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.
