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ITT:

• Further vindicaiton of Rob Zombie(et al).
• More likely Weinstein(et al) involvement in global corruption via Mirimax & Dimension Films.
• Ongoing suspicions of Israel/Mossad involvement in global corruption.
• Suspicion of Scientology involvement in global corruption.
• Analyzing death of Brandon Lee per above.

The Mummy (franchise): Feature Films

Number	Title	Release date	Director	Continuity
1	The Mummy	December 22, 1932	Karl Freund	Universal Monsters
2	The Mummy's Hand	September 20, 1940	Christy Cabanne	Universal Monsters
3	The Mummy's Tomb	October 23, 1942	Harold Young	Universal Monsters
4	The Mummy's Ghost	July 7, 1944	Reginald Le Borg	Universal Monsters
5	The Mummy's Curse	December 22, 1944	Leslie Goodwins	Universal Monsters
6	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	June 23, 1955	Charles Lamont	Universal Monsters
7	The Mummy	September 25, 1959	Terence Fisher	Hammer Stand-alone Films
8	The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb	October 18, 1964	Michael Carreras	Hammer Stand-alone Films
9	The Mummy's Shroud	March 15, 1967	John Gilling	Hammer Stand-alone Films
10	Blood from the Mummy's Tomb	October 14, 1971	Seth Holt, Michael Carreras (Uncredited)	Hammer Stand-alone Films
11	The Mummy	May 7, 1999	Stephen Sommers	The Mummy Trilogy
12	The Mummy Returns	May 4, 2001	Stephen Sommers	The Mummy Trilogy
13	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	August 1, 2008	Rob Cohen	The Mummy Trilogy
14	The Mummy	June 9, 2017	Alex Kurtzman	Dark Universe

What stands out?

• Every time the continuity changes, the title resets to "The Mummy"
• Only once did any single person direct more than one of these movies; Stephen Sommers: The Mummy & The Mummy Returns
• Rob Cohen took over the series and began referencing dragons in a human aspect, but, tarred them as the enemy.
• After "The Mummy Trilogy" ended, the continuty shifts to "Dark Universe", with The Mummy(2017)(featuring known Scientologist, Tom Cruise)

Rob Cohen:

Filmography

As director

• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
• Dragonheart (1996)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
• Alex Cross (2012)
• The Boy Next Door (2015)
• The Hurricane Heist (2018) (Post-production)[8]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama film written and directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner. The film was released in the United States on May 7, 1993.

The film tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.[3][4] Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was dedicated to Brandon Lee, who died two months earlier while performing in his last film, The Crow.[1]

Jason Scott Lee:

Not to be confused with Power Rangers character Jason Lee Scott or American actor Jason Lee.

Jason Scott Lee (Chinese: 李截; pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American actor and martial artist. Lee is perhaps best known for his roles as Bruce Lee (no relation) in the 1993 martial arts film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, and Mowgli in Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.

The Jungle Book

Directed by Stephen Sommers

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.[5]

The film stars Jason Scott Lee and Lena Headey, and co-stars Cary Elwes, Sam Neill, John Cleese and Jason Flemyng. In this version, the animals do not speak.

Released on December 25, 1994, by Walt Disney Pictures, the film received positive reviews and grossed $43.2 million in theaters against a $30 million budget.

The Crow (1994 film):

Production company: Dimension Films

Distributed by: Miramax Films

The Crow is a 1994 American dark fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas, written by David J. Schow and John Shirley. The film stars Brandon Lee in his final film appearance. The film is based on James O'Barr's 1989 comic book The Crow, and tells the story of Eric Draven (Lee), a rock musician who is revived from the dead to avenge his own death as well as the rape and murder of his fiancée.

The lead actor, Brandon Lee, was accidentally mortally wounded on the set during filming by a defective blank, only eight days before the film would have completed production.[3] Unfinished scenes that were to feature him were dealt with a re-written format in the script, a stunt double and digital special effects. The film is dedicated to Lee and his fiancée, Eliza.

Despite the several production setbacks due to Lee's death, The Crow was well-received critically for its unique visual style, premise, emotional depth and its tribute to the deceased actor. The film opened at the top of the box office and attained a strong cult following.

The Crow (comic book)

The Crow is a Superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a drunk driver,[1] was first published by Caliber Comics in 1989. It became an underground success, and was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1994. Three film sequels, a television series, and numerous books and comic books (published by numerous companies) have also been subsequently produced.

The Crow has been translated into almost a dozen languages and has sold around 750,000 copies worldwide.[2]

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In other media

Film

In 1994, a film based on the comic (titled The Crow) was released to theaters by Miramax Films. The film was both a critical and commercial success earning $50,693,129[9] total gross during its 1994 United States theatrical release. A cult following, in part due to the accidental death of its star Brandon Lee on the film's set, has maintained the film's popularity, with a regular staple of movie memorabilia being found at retailers like Hot Topic. Three sequels have been made so far: The Crow: City of Angels (1996), starring Vincent Pérez (as The Crow), Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks and Iggy Pop; The Crow: Salvation (2000), starring Eric Mabius (as The Crow), Kirsten Dunst and Fred Ward; and The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005), starring Edward Furlong (as The Crow), David Boreanaz and Tara Reid.

In the late 1990s, a sequel/reboot to The Crow entitled The Crow: 2037 was in the works; it would be set in the future. It was written and scheduled to be directed by Rob Zombie, but it was ultimately cancelled.[10][11][12][13]

On December 14, 2008, Stephen Norrington announced in Variety that he planned to write and direct a "reinvention" of The Crow. Norrington distinguished between the original and his remake: "Whereas Proyas’ original was gloriously Gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style."[14] In 2009 Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media was negotiating with Edward R. Pressman for both the film's rights and financing.[15] In May 2013, actor Luke Evans accepted the role of Eric Draven, with F. Javier Gutiérrez set to direct. According to James O'Barr the movie is expected to be much more faithful to the comic including flashbacks, metaphors, horses, trains, and barbed wire, making it not suitable for younger audiences.[16] Director Javier Gutierrez also confirmed that his intentions are to create literally a page-by-page adaptation of the movie.[17] Filming was slated to start in the spring of 2015[18] but on July 31, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter reported that production on the reboot stalled because of Relativity Media's bankruptcy.[19]

Corin Hardy was the next director to take on the film and O'Barr said in October of 2017

As of right now, it’s slated to start pre-production in February with a very talented British director named Corin Hardy. I’m involved in every aspect of the film and working closely with the director.[20]

^ [20]: Oct 29th 2017 - The Crow reboot to begin preproduction in February