The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

[hool10]

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor director Rob Cohen has posted the official synopsis for the anticipated third installment on his Blog for the production:

The blockbuster global "Mummy" franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force...unless the O'Connells can stop him first. Now, in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the "Mummy" series will be redefined for a new generation.

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is helmed by director Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious," "xXx") and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar ("Spider-Man 2," television's "Smallville"). Reprising their roles as producers in the series are Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39614 They can only do so much mummy.

 

[Darkside55]

The Mummy died with Imhotep.

"Anak Sun Amun..." ;(

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

"The Fast and the Furious," "xXx"

Oh God.

 

[Raziaar]

Tomb of the... Dragon Emperor?

What the ****. Since when do Egyptians have ANYTHING to do with dragons?

Other than Ezekiel 29:3 which is the only thing I could find pertaining to dragons and egyptians...

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Whatever the **** that means.

 

[Asknoone]

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is helmed by director Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious," "xXx")

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

It means this movie will likely blow, Raz Dancing Cow God.

Triple X? COME ON!

 

[Direwolf]

AWESOME

Wait, no. What's that word that means the opposite?

 

[Dalamari]

If it has The Rock in it, I'll be watching

 

[Sulkdodds]

Haha, what a big fuck-you to all the people who bought 'The Mummy Trilogy' box set with Scorpion King.

This could be wonderful and hilarious; if young Alex gets a love interest there's room for meet-the-parents shenanigans. The absence of the original writers, however, removes most of my hope that it'll be as sprightly and witty as the first one (or even merely as fun as the second).

 

[Remus]

the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the "Mummy" series will be redefined for a new generation.

Great... So translated that means they are making it "EXTREME!!!11"

This is going to be crap

 

[Cormeh]

Tomb of the... Dragon Emperor?

It's set in China.... it's only the Mummy because it's all of the characters from the series/mythology/anthology whatever the hell it is.

Dragon... China - see?

...


Unless it's a Welsh dragon that is. Holy crap! I've got it! The next movie will be set in Wales, boyo! Evo can play O'Connell. Rick or Evelyn, whichever suits his audition.

 

[<RJMC>]

Great... So translated that means they are making it "EXTREME!!!11"

This is going to be crap

no, it means that 80% of the movie will be CGI

and rob cohen? betcha the mommy will be listening to hiphop and instead of take eyes of other it will take cars

 

[Jintor]

It's set in China.... it's only the Mummy because it's al of the characters from the series/mythology/anthology whatever the hell it is.

Dragon... China - see?

...


Unless it's a Welsh dragon that is. Holy crap! I've got it! The next movie will be set in Wales, boyo! Evo can play O'Connell. Rick or Evelyn, whichever suits his audition.

Chinese Mummies?

I can spot a thousand terracotta warriors reference coming up.

/EDIT Jebus, I didn't even read the article. Oh, Michelle Yeoh is in it. That's pretty cool.

 

[simonjedi]

Its written by writers who wrote spiderman2 and smallville.

so it can't be THAT bad

 

[Remus]

Its written by writers who wrote spiderman2 and smallville.

so it can't be THAT bad

 

[Absinthe]

You have to appreciate the camp of the first two films. They are just fun with some chuckles thrown here and there. I think everybody involved sort of realized that.

But I'm mighty skeptical of this for the reasons Sulk mentioned.

 

[<RJMC>]

spiderman 2 was good but was weak at the end,and some other stuffs

 

[Asknoone]

Spiderman 2 sucked. Oh wait, so did the others.

 

[Cormeh]

Spiderman 3 sucked. The others were fine.

That's a bit better.

 

[Eejit]

Spiderman 2 was awesome. Though that's largely due to Molina giving a perfect Doc Ock performance.

 

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[Asknoone]

Spiderman 2 was awesome. Though that's largely due to Molina giving a perfect Doc Ock performance.

Molina was fantastic, yeah.

Spiderman 3 was ****ing horrible. The others were pretty average.

That's much better.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Great... So translated that means they are making it "EXTREME!!!11"

This is going to be crap

Also: What new generation? The Mummy trilogy is like 8 years old, that does not constitute a new generation!

 

[VictimOfScience]

Yeah, the first one was good. That is all.

 

[Darkside55]

The second one was good purely for Imhotep's final scene. Manly tears. ;_;

 

[nurizeko]

 

[bam23]

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

 

[CyberPitz]

 

[Krynn72]

 

[Darkside55]

 

[French Ninja]

Enough with the shenanigans already!

I remember seeing part of the first one and most of the second one. Quite good actually.