The reboot of “The Mummy” was an entertainingly ridiculous action adventure movie that pretty much answer the question of what happens when you give a sugared-up fourteen year old a hundred million dollars and tell him to make the most awesome Indiana Jones ripoff ever. The sequels were…well…they existed. The second one was this weird amalgam of movie references ranging from Kurosawa to “Star Wars” that pretty much destroyed any semblance of respectability the franchise had. And the third one was just awful.
But they made money, and lots of it, so Universal, having completely run out of gas with this whole “coming up with your own franchises” thing, has decided to commission a reboot script.
We’re sure this will end almost as well as opening Imhotep’s tomb.
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I’m waiting for a franchise to re-boot in the same movie – trust me, it’s going to happen. I doubt the I-Phone engrossed kiddies in the audience will notice, though.
My legislation making it legal to use a slingshot to crack phone screens in a movie theater needs more supporters.
Didn’t the last Star Trek movie do that?
My girlfriend was/is obsessed with these movies. Back in the day she wrote a script for a Mummy movie and everything. Even now, ten or so years later she’ll still pitch me ideas about another Mummy movie. For example, the other night she said that Cleopatra’s ancestor should be on an adventure with Rick and Evy, and that would be the twist. I asked how is that a twist. She turned into an angry teenage nerd for 1/2 a second and gave me a “god, how is it NOT a twist” look. I don’t think she’s seen a recent picture of Brenden Frasier though. It may kill her.
I have no comment.
I loved when Scorpion King 2 came out. A prequel to a spinoff of a sequel of a remake. It was a shitty movie, though.
If I remember correctly, that one went straight to video.
… starring a UFC fighter.