So The Mummy 3 is coming, slowly but surely and now it will be driven by The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen. The people over at moviehole.net gave us this
:According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cohen will direct, Stephen Sommers (director of the first two films) will produce, and Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are writing the script – or rather, have written the script.
Though the trade says “the plot details of the script….are being kept under wraps”, earlier rumours suggest it tells the story of Alex O’Connell, the son of Rick O’Connell (played by Brendan Fraser in the first two), who himself now has to do battle with a Mummy.
I’ve written a few articles now on the Mummy Three, you can see them here and here.
I do not think that Cohen will add much to this movie, he may help out a bit with pacing but it seems just completely past it’s prime. Unless The Mummy Three is a shockingly spectacular movie and word of mouth get out big time…. I think this will be the kind of movie that most people will see willingly only when it is the in flight movie ad they want to ignore the person beside them.
There is, of course the chance that this film will fair alright. It will depend largely on the timing of the release, and the series definitely has it’s fans, that will probably get it through the first few weekends. But do most people want to see a third installation? When Rachel Weisz isn’t sure she wants take part? Doesn’t seem too likely.
I love Brendan Fraser and he’s great in whatever role he is given but he is just not enough to come out for in this movie.
I think that after opening weekend for The Mummy Three the box office will be like a desert.
