It’s been a little while since Rob Cohen updated his previously informative blog about the status of THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR – over a month in fact. Last we were caught up, Cohen was in the process of editing the third entry into the profitable franchise. As of 2-18-08… he’s still editing. That’s okay though, the film doesn’t come out until August, and apparently the teaser is being readied to premiere on the blog sometime in the near future (or at least, that the director’s hope).
The most interesting thing about this latest blog entry (alright, I’ll try not to type “blog” anymore) is a revelation about something we can expect to see in the flick. Apparently, abominable snowmen are in order! Read on for a snippet:
So far, the Yeti (the abominable snowmen) done by Rhythm & Hues, that appear in the Himalayan sequence are my favorite achievement. They are flat out cool! Supervisor Derek Spears and team have been kicking ass on the creatures.
Meanwhile, over at Digital Domain, Co-supervisors Joel Hynek and Matthew Butler have been working with me on the terracotta Jet Li and the final battle where Michelle Yeoh’s undead square off against Jet’s terracotta army. There are 400 vfx shots in the last 25 minutes of the film, the vast majority belonging to DD.
If nothing else, it sounds like the movie will be packed with all sorts of craziness – but they did that with THE MUMMY RETURNS and it turned out to be much too much. I’ll reserve judgment until after the teaser comes out – and when it does we’ll let you know!
The film stars Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello (below, and I’ll watch her in anything), Jet Li, John Hannah, Luke Ford and Michelle Yeoh.
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