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The Scorpion King | |
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Created by | Stephen Sommers |
Original work | The Mummy Returns (2001) |
Owner | Universal Pictures |
Years | 2001–present |
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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.
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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The Scorpion King | April 19, 2002 | 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 | Russell Mulcahy | Randall McCormick | Sean Daniel & James Jacks | |
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | January 10, 2012 | Roel Reiné | Shane Kuhn & Brendan Cowles | Randall McCormick | Leslie Belzberg |
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | January 6, 2015 | Mike Elliott | Michael D. Weiss | Mike Elliott & Ogden Gavanski | |
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls | October 23, 2018 | Don Michael Paul | Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges | Mike Elliott | |
Untitled reboot | TBA | TBA | Jonathan Herman | Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia & Dwayne Johnson |
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]
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 | |||||
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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 |
Crew/Detail | Film | ||||
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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 Studios Home Entertainment | |||
Running time | 92 minutes | 109 minutes | 105 minutes | 105 minutes | 102 minutes |
Jakks Pacific produced toys based on Scorpion King . [3]
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