Guest Daisho2004 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 In a strange piece of news it looks as though martial arts star Jet Li is set to play the lead villain in the latest installment of the blockbuster "Mummy" franchise. The announcement was apparently made by director Rob Cohen (who replaces series regular Stephen Sommers), who stated that the action will take place in China, with the son of the previous films' protagonists facing off against Li as 'The Emperor', the head of a gang of Teracotta army mummies. Cohen claimed that Michelle Yeoh would also star, though her agency have since denied that she has signed for the film, which is due to open July 11th, 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thundered mantis Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Buahahahah! Can´t be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rdenn Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 so he wanted to quit making kung fu movies to do this, nice one jet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Jet needs to be starring in more films like Danny the Dog than appearing in crap like The Mummy. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daisho2004 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Well I guess if the Mummy is a smash success than Jet Li will be even more marketable than before, since both Mummy films were huge successes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingofkungfu2002 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 There's also rumours about Michelle Yeoh possibly being in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 This has got to be a joke! Oh, wait, it's Hollywood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Well I guess if the Mummy is a smash success than Jet Li will be even more marketable than before, since both Mummy films were huge successes. Yeah, those Mummy films certainly did wonders for Brendan Fraser's career! :rollin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi Long Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 The fastest guy alive is going to be playing a mummy: nice casting, Hollywood(!) Who dont they just cast Michael Wong? He's already has the wooden acting style. This all sounds like an extremely crappy idea. And after the shite news about his new kiddie movie with Jackie, this saddens me. Let's hope Tony Jaa will come up with the goods again, martial arts wise, this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 booooooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAZ74 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Caca on a stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jirpy100 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Mmmh... I thought they were both some of the better commercial fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest limubai2000 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Mummy 1 was a great popcorn adventure film, reminded me of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Mummy 2 had some good moments, but ultimately far to much CGI for it's own good. A letdown. Of course I will go see part 3 if Jet is in it but I'm not expecting much out of him martial arts wise in this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Mummy 1 was a great popcorn adventure film, reminded me of Raiders of the Lost Ark. :eek Lim how dare ya! Your gonna cause Mr. Spielberg to @#%$ a brick! Seriously though, The Mummy was not in the same class as Raiders. Raiders is one of the best movies ever made imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sifu Socky Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Mummy 2 was so awful I couldn't sit through it. Jet will lose serious Respect Points in my book if this is actually true. And Rob Cohen is the king of hacks. This just gets worse and worse. And Danny the Dog was crap, bro! What film were you watching?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest limubai2000 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I didn't say it was in the same class, that would be blasphemous!!! I said it reminded me of it, big difference! Sort of like National Treasure reminded me of Raiders. My take on that was some producers and writers sat around some beers, talking and decided "Hey they won't make another Indy, let's make our own!" I think the style of these three films is similar but National and Mummy are nowhere near as great as Raiders, but each is good in it's own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Danny the Dog is the truth! fantastic film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 And Danny the Dog was crap, bro! What film were you watching?? He's watching movies that users with great taste are watching. Danny The Dog was crap?:rolleyes Watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I know what ya meant Lim, I was just kidding with you man. I hear ya Beat TG! Sifu Socky if you thought Danny the Dog was a bad film I would like to know why, I thought it was one of Jet's better films with hard hitting action, nice acting and a good story..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ironfistedmonk2003 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 The Mummy films are not meant to be taken seriously, as already said they are just fun popcorn movies. It's a fairly big franchise for him to get more exposure, whats wrong with Jet trying his hand at this, it can't be as bad as Dr Wai! Plus the man gotta get paid, nowt wrong with a fat paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingofkungfu2002 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Looks like the rumours could well be true Mummy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Read that Jet Li is going to be playing an "undead" Chinese emperor in the upcoming movie "The Mummy 3". Ha ha, sounds fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tosh Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 yeah, he already got flamed, then defended, then flamed again for it... p081.ezboard.com/fkungfufandomfrm6.showMessage?topicID=3043.topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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