Alfred Molina will team with Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley in Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Mike Newell directs the adaptation of the Ubisoft fantasy action feature.

According to Variety, Molina will play Sheik Amar, who becomes a mentor to the prince.

Production is slated to begin in July in the U.K. and Morocco.