To celebrate its 25th birthday in May, the sequel returns to theaters March 27 and will run through at least the end of the month. Tickets are already on sale, and anyone hoping for any special features like videos featuring current stars may be out of luck, as it looks like Universal is just treating it like a standard screening. But then again, you get to see Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the big screen again, and isn’t that its own bonus? And a nice treat to the Scorpion King’s 2001-era CG?
Like the first movie, mummy returns Despite mixed critical response, it was a hit with audiences. With $435 million worldwide, it stands as the highest-grossing entry of the initial Stephen Sommers trilogy, and marks the Hollywood debut of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Despite his aforementioned iffy CG, the studio decided to adapt Johnson’s future villain Matthias of Akkad into his own film, which came out the following year. It also grossed well in its run, and began its own series of films with many of the actors playing Matthias in the sequel after Johnson’s departure.
Return This may also be the first of somersaults Mother The movies will be re-released, and if so, it’s fitting because we know Fraser and Weiss are set to return as older versions of Rick and Evelyn O’Connell. That, and the fun of these films would be a good counter to the more depraved, potentially satirical entertainment that exists in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy When it hits theaters on April 17.
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