Talk:The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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[edit] Citation for use

—Erik (talk • contrib) - 07:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Luke Ford on board. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 15:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
The last question was about The Mummy 3. Gough reveals that filming will start at the end of July, first in Montreal, and then they are going to China. Don't know if this will help.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 21:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Maria Bello briefly speaks about training before filming. --Nehrams2020 06:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early rumors and fan impact

The Chinese mummy storyline seems to be generally disliked by the fans (and critics, lately). I remember seeing a note on that on one of the other Mummy pages. Should it also be mentioned here? Meresankh 01:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Probably doesn't meet reliable source guidelines. Think of it this way -- would a couple of fans' disagreement with the possible storyline really be encyclopedic? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 02:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Maybe not, but if it's a vast majority and sources like Empire, I would say it has an impact worth to be acknowledged by a word or two, at least at this time. Who knows what happens when the movie is in production.Meresankh 13:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Now there's a possibility that Jet Li is the head mummy? Don't know if somebody's just joking around so I'm not going to add it to the article yet. Here's the link[1]. --Nehrams2020 02:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Should the article be moved to it's confirmed title now? I don't think it should stay at the working title anymore. --Nehrams2020 18:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

What is the confirmed title? I checked for Curse of the Dragon, but there doesn't seem to be anything official except for Bloody Disgusting, which I hardly trust. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 19:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I just realized that it has already been moved to the current title. I took this page off my watch list and when I typed in "The Mummy 3", it redirected to the current title without me realizing it. Never mind then, it looks like it has already been taken care of. Anyway, I did a name search of the title on Google and found multiple sites that are accepting the new title (although some aren't that credible or are blogs), but I did see some respectable ones in there. --Nehrams2020 19:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not quite convinced that this is the "official" title. The new casting call for this film doesn't even mention it, and all I can find are so-called reports that don't seem official. I guess I'll wait till a newspaper brings up the title to confirm it... —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 19:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Worse comes to worse, we can always remove it again, and I'll fix all of the redirects. --Nehrams2020 20:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The newest Variety citation makes no mention of this subtitle, and IMDb lists it only as "The Mummy 3". I've requested a move back to The Mummy 3, since the article already exists as a redirect. Until there is official proof, it seems most appropriate to keep it at the working title. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 05:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

What about IGN? This citation mentions the new title. ColdFusion650 19:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, then I don't know if it should be The Mummy 3, Mummy: Curse of the Dragon (from IGN), or The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon (from Bloody Disgusting). The Mummy 3 is supposed to be a working title, but the actual format of the final title seems unclear right now. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
It's very rare nowadays to have a film with a number and a subtitle, especially since the previous sequel had no number. I would say that The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon is not the official title. Therefore, the title of the article should be one of the other two. ColdFusion650 20:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I personally think that we should go with the working title of The Mummy 3 until national newspapers and magazines mention what the actual title is. At this moment, there seems to be very little reporting of Curse of the Dragon from any major outlets. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 21:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Do it to it. ColdFusion650 21:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
That sounds fine, since there is not enough confirmed information about the title. I'm sure we're going to have to move it again at least one more time obviously, but hopefully not too many more times. I hope they make up their mind about the title already. --Nehrams2020 21:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

This article has been renamed from The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon to The Mummy 3 as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 15:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hate to bring this up again...

The full title The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon was used in Entertainment Weekly in the article "Deja View". You can see it online here. I don't think we have to move it yet, unless somebody wants to. Just wanted to point it out again. --Nehrams2020 00:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Several official sources have used some form of that title, but they can't settle on one. I've seen Mummy 3, Mummy: Curse of the Dragon, and Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon. All of those have been used recently in official media. And since we can't settle on one, we decided to use the working title until something more firm comes up. ColdFusion650 01:38, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New title

ComingSoon.net mentions that the title is The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This seems to be fairly official, but I would like to suggest waiting for further confirmation. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 11:26, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I guess this means that we were right to remove the other title, as it seems that it was wrong. ColdFusion650 12:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brochure?

This whole thing reads like a Brochure, out of a bad, something terrible.

Marking for cleanup. I would do some myself, but I don't know anything about the movie.

Signed by scryer_360, who finds the login link is not working right now.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.91.137.120 (talk) 15:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rachel Weisz

Is there some source available citing why Rachel Weisz isn't involved this time around? The Wiki article claims it's because of script problems, but the Variety article that's cited to back it up only makes references to her Oscar, her baby, and other projects she's involved in at the time (though it never clearly states if any of those are the reason she's out of this one as well). Nolefan32 (talk) 17:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)