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'Prometheus' Writer and Universal Dig 'The Mummy' Out of the Tomb
by Ethan Anderton
April 4, 2012
Source: Variety
While it remains to be seen whether or not Ridley Scott is being honest about there only being a small link between Prometheus and Alien rather than the summer blockbuster being a secret prequel to his sci-fi classic, the writer of the film, Jon Spaihts will be going back to the beginning of another franchise with absolute certainty. Variety has word that Universal is yet again resurrecting one of their classic movie monsters with the writer rebooting The Mummy franchise, a series which hasn't seen a sequel since The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008, which grossed just over $400 million worldwide that year.
Spaihts compares his new endeavor with The Mummy to the new Ridley Scott sci-fi flick saying, "I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with 'Prometheus': to go back to a franchise's roots in dark, scary source material, and simultaneously open it up to an epic scale we haven't seen before." Hopefully that means we'll be looking at a lot less stupid comedy and ditching that annoying contemporary vernacular that Brendan Fraser inexplicably brought to the series. The question remains as to who will direct, but almost anybody would be better than The Mummy Stephen Sommers, a generic director if I've ever seen one. Suggestions?
6 Comments
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Come on...
Hu on Apr 4, 2012
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Sommers has BECOME generic, but his version of The Mummy was excellent and very original.
Blurb on Apr 4, 2012
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I agree I thought that he remade the mummy very well. It managed to have some genuinely good horror/suspense scenes.
Yankeefan 91 on Apr 5, 2012
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If remakes haven't been frustrating enough already, now we are starting to see re-remakes.
Sean Kelly on Apr 5, 2012
5
The well of ideas is completely dry in Hollywood right now.
Max Renn on Apr 5, 2012
6
When is someone gonna remake "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"?!
JBrotsis on Apr 10, 2012
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