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The Mummy (franchise)
The Mummy • The Mummy’s Hand, 1940. Not a direct sequel to the
1932 film, only the resurrected mummy theme is the
Directed by The Mummy and The Mummy Returns
same. This film features Kharis (played by Tom
Stephen Sommers
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Tyler), another Egyptian priest turned living dead
Rob Cohen mummy. Some flashbacks, using scenes from the
original film, feature Karloff.
Produced by Sean Daniel • The Mummy’s Tomb, 1942. Direct sequel to the 1940
James Jacks
film. Tom Tyler is replaced by Lon Chaney, Jr. in this
Screenplay by Stephen Sommers and the next two films. Tyler, however, still plays
Alfred Gough Kharis in flashbacks to Ancient Egypt.
Miles Millar
• The Mummy’s Ghost, 1944. Direct sequel to the 1942
Starring List of characters in The Mummy series film
• The Mummy’s Curse, 1944. Direct sequel to the first
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Alan Silvestri 1944 film
Randy Edelman • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, 1955. Indirect
sequel/spoof of the first five films. According to the
Editing by Bob Ducsay
Universal Horror tie-in novel Return of the Wolf Man,
Ray Bushey III
Kelly Matsumoto Klaris, the mummy in this film, was a cousin of
Joel Negron Kharis, the mummy from the previous four films.
Studio Universal Pictures
Relativity Media Hammer Horror Films
The Sommers Company
Alphaville Films In 1959 the British Hammer Film Productions began its
own Mummy series.
Distributed by Universal Pictures
• The Mummy, 1959. Set in 1895, the film stars Peter
Release date(s) 1999-2008 Cushing and Christopher Lee as Kharis. The plot is
based on Universal’s The Mummy’s Hand and The
Running time 366 minutes
Mummy’s Tomb.
Country United States • The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, 1964. Features Dickie
Language English Owen as the Mummy Ra-Antef.
Arabic • The Mummy’s Shroud, 1966. Features Eddie Powell as
Ancient Egyptian the Mummy Prem.
• Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb, 1971. Based on Bram
Budget $323 million
Stoker’s 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. Features
Box office $1,415,408,499 Valerie Leon as the Mummy Queen Tera and her
reincarnation Margaret Fuchs.
The Mummy is any one of three series of adventure films
about an ancient Egyptian priest accidentally resurrect-
ed, who brings with him a powerful curse, and the efforts New Mummy Series (1999-2008)
of heroic archeologists to stop him. Originally a proposed remake of The Mummy would have
been directed by horror filmmaker/writer Clive Barker.
Universal Horror Films Barker’s vision for the film was violent, with the story re-
volving around the head of a contemporary art museum
The original series of six installments, starring iconic who turns out to be a cultist trying to reanimate mum-
horror actors Boris Karloff (in the original only) and Lon mies.[1][2] Barker’s take was "dark, sexual and filled with
Chaney Jr., were produced for Universal Studios from mysticism",[3] and that, "it would have been a great low-
1932 to 1955. budget movie".[1]
• The Mummy, 1932. The movie features the story of an In 1999, Stephen Sommers wrote and directed a re-
ancient Egyptian priest mummy called Imhotep make of The Mummy, loosely based on the original film
(Karloff), who is resurrected in the present day. of 1932. This film switches genres from the emphasis on
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horror to adventure, concentrating more on action se- game.[7] Mummy Returns and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
quences and effects, and a higher element of Egyptian were also made into games.
lore. The film became a box office success spawning two In May 2001, Chaos! Comics released the first of a
sequels and an up coming fourth film, a spin-off series, three issue series inspired by the film, titled ’The Mummy
and an animated television series. Valley of the Gods’.[8] The plot was supposed to take
• The Mummy, 1999. It is the year 1925 and Richard place between the first film and "The Mummy Returns".
“Rick” O’Connell, an american explorer, has Rick and Evelyn are on their honeymoon in Egypt and
discovered Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. Three end up embarking on yet another adventure where they
years later, O’Connell returns to the site with a must unravel the mysteries of the Orb of Destiny and dis-
beautiful librarian, Evelyn ’Evie’ Carnahan and her cover the location of the Valley of the Gods hidden be-
brother, Johnathan. When Evie accidentally revives neath the sands. However, the second and third issues
the mummified corpse of an Egyptian priest, were never published.[9] This was most likely due to
Imhotep, the pair must find a way to kill him before Chaos later filing bankruptcy in 2002 and selling the
he rises back into power and destroys the world. rights to all their titles at that time. Years later in 2008,
• The Mummy Returns, 2001. It is the year 1933 and Rick another Mummy comic series was released by IDW Pub-
O’Connell and Evelyn Carnahan are married with an lishing, spanning four issues. This series was titled ’The
8 year-old son, Alex. When Alex triggers a curse and Mummy: the Rise and Fall of Xango’s Ax’. Unlike the pre-
Imhotep is resurrected, Rick and Evie must once ceding comic series, all of the planned issues were pub-
again try to save the world and defeat the mummy. lished.[10]
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2008. Set in The film also inspired a roller coaster, Revenge of the
1946, the movie continues the adventures of Rick Mummy in Universal Studios Theme Parks, Florida.[11]
O’Connell, his wife Evie, and his son Alex against a Another is in Hollywood.[12]
different mummy, the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) of
China.
References
The Mummy Sequel Trilogy [1] ^ Slotek, Jim (May 2, 1999). "Unwrapping The
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor actress Maria Bello stated that Mummy". Toronto Sun.
another Mummy film will "absolutely" be made, and that [2] The Mummy That Wasn’t", Cinescape (May 3,
she has already signed on.[4] Actor Luke Ford is signed on 1999).
for three more films.[5] [3] Hobson, Louis B (May 1, 1999). "Universal rolls out
new, improved Mummy", Calgary Sun.
Cast and characters [4] Shawn Adler (2008-03-10). "’Mummy 3’ Star Maria
Bello Talks About Taking Over For Rachel Weisz,
Main article: List of characters in The Mummy series Fighting An Invisible Baddie". MTV.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/
Other media 1583041/story.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
[5] "Luke Ford Signed For Three ’Mummy’ Films".
Bloody-Disgusting. 2008-07-16.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/12932.
Retrieved 2008-07-20.
[6] "The Mummy (PSX)". IGN. http://psx.ign.com/
objects/014/014640.html. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
[7] "The Mummy (GBC)". GameSpot.
http://www.gamespot.com/gbc/action/mummy/
index.html. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
[8] "The Mummy Valley of the Gods (Issue List)".
Comic Collector Live Database.
http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/
CoverTitle_List.aspx?id=c8d5397b-9fe6-4997-9966-9d903720bdcc.
Retrieved 2011-03-29.
The entrance to Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios
[9] "The Mummy Valley of the Gods (Issue #2)". Comic
Hollywood
Collector Live Database.
http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/
Two video game adaptations of The Mummy (1999) were
Issue.aspx?id=c842164c-
published in 2000: an action-adventure game for the
db3d-4971-9e13-3bda3d8e555a. Retrieved
PlayStation and PC,[6] as well as a Game Boy Color puzzle
2011-03-29.
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Character Film
The Mummy The Mummy Returns The Mummy: Tomb of the
Dragon Emperor
Rick O’Connell Brendan Fraser
Evelyn Carnahan-O’Connell / Princess Rachel Weisz Maria Bello
Nefertiri
Jonathan Carnahan John Hannah
Imhotep Arnold Vosloo
Beni Gabor Kevin J. O’Connor
Egyptologist Jonathan Hyde
Ardeth Bay Oded Fehr
Curator Erick Avari
Henderson Stephen Dunham
Daniels Corey Johnson
Burns Tuc Watkins
Warden Omid Djalili
Pharaoh Seti I Aharon Ipale
Winston Havelock Bernard Fox
Meela Nais / Anck-su-namun Patricia Velásquez
Alex O’Connell Freddie Boath Luke Ford
Baltus Hafez Alum Armstrong
The Scorpion King Dwayne Johnson
Lock-Nah Adewale Akinnuoye-
Agbaje
Izzy Shaun Parkes
Red Bruce Byron
Jacques Joe Dixon
Spivey Tom Fisher
Emperor Han Jet Li
General Yang Anthony Wang
Lin Isabella Leong
Maguire Liam Cunningham
Roger Wilson David Calder
Ming Guo Russell Wong
Zi-Yuan Michelle Yeoh
[10] "The Mummy: the Rise and Fall of Xango’s Ax [12] Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride at Universal
(Issue List)". Comic Collector Live Database. Orlando Resort
http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/
CoverTitle_List.aspx?id=b72be0fe-3d59-4755-8aae-5922674ad4d8.
Retrieved 2011-03-29.
[11] Universal Studios Hollywood - Revenge of the
Mummy - the Ride
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