The Scorpion King (film series)

The Scorpion King
Created by	Stephen Sommers
Original work	The Mummy Returns (2001)
Owner	Universal Pictures
Years	2001–present
Films and television
Film(s)	The Scorpion King (2002) 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) 4: Quest for Power (2015) Book of Souls (2018) The Scorpion King (reboot)

The Scorpion King film series consists of American sword and sorcery action adventure films, and is a spin-off of The Mummy remake film series created by Stephen Sommers. ^[1] The film series consists of one released theatrical film, four straight-to-home video releases, and an upcoming theatrical reboot.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Story by	Producer(s)
The Scorpion King	April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19)	Chuck Russell	David Hayter, Stephen Sommers & William Osborne	Jonathan Hales & Stephen Sommers	Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Kevin Misher & Stephen Sommers
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)	Russell Mulcahy	Randall McCormick		Sean Daniel & James Jacks
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)	Roel Reiné	Shane Kuhn & Brendan Cowles	Randall McCormick	Leslie Belzberg
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	Mike Elliott	Michael D. Weiss		Mike Elliott & Ogden Gavanski
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls	October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)	Don Michael Paul	Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges		Mike Elliott
Untitled reboot	TBA	TBA	Jonathan Herman		Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia & Dwayne Johnson

Future

In November 2020, a reboot of The Scorpion King film series was announced to be in development. Jonathan Herman will serve as screenwriter, with the plot taking place in modern-day and involving a contemporary adaptation of Mathayus of Akkad / Scorpion King. Dwayne Johnson will serve as producer alongside Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. The project will be a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures and Seven Bucks Productions. ^[2]

Cast

Key

• A ^Y indicates the actor portrayed the role of a younger version of the character.
• A ^A indicates archive footage of the actor portraying the role was used.
• A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Characters	Films
	The Scorpion King	The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power	The Scorpion King: Book of Souls
	2002	2008	2012	2015	2018
Mathayus of Akkad The Scorpion King	Dwayne Johnson	Michael Copon Pierre MaraisY	Victor Webster		Zach McGowan
Memnon	Steven Brand
Cassandra the Sorceress	Kelly Hu		Kelly Hu A
Arpid	Grant Heslov
Balthazar	Michael Clarke Duncan
Layla		Karen David
Ari		Simon Quarterman
Fung		Tom Wu
Pollux		Andreas Wisniewski
Sargon/Sarkhan		Randy Couture
Olaf			Bostin Christopher
King Ramusan			Temuera Morrison
Princess Silda/Cobra			Krystal Vee
Tsukai			Selina Lo
Agromael			Dave Bautista
Sorrell Raskov				Barry Bostwick
Valina				Ellen Hollman
Skizzura				Lou Ferrigno
King Zakkour				Rutger Hauer
Drazen				Will Kemp
Nebserek					Peter Mensah
Tala					Pearl Thusi
Kensa					Mayling Ng
Uruk					Peter Charles

Additional crew and production details

Crew/Detail	Film
	The Scorpion King	The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power	The Scorpion King: Book of Souls
	2002	2008	2012	2015	2018
Composer	John Debney	Klaus Badelt	Trevor Morris	Geoff Zanelli	Frederik Wiedmann
Cinematographer	John R. Leonetti	Glynn Speeckaert	Roel Reiné	Trevor Michael Brown	Hein de Vos
Editor(s)	Greg Parsons & Michael Tronick	John Gilbert	Radu Ion & Matthew Friedman	Jeff McEvoy & Brian Scott Steele	Vanick Moradian
Production studios	Alphaville Films WWF Entertainment		Universal 1440 Entertainment
Distributing companies	Universal Pictures	Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Running time	92 minutes	109 minutes	105 minutes	105 minutes	102 minutes

Video games

• The Scorpion King: Sword of Osiris (2002, Game Boy Advance)
• The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002, GameCube and PlayStation 2)

Merchandise

Jakks Pacific produced toys based on The Scorpion King. ^[3]

References

1. Malhotra, Rahul (18 November 2022). "Brendan Fraser Defends the "Charm" of The Rock's CGI Scorpion King". Collider. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
2. Kroll, Justin (November 10, 2020). "'Scorpion King' Reboot In Works From Dwayne Johnson And Dany Garcia's Seven Bucks Productions And Universal; 'Straight Outta Compton' Scribe Jonathan Herman Penning Script". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
3. "Jakks Pacific Signs Master Licensing Agreement With Universal Studios for The Scorpion King". Jakks Pacific . September 24, 2001. Archived from the original on August 4, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

External links

• The Scorpion King at IMDb
• The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior at IMDb
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption at IMDb
• The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power at IMDb
• The Scorpion King: Book of Souls at IMDb