The Mummy (franchise)

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The Mummy is an action / adventure series created by Stephen Sommers. It is named after its title character, the high priest-turned-mummy Imhotep.

Overview

The Mummy franchise has been going since the first film, back in 1999. It covers all of the films as well as all of the Mummy merchandise. The stories concern mainly the adventures of explorer and adventurer Richard “Rick” O'Connell, known more commonly as simply O’Connell, along with Evelyn O'Connell, his love interest and later wife; her brother Jonathan Carnahan and the O’Connells’ son Alex.

According to the released canon thus far, the main characters met and interacted with the cursed mummy Imhotep, while later making discoveries concerning similar ancient evils regarding religious relics, legendary artifacts, places and subjects, often having to do with the paranormal.

The nature of the main characters’ discoveries often deal with with the prevention of the 'villains' obtaining the power. The villains traditionally have been either from or associated with ancient Egypt, a concept largely inspired from the mysticism of ancient Egyptian culture and religion. In the later timeframe, the Egyptian-themed villains are more or less 'replaced' by villains and evils of other nationalities, notably Chinese characters.

Corpus

• List of The Mummy films
• List of The Animated Series episodes
• List of The Mummy video games
• List of The Mummy comics
• List of The Mummy books

Setting

The Mummy adventures take place mainly during the early 20th century, after World War I as well as during and after World War II. In the earlier adventures of the Scorpion King, the time frame shifts to ancient times preceding the adventures of Rick O'Connell and the misdeeds of Imhotep and Emperor Han. For context, scenes from varying epochs and locations are shown sporadically in comics and books.

In the later Mummy adventures, the setting takes the form of crossover fiction, as all fables, legends, legendary and holy objects, turn out to be true, along with the related supernatural capabilities and beings in the Mummy world.

Films

Thus far, there have been five films, starting with the first and original, The Mummy in 1999, its sequel, The Mummy Returns, in 2001, and its prequel, The Scorpion King, in 2002, with the newest The Mummy movie, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, in 2008, and ending with The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior, a prequel to The Scorpion King, also in 2008.

Since the release of the fourth installment of the Mummy series, rumors for a fourth Mummy movie ran rampant among fan sites, and all through the internet: ideas for a fourth have been mentioned by some cast members from the third installment, most notably Maria Bello, but an official announcement has not yet been released, although Luke Ford has signed on for three more films.

Main characters

Character	Film
	The Mummy	The Mummy Returns	The Scorpion King	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Rick O'Connell	Brendan Fraser			Brendan Fraser
Evelyn Carnahan	Rachel Weisz			Maria Bello
Alex O'Connell		Freddie Boath		Luke Ford
Jonathan Carnahan	John Hannah			John Hannah
Ardeth Bay	Oded Fehr
Imhotep	Arnold Vosloo
Anck-Su-Namun	Patricia Velasquez
Han				Jet Li
Mathayus		Dwayne Johnson			Michael Copon	Victor Webster
Beni Gabor	Kevin J. O'Connor
Baltus Hafez		Alun Armstrong
Lock-Nah		Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Yang				Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Choi				Jessey Meng