By Ryan Parsons | Image property of respective holders.
Rob Cohen has posted a few new media updates on the official blog for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Blog Update: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
If you look to the left of the site, you will notice a few new video journals for your enjoyment. They're swell, but the real surprise comes after Cohen's latest poster. After describing the arrival of Jet Li, Cohen hits us with some of the first official production photos including one of Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell.
Jet Li is finally has joined us in Montreal and the production has palpably kicked up into a higher gear. As I shoot our "trekking through the Himalayas" sequence where our heroes are searching for Shangri-la, I am madly refining the Emperor/Rick O'Connell fight with stunt co-ordinators Ku Huen Chzu (known to everyone as Dede) and Mark Southworth. It's a real contrast in styles, Brendan's and Jet's, highly balletic, powerful Wushu vs. the brutal directness of Krav Maga plus magic and shape-shifting creatures leading to the the climax aided by Luke Ford and the clash of armies overhead. I have seven days to shoot it so this will be my last entry until China. We wrap here next Thursday; then I'm off to L.A. for less than twenty-four (obstetrician and VFX meetings with D.D. and R&H) then straight to Beijing and Tian Mo, the desert three hours north of the capitol.
Brendan Fraser in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Thanks to 'Cesar' for the heads up.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens to theaters on August 1st, 2008.
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