.Rob writes:
It seems that at the end of a production, time compresses. It gets dense. There is some kind of warp that happens where a day feels like a week and a week passes in a moment. I was shocked to read our "Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" family comments and realize that there has been a considerable gap between posts. I regret that, family, but I invoke the above sense of time as my defense.
A great deal has happened on the movie: we have successfully moved to Shanghai, we have finished Jet Li's time with us in the movie and today, I finish sweet, sweet Michelle Yeoh. I have two weeks of a crazy chase and a few days of the O'Connell Family drama in Jonathan's Egyptian-themed nightclub in Shanghai named appropriately "IMHOTEP'S," complete with scantily clad dancers, live orchestra and deco motifs.
Jet was great to the last shot, his suffering under the curse of Zi Yuan (Michelle), which involved considerable discomfort for him in real life, but he took it like the pro he is and turned it into something unforgettable.
We shot all the scenes in the Emperor's Throne Room with a team of Chinese culture advisors constantly helping me with Qin dynasty language, ceremonies, and behavior. Every film is a journey in which you learn new things about life at every level. This film has been packed with new knowledge, that "art" and "intellect" people would stand at the Emperor's left, "military" at his right; that musicians were not allowed swords, that no one was ever allowed to turn his back to the Emperor, on and on. But the film gods dwell in the details. Even if it's a world with which you're not familiar, it feels true. Generalize them at your own peril.
A great deal has happened on the movie: we have successfully moved to Shanghai, we have finished Jet Li's time with us in the movie and today, I finish sweet, sweet Michelle Yeoh. I have two weeks of a crazy chase and a few days of the O'Connell Family drama in Jonathan's Egyptian-themed nightclub in Shanghai named appropriately "IMHOTEP'S," complete with scantily clad dancers, live orchestra and deco motifs.
Jet was great to the last shot, his suffering under the curse of Zi Yuan (Michelle), which involved considerable discomfort for him in real life, but he took it like the pro he is and turned it into something unforgettable.
We shot all the scenes in the Emperor's Throne Room with a team of Chinese culture advisors constantly helping me with Qin dynasty language, ceremonies, and behavior. Every film is a journey in which you learn new things about life at every level. This film has been packed with new knowledge, that "art" and "intellect" people would stand at the Emperor's left, "military" at his right; that musicians were not allowed swords, that no one was ever allowed to turn his back to the Emperor, on and on. But the film gods dwell in the details. Even if it's a world with which you're not familiar, it feels true. Generalize them at your own peril.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens August 1st, 2008.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released August 1st, 2008 and stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang. The film is directed by Rob Cohen.
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THE JOKER
i agree. I really wish she was still in this movie and didnt decide to go with fred claus. but i think this movie will stil rock. i mean it does have Jet Li in it? it will be great to see someone really give Brenden Fraiser a beating lol
4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag
G5Manon
i think this movie will be good but not as good as the first one, i will still go see it but i am a little down that Rachel Weisz isn't in it
4 years agoby @g5manonFlag
THE JOKER
I think the film will be great. not to be rude, but explain to me how you read the script sammyup? They dont realease the real script to the public until the movie hits theaters. sure someone could steal the script and post it but they would be sued out their ass and then again what you read would more than likely be fake. i would nt trust that if i was you
4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag
CUPID
dont care this movie will be f*cking awesome.
4 years agoby @cupidFlag
btrobinson
this has potential. just have to wait and see i guess
4 years agoby @btrobinsonFlag
sammyup
I read the script for Mummy 3 and its terrible. Rachel did the right thing not doing the film and as for Fred Claus, Rachel is in that film for about 12 minutes of screen time, so she's very smart unlike the rest of the actors in that film.
4 years agoby @sammyupFlag
Tronticon
And Rachel Weisz shipped this movie to do "Fred Claus"... she's an idiot!!!!!
4 years agoby @tronticonFlag