As Seti's guards arrive, Imhotep fled while Anck-su-Namun killed herself, intending for Imhotep to resurrect her.

When the Pharaoh discovered their tryst, Imhotep and Anck-su-Namun murdered the monarch. In Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep engaged in an affair with Anck-su-Namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. Novelizations of the movie and its sequels were written by Max Allan Collins. Universal Pictures also opened a roller coaster, Revenge of the Mummy, in 2004. Seven years later, the third installment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opened on August 1, 2008. The box-office success led to a 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns, as well as The Mummy: The Animated Series, and the spin-off film The Scorpion King. The Mummy opened on May 7, 1999, and grossed $43 million in 3,210 theaters during its opening weekend in the United States the movie went on to gross $416 million worldwide. Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score. The visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic, who blended film and computer-generated imagery to create the titular Mummy. Originally intended to be part of a low-budget horror series, the movie was eventually turned into a blockbuster adventure film with horror themes.įilming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks the crew had to endure dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes while filming in the Sahara. It is a loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name which starred Boris Karloff in the title role. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J.

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