2002's The Scorpion King, a spin-off film from the 1999 The Mummy series, focuses on the rise of the Scorpion Emperor Masayos in The Mummy 2, set 5,000 years before The Mummy and The Mummy 2, when Masayus was played by Dwayne Johnson, not only was the film one of Dwayne Johnson's early masterpieces. There was also a good performance at the box office, bringing in $178 million at a cost of $60 million, and although Dwayne Johnson did not participate in the series subsequently, the series also developed five episodes and an animation.
According to foreign media reports, the current "Scorpion King" plans to restart, the good news is that Dwayne Johnson will also return to make movies, but because Dwayne is too full, may not play the protagonist Masayus, but there is still a good chance to be embarrassed. The film will be written by Jonathan Herman, screenwriter of "Straight Outta Compton." Seven Bucks Productions, a longtime partner of Dwayne Johnson's longtime partner, Will assist in producing the film, which will be Dwayne Johnson's return to the series after 2002's The Scorpion King.
The Scorpion King.
When "The Scorpion King" was first released, there was originally a plan to return Dwayne Johnson to play Masayus and play another brand new villain, Sargon, but the final plan was not implemented, until 2008, "The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior" was released as a DVD, with Michael Copon playing Masayus and Randy Couture) as Sargon. Between 2012 and 2018, the series launched three sequels and found different actors to play Masayos, but the discussion became less and less loud.
And this time the "Scorpion King" restart plan, we can recall that the 2018 "Mummy" series has also been restarted, when the original found "Atang Brother" Tom Cruise (Tom Cruise) starring, originally Universal was expected to use this movie for the "Dark Universe" fame, did not expect the high cost of 125 million US dollars, and finally only recovered 409 million US dollars, the box office is far lower than Global's expectations, and the evaluation is also miserable, and then "Mummy" sequel has no follow-up news.
As for whether "The Scorpion King" can not follow in the footsteps of "The Mummy", go out of its own way, and win the hearts of the audience, it may still depend on the presentation of the final script and the lineup of Cass, but the Dwayne Johnson may return, which is enough to attract a group of die-hard fans.