The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Trivia: Luke Ford, who played Alex O'Connell as an adult in this film, was initially signed on for a further 3 potential sequels and was destined to be the new main action hero of the franchise, succeeding Brendan Fraser, but the sequels were never made.

Jennyred

Trivia: A fourth film in the series, under the working title "The Mummy: Rise of the Aztec," was rumored for a number of years after the release of this third film due to its financial success. Brendan Fraser, Luke Ford, John Hannah and Maria Bello were reportedly all contracted for the film, while Antonio Banderas had been approached for the part of the villain. After significant progress had failed to be made by 2012, the film was quietly cancelled, and the series was eventually rebooted in 2017.

TedStixon

Trivia: The film made $400m, the lowest in the franchise, and had mediocre reviews.

Jennyred

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Suggested correction: Actually, "The Scorpion King" has by far the lowest gross of the '99 "Mummy" franchise. Additionally, I don't see how reviews constitute trivia.

TedStixon

If the first part was true then it could be trivia. But I agree that reviews in general shouldn't be trivia.

Ssiscool

Factual error: The aircraft used to fly to Shangri-La is a Bristol Beaufighter, a single seat long range fighter bomber. It was not a transport aircraft and could not carry passengers. Some variants of the Beaufighter were two seaters but none at all could be used as small airliners as they do here. It is not possible to simply reconfigure the aircraft as shown here - the centre of gravity, balance and trim would all be thrown out. The resulting jury-built aircraft would be uncontrollable in flight.

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Answer: Although she initially expressed an interest in returning, she reportedly disliked the script and ultimately chose not to reappear. While the producers initially considered writing the character out, with the story rationale that she had been killed in an air-raid on London during World War Two, it was ultimately decided that this would require too much rewriting and thus the character was recast.

Tailkinker

Answer: I read the reason she didn't want to do it was she had just given birth to her first child and didn't want to leave and do location shooting.

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