 'living in sin.'"

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