Brendan Fraser in THE MUMMY:TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR(2008).
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MUMMY 3 Wraps Officially, Early China Release
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Source: Variety
Variety reports that THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR has officially wrapped this week, culminating with a wrap party in Shanghai on Monday. Director Rob Cohen has told the press that the third installment will also get released first in China on July 24, 2008, a full week ahead of the U.S release. The movie has a largely Chinese crew -- just 180 out of 2,200 people are non-Chinese, Cohen said. The director also unspooled a 5-minute trailer for the press at the wrap party though that's not online at the moment...
Plot Summary: 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.
THE MUMMY:TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR hits U.S theaters August 1, 2008.
i do like the premise and the fact that some of the original cast is back, but i thought Jet Li gave up his kung fu days to pursue a more dramatic career