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“The Mummy” returns, again

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Jamie Lynn

Like that pink bunny, franchises keep going, and going, and going. But before we even have a chance to gauge Maria Bello's success in taking over the role of Evie in the Mummy movies, Bello revealed in an interview with MTV movie news that she's committed to another trilogy in the franchise.

Not that I'm complaining too much. I was a fan of the first movie in the Mummy franchise (though not so much that my ex-girlfriend spent fifty bucks to get a Brendan Fraser haircut after seeing it). If The Mummy's tongue-in-cheekiness wasn't enough to win me over, it was also my introduction to Rachel Weisz.

As I've lamented previously, I'll be missing Weisz in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, even though one could do worse for a pinch hitter than Bello. I do like the looks of her in the production stills.

When MTV spoke with her, Bello continued to be enthusiastic about the role and the prospect of future films. She's looking forward to it, she says, because the filming of this one was so fun: “I had to be on wires and do sword work. It took days to do, and it was so much fun. I would do flips on the wire and I'd land down and be like a little kid."

This is what I'm looking forward to in Mummy 3, actually. Bello's been insisting all along that her Evie is a more physical, ass-kicking role. I don't expect Evie to go completely Tomb Raider, but it will be fun to see the character have a go at more than verbal sparring.

Hey, here's another request. Can we have Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong back in the next one, too?

(I could do without the terra cotta army, though. Life-size clay figurines trigger unpleasant flashbacks to Heavenly Creatures.)

Mummy 3 is set to hit theaters in August. I'll be there.

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    • Submitted by
    Jamie Lynn
    on March 18, 2008 - 12:59pm.
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    Rocktoddy's picture

    Gonna miss Rachel

    Submitted by
    Rocktoddy (66 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 1:32pm.
    Rachel Weisz was probably my first female celebrity crush as a twelve-year-old baby-dyke. I used to have The Mummy poster tacked on my wall and whenever I would pass it by Rachel would give me butterflies. What can I say? British chicks do it for me *here's looking at you Rachel Shelley* Eh or maybe it's just British girls who are named Rachel... ;). The second movie never really did it for me, but The Mummy will always have a special place in my heart. Still, I'm gonna watch this one for of nostalgia's sake.
    Samfeasor's picture

    Evie was pretty kickass in

    Submitted by
    Samfeasor (83 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 1:57pm.

    Evie was pretty kickass in Mummy Returns. That's why I liked the sequel better than the original.

    I know relatively little about Mummy 3, just because without Rachel Weisz I pretty much have no reason to watch. Will Maria Bello still be playing Evie as English? I don't know if I can handle a bad English accent on top of the lack of the real Evie. I get attached...

    LOL on the mention of Heavenly Creatures. That is exactly what I thought of, too!

    pdw's picture

    patricia velasquez

    Submitted by
    pdw (2 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 2:57pm.
    i'm open to the substitution of maria bello for rachel weisz. but i mourn the loss of patricia velasquez as anck-su-namun. i think the mummy returns WAS much better than the mummy -- but mostly because i was much more intrigued by anck-su-namun than i was by evie. come to think of it, i preferred imhotep to rick too...
    Elvis730's picture

    Rachel Weisz

    Submitted by
    Elvis730 (65 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 7:25pm.

    I doubt I'll see it....maybe when it comes out on DVD or on Foxtel I might watch it, it just wont seem right with out Rachel Weisz, I mean she's the only thing that made a good movie great!

    I dont have a favourite, I like the first & second movie just the same. Only I think I prefere to watch the 2nd...only coz of that cool fight scene between Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez   

    ~Elvis Presley~

    Pesto the Pirate's picture

    Love at first Spook

    Submitted by
    Pesto the Pirate (84 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 7:48pm.
    I definitely had a crush on her even when I didn't know that I was gay at the time. Even though Mummy 3 won't have Weisz, I'll still watch it because Maria Bello won me over in "The Jane Austen Book Club". Won't be as good though.
    Kam's picture

    while watching spider lilies

    Submitted by
    Kam (11 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 8:26pm.
    while watching spider lilies I think my heart stopped beating/ i died every single scene it showed her and rainie yang... oh isabella leong.. jeeezz
    Livia's picture

    wow

    Submitted by
    Livia (67 posts)
    on March 18, 2008 - 8:47pm.
    Maria Bello looks like a spitting image of a younger Geena Davis in that photo.
    KineticStillness's picture

    Wonderful Fanfic: Evie/Anuk Su Namun

    Submitted by
    KineticStillness (161 posts)
    on March 19, 2008 - 2:48am.

    The story:

    http://www.ralst.com/PrincessTale.HTM

    And the sequel:

    http://www.ralst.com/FearWind.HTM

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    WEISZ

    Submitted by
    「KEIKZ™;♥」 (10 posts)
    on March 19, 2008 - 9:04am.

    awww... i want rachel weisz. i still have a crush on her after so many years. this line "you must be wondering what is a place like me doing in a girl like this?..." is just so cute.

     


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