Tag: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ Trailer in June
Rob Cohen, director of the upcoming sequel ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,’ told that the low-key marketing of the film will ramp up with the release of the first trailer in June – but not a moment sooner.
“The trailers that Universal cut have a lot of the most complicated visual effects, and there is so much more in the movie,” said Cohen. “But this is something they want to focus on, and I don’t want it out before those effects are finished.”
Despite the film’s fast-approaching August 1st release date, Cohen said he isn’t concerned that the film is still off the summer radar.
‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ New Poster
After a low-res, leaked version of the first poster for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Universal has revealed the official teaser one-sheet.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Poster
More Mummy Films Planned
This summer The Mummy 3 will hit our screens, but it seems like a fourth film is already being discussed.
‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ is the follow up to ‘The Mummy Returns’ which was released in 2001.
Although Brendan Fraser has come on board for the sequel, Rachel Weisz – who played his wife Evelyn – has been replaced by Maria Bello.
She’s told MTV she is fully expecting there will be more Mummy sequels :
“I don’t know when, but it’s going. There will absolutely be The Mummy 4. ”
‘Mummy 3′ The Poster?
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’.
Spin-Off of ‘The Mummy’ to Be Developed
Though the third installment of “The Mummy” franchise “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” has yet to hit the theaters, the talks about the film’s spin-off have hit the web.
Rob Cohen, “The Mummy 3″ director is considering to make a spin-off series from the character of Alex O’Connell who is played by Australian actor Luke Ford.
On Wednesday, March 5, the director expressed his hopes stating:
“We may spin off into a complete father-son direction with Brendan, but by getting an actor who is in his 20s and not a teenager, we can also put the future on his shoulders.”
Featurettes for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
Back in Santa Monica, ‘Editing M3′ is the first featurette for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor since production wrapped. In the clip, we get to see Rob Cohen trim the ‘fat’ from the film. Continue Reading…
Cohen: Mummy 3 Trailer Coming Soon
Director Rob Cohen continues to keep us up to date on The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The man behind the third film in the franchise has once again updated his official website, giving us a hint that we can expect a trailer on the official site within a month. Before giving his update, I should warn you that Cohen gives more spoilerish details as he’s been doing in the past on the blog.
Joel, Kelly and I continue with the editing process. The film is running 2 hours and 5 minutes long and strong and we continue to refine it in preparation for our first studio screening February 28th. Here all the Universal execs will get to see it unveiled for the first time. I have taken many of them into my confidence already showing large swaths of the movie to Marc Shmuger, the chairman, Donna Langley, the president of production and Jeff Kirschenbaum the senior v.p. Everyone has been really stoked. Whew!
We should have the teaser trailer out within a month and, hopefully, you will find it as exciting as I have dreamt this year of work to be.
I will talk to Universal about premiering the teaser here on my blog so that you, who have showed so much interest in my film, will get to see it first. I’ll let you know what they say.
The visual effects work is going on apace. We have nine finals at this point out of 800 shots. Sounds dismal and hopeless, but this is how vfx work goes: the first 50% of the time on 10% of the shots and the second 50% on the 90%. There is so much R & D going in defining the visual rules for each fantasy creature, object, or landscape (what does Shangri-la look like?) that the refinement of this first 100 shots defines all the rest. Once the aesthetics and methodology are set, the production pipelines are refined and the work begins to accelerate.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Movie Stills
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’.Director Rob Cohen continues the tale set into motion by director Stephen Sommers with this globe-trotting adventure.
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 ,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.
Starring: Brendan Fraser (Rick O’Connell), Jet Li (Emperor Han), Luke Ford (Alex O’Connell), Michelle Yeoh (Zijuan)
Release Date: 1 August 2008 (USA)
