Tamina is the latest guardian of the dagger, given to the young girl by the gods, which can pierce the sandglass and potentially destroy the world.

Nizam intends to travel back to his childhood, prevent himself from saving Sharaman from a lion attack and become King of Persia in his place.

Amar's right-hand man, Seso, dies retrieving the dagger for Dastan, who demonstrates its powers to Tus and convinces him of the truth.

Tamina saves Dastan from being killed, and the two head for the secret tunnels beneath the city that lead to the sandglass.

Tus apologizes to Tamina for the siege and proposes to strengthen the two nations' bond by marital alliance of the princess to Dastan.

Under John August as executive producer, the series' creator Jordan Mechner was hired to write the script.

[5] Mechner previously considered producing an animated film based on the games, but could not resist Disney and Bruckheimer's offer.

[7] Early in 2007, Disney announced Prince of Persia as one of its tentpole films and by June had scheduled a release date for July 10, 2009, before having a final script or any actors attached.

[8] By November, Disney entered negotiations with Mike Newell to direct the film based on a script by Mechner and Nachmanoff, though the studio held off production until the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike was resolved.

[9] Newell was fond of Bruckheimer's films,[10] and loved the "exciting and immensely romantic" script, which reminded him of Lost Horizon.

[11] Mechner, in writing the script, re-conceived the storyline to shift the perspective from the interactive one experienced by video gamers to the non-interactive experience by film audiences.

[12] Variety also ascribed the postponement to avoiding the potential 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike so the studio could ensure that the film leads to a "mega-franchise" similar to its successful Pirates of the Caribbean series.

[13] Other reasons for the release date change were that the film was originally scheduled a week before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Disney needed more time to co-ordinate its marketing campaign.

[15] Gemma Arterton was cast to play the role of protagonist Tamina,[14] and practiced horse back riding in Madrid before filming.

[18] Toby Kebbell was cast to play Prince Garsiv, Dastan's brother and head of the Persian army.

[19] In March 2008, director Newell selected Morocco as a shooting location for Prince of Persia and also planned to film in Pinewood Studios.

With a new script by Jordan Mechner, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, and Boaz Yakin, filming began in July in Morocco as well as London.

[26] Disney released merchandise such as action figures, Lego sets, costumes and a replica Dagger of Time.

[29] The film, which—according to Disney and Bruckheimer—was supposed to be "the new Pirates of the Caribbean", debuted #3 at the U.S. box office behind Shrek Forever After and Sex and the City 2 with $30.1 million in its first 3-day weekend of release.

The film overtook the previous record holder Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, before it was surpassed by Warcraft in 2016.

The critical consensus is: "It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but Prince of Persia is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler—and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations".

The disappointing box office returns, combined with mediocre reviews and dissipating interest in the games, led to any sequel plans being abandoned.