The Mummy
AMummymovie uniting Brendan Fraser and Dwayne Johnson could offer some salvation for the latter ’s anti - hero theScorpion King . Johnson was best known as a grappler when he made his film launching as the Scorpio King in 2001’sThe Mummy Returns . In reality , the role was somewhat abbreviated , with Johnson appearing in the opening scene before the character vanish until the end . That ’s when theScorpion King reemerged as a terrible CGI monster . The character was so popular , Johnson render for a prequel in 2002 , which have four unbowed - to - DVD sequel where new actors inherited the persona .
The Scorpion Kingmovies portray Johnson ’s Mathayus as a heroic figure , but inThe Mummy Returns , he ’s a villain who is ultimately slain . With Fraser on the trail of a comeback thanks to the movies likeThe Whale , there ’s renewed involvement in a fourthMummyalso . Johnson has also in public voice his backing for Fraser ’s return and is also produced aScorpion Kingreboot . While it does n’t seem to be on the lineup currently , a legacyMummysequel that finally unites Fraser and Johnson onscreen would all but guarantee a full-grown audience . That , and it can loosen Mathayus ' bleak fate in the saga and redeem his villainous ways .
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The Scorpion King Lasted Longer Than The Mummy Franchise
Being his first starring role , Johnson has affection for bothThe Scorpion KingandThe Mummymovies . That said , his stardom is on another woodworking plane entirely from the former 2000s , and dedicate his stacked home plate of task , a fourthMummywouldn’t be his first anteriority . That say , if he felt audiencesreallywanted it , he might give it some consideration . What ’s interesting to observe aboutThe Scorpion Kingsaga is that it really outlive its parent franchise . The Mummyended after three pic , whileThe Scorpion Kingran for five , closing out on 2018’sThe Scorpio King : Book Of Souls .
The Scorpio Kinghas also one of the most tangled timelines in movie story . For example , The Scorpio King 2is a prequel toScorpion King , which itself is a prequel toThe Mummy Returns - which is already a sequel to a remaking . Scorpion King 3- which feature Dave Bautista- is a direct sequel toThe Scorpion King , evening the continuity out somewhat . That ’s another reason to give the character some redemption since it ’s tough to ask fans of the series to seat in six movies that terminate with him being cursed , turned into a CGI scorpion monster and presumptively commit to the underworld for eternity .
Fraser And Johnson Have Never Shared A Scene - Yet
A strange crotchet of portion has seen Fraser and Johnson appear in three different franchises : The Mummy , JourneyandG.I. Joe . Despite this , they never actually worked together . By the fourth dimension Fraser ’s Rick O’Connell combat theScorpion Kinghe ’s a reckoner - generated brute , while Fraser only come along in the first junket of bothJourneyandG.I. Joe , while Johnson was innovate in their sequel . A fourthMummymovieseeing Rick battling against a resurrected Mathayus is a conception that trade itself ; it ’s a bequest sequel that builds upon the franchise ’s set up backstory while placing Johnson front and scene .
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