From AICN, "Hey folks, Harry here - seems that Rob Cohen is possibly up to something very cool with THE MUMMY 3 - given that he apparently has Jet Li in negotiations to play his chinese mummy in the latest incarnation of that Stephen Sommers franchise.First off - you should know this film is following the grown up adventures of Brendan and Rachel's son - who has since fought in World War II and has in his post war years taken to the "family business" of Archeology and necro-ass-kickery.
I'm one of the rare breed - that didn't care too much for the first MUMMY, but was won over by the silliness of the second (though I hated the Scorpion King's effects in that one - and that off-shoot film, as well). I'm genuinely curious to see what a non-Sommers directed MUMMY flick will be like, although - Rob Cohen is possibly an even more hyperactive director than Stephen - albeit less Saturday morning cartoony... and more 'extreme' about his hyperactivity.
Rob was developing a Sinbad film for a while and I'm wondering if he's injecting that desire for an action-fantasy-horror film vibe into this. Hopefully - they'll drop the tongue in cheek stuff and just make this a straight Adventure film that is fun for us all. As for Jet Li... I'm very curious to see what sort of Mummy he turns out to be, cuz, I just don't see him slowly stumbling forward... but then... Kung Fu Mummy action could be a blast of goofy dusty whoopass."
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Just as the craggy rock upon which I stand alone can be called Fan of Kirsten Dunst Rock, so could it be called Fan of the Mummy Movies Rock. Sometimes you stand alone on a craggy rock, is all.
Similarly I spend time on a much nicer, larger rock with grass and trees and lawn chairs and other people, and that rock is called Fans of Rachel Weisz Island.
I don't know if I could be a fan of a Mummy movie that she wasn't in. Jet Li's not as cute as she is.
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