At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of hamunaptra, an american serving in the french foreign legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreck havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his longlost love. Two americans, bud abbott and lou costello, who are stranded in cairo, egypt, happen to overhear dr. Alex kurtzman, director of the latest mummy movie, has explained why brendan fraser, who headlined the previous mummy series, didnt appear in the reboot. He confronts the pair, who respond by stabbing him to death. The film is set in china, departing from the egyptian setting. With brendan fraser, jet li, maria bello, michelle yeoh.
Three years later, he meets with a beautiful librarian, evelyn evy carnahan and her brother, jonathan. The project went through multiple directors, with len wiseman leaving the project in 20, and a second director, andres muschietti, in 2014. Based on a script by jon spaihts, this take on the mummy was expected to be much darker, with more horror elements and less. The mummy was written and directed by stephen sommers, whose previous. This is purely for the enjoyment and discussion of the fans. Mummy director reveals 2 new titles in universals dark. The mummy is a 1999 american action horror film written and directed by stephen sommers. With brendan fraser, rachel weisz, john hannah, arnold vosloo. This first film in universal monsters cinematic universe stars tom. Director stephen sommers take on the mummy arguably made more sense in placing its hero, rick oconnell, as an indiana jones type. Priyanka upendra to reunite with director of mummy filmibeat. The mummy is a 1999 american fantasy action horror film written and directed by stephen sommers.
The mummy it is the year 1923 and richard rick oconnell, an american explorer, has discovered hamunaptra, the city of the dead. The mummy director alex kurtzman explains the film, its. Stephen sommers born march 20, 1962 is an american film director and screenwriter, best known for bigbudget movies, such as the mummy 1999, its sequel, the mummy returns 2001, van helsing 2004, and g. A resurrected egyptian mummy stalks a beautiful woman he. After 1971s blood from the mummys tomb, the last of britains hammer filmsproduced series that began in 1959, the periodically resurrected movie monster dropped out of sight. The mummy director says the dark universe movie was. When evy accidentally revives the mummified corpse of an egyptian priest, imhotep, the pair must find a way to kill him before he rises back into power and. The mummy returns 2001 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. This bigbudget sequel from writerdirector stephen sommers navigates much of the same cliffhanger territory as george lucas and steven spielbergs indiana jones franchise. Why brendan fraser isnt in the mummy remake, according to. He is a producer and writer, known for sleepy hollow 20, star trek 2009 and the mummy 2017.
It is the 28th and final abbott and costello film produced by universalinternational. The mummy director alex kurtzman on making a modernday monster movie and what it was like filming the tom cruiserussell crowe fight scene. The mummy director responds to critics bashing the movie. Andres muschietti, who directed universals surprise hit horror movie mama, is circling a deal to come aboard the studios reboot of its mummy franchise the move comes after an. Released by universal studios, the film stars boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, edward van sloan and arthur byron. Balderston was from a story by nina wilcox putnam and richard schayer. It was to be the first of a series of movies that brought universals classic monsters into the modern era. With boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, arthur byron.
What makes it watchable is a dumb behaving tom cruise, some great action sequences and an awesome, awesome looking sofia boutella. Tom cruises the mummy could get a sequel screen rant. Jacks and director stephen sommers were impressed with the money that george of the jungle was. The film is about an ancient egyptian mummy named imhotep who is discovered by a team of archaeologists. It wasnt very flattering, as cohen suggested weisz balked at the idea of playing a character with an adult son, as evie and ricks son was being aged up for the film. It was a scheduling conflict that forced wiseman to drop out, but the development that muschetti has left the film over creative differences doesnt bode well. With tickets for the mummy now on sale, fandango had a chance to unravel some of the films many layers with its director, alex kurtzman, a lifelong fan of universals monsters who leapt at the chance to have an integral role in shaping the mummy, as well as future monster movies. Also the bluray transfer is top notch making it a rather enjoyable. The mummy is a 1932 american precode horror film directed by karl freund. Mummy reboot director leaving over creative differences. Mummy save me movie director interview filmibeat kannada. In an interview with business insider, the mummy director alex kurtzman was asked about the critical reception of the film, which went as far as to call it the worst tom cruise movie ever. He also directed disneys live action version of rudyard kiplings the jungle book 1994 and the cult classic horror film deep rising 1998. The mummy 1999 slaying the immortal imhotep youtube.
This film includes dwayne the rock johnson as the scorpion king, an ancient warrior that holds the power to destroy the world. Exclusive interview with mummy save me film director lohith. An ancient egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. Why rachel weisz didnt return for the mummy 3 screen rant. The mummy, the first movie in universals new dark universe, has yet to hit theaters, but the studio is already expanding its original slate of monster movies with two suitably retro additions.
Oconnor, with arnold vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated mummy. Director alex kurtzman behind the scenes movie interview subscribe. Alex kurtzmans reboot of that most universal of monsters, the mummy, is the third universal studios movie to bear that name. In late 2015, universal pictures started putting together in earnest what recently became known as its dark universe, rebooting classic monster movie titles made famous by the likes of screen legends. From director stephen sommers producer of the mummy. One explanation for rachel weiszs exit from the evie role in the mummy.
Brendan fraser, jet li, maria bello, michelle yeoh. The latest director to lean on this excuse is the mummy helmer alex kurtzman, who seems to believe that critics and audiences are so very different that. The mummy director made a tom cruise movie and a monster. Tom cruise stars in this spectacular version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization.
However, director stephen sommers deep rising transcends beyond cliche material. The mummy 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Other reports suggested that weisz just didnt like the script, and felt it did a. He brings to the audience original ideas with a refreshingly cool tone. Muschetti was brought on to the mummy reboot when its original director, len wiseman, left the project. The mummy returns 2001 follows frasier and weisz and their son as the mummy comes back to enact his revenge. It is a remake loosely based on the 1932 film of the same title and stars brendan fraser, rachel weisz, john hannah, and kevin j. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human. Mummy save me is an emotional horror film is scheduled to release all over karnataka on december 02,2016 catch us on. The mummy director alex kurtzman says his film is made. With tom cruise, sofia boutella, annabelle wallis, russell crowe.
The mummy universal, 1932 languidly paced and quite restrained by modern standards, this is the one true masterpiece of the mummy movie subgenre. The cast and director of new movie the mummy join us live from london. It is a reboot of the mummy franchise and is the first and only installment in universals dark universe franchise. Tomb of the dragon emperor is a 2008 american actionadventure fantasy film, directed by rob cohen, written by alfred gough and miles millar, and produced by stephen sommers director of the mummy 1999 and the mummy returns 2001, bob ducsay, sean daniel, and james jacks. The movie was directed by lohith h, and starred priyanka upendra in the lead role. These sets took 16 weeks to build, and included fiberglass columns rigged with special effects for the movies final scenes. Allinall a movie worth seeing, but of course there were some flaws. The mummy director opens up about his painful time on. The mummy director defends dark universe screen rant. Tomb of the dragon emperor was given by the sequels director, rob cohen. Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring boris karloff, the. The mummified body of imhotep is shipped to a museum in london, where he.
Her father is a hungarian jewish immigrant, and her mother, from vienna, was of italian and austrian jewish heritage. The film follows adventurer rick oconnell as he travels to hamunaptra, the city of the dead. The mummy was a movie that was supposed to launch a new cinematic universe. Director of universals dark universe remake the mummy, alex kurtzman, has called his experience working on the movie painful. The mummy ist ein usamerikanischer abenteuerfilm des regisseurs alex kurtzman aus dem jahr 2017. How the mummy director made a tom cruise movie and a monster franchise all at once. Her mere appearance in this movie makes it worth every penny. The film stars tom cruise as a us soldier who accidentally unearths the. In the far east, alex oconnell, the son of famed mummy fighters rick and evy oconnell, unearths the mummy of the first emperor of qin a shapeshifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago. The mummy was meant to launch the dark universe of universal monster reboots, yet the films disappointing critical and financial reception seemingly killed the shared universes future. Rachel hannah weisz was born on 7 march, 1970, in london, u.
Director alex kurtzman packs so many genres into his mummy movie, its hard to track all the themes running through this mashup. Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess sofia boutella whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Mummy save me, was a kannada movie that belonged to suspense horror genre. Before the guards can apprehend her, the mistress takes her own life, confident that her sorcererlover will resurrect her. The mummy is a 2017 american actionadventure film directed by alex kurtzman and written by. The mummy is a 2017 american actionadventure film directed by alex kurtzman and written by david koepp, christopher mcquarrie, and dylan kussman, with a story by kurtzman, jon spaihts, and jenny lumet. Abbott and costello meet the mummy is a 1955 horror comedy film directed by charles lamont and starring the comedy team of abbott and costello. The mummy opens in ancient egypt as a powerful pharaoh learns that his mistress and high priest have been fooling around behind his back. The mummy 2017 is not a terrible movie by any means but neither a good one at that. Tom cruise and jake johnson in the mummy 2017 sofia boutella at an event for the mummy 2017 tom cruise and annabelle wallis in.