Alfred Molina has signed for the role of Sheik Amar in Disney’s upcoming Prince of Persia adaptation.
Alfred Molina - 5th Annual HOLA Awards Gala - The Players Club © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi
Variety reports the actor will play the role of a mentor to the prince (Jake Gyllenhaal), and will join Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley in the Mike Newell-directed film based on the popular Ubisoft fantasy game.
Gyllenhaal has been cast as Dastan - a prince in sixth-century Persia who must join forces with the exotic princess Tamina (Arterton) to stop a villain from possessing the Sands of Time.
Blockbuster king Jerry Bruckheimer is producing the film with shooting scheduled to start in July. Filming locations include the U.K. and Morocco.
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