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Brendan Fraser unofficially announced a third "Mummy" movie at a press conference in Shanghai yesterday, says Monkey Peaches.
There to plug a film he’ll be shooting in China called "The Children of Guangxi", the one-time Superman contender let slip that a script for "The Mummy 3" does exist, and although he’s not allowed to announce the film officially yet, hinted that China/Asia may serve as a backdrop.
Roger Spotiswoode will direct "The Children of Guangxi". Set in Shanghai in 1937, it tells of a journalist who resisted to pay attention towards the Japanese invasion of China and later has a change of heart after witnessing the horror of Nanjing Massacre. Later he traveled to Guangxi and led some 50 to 60 war orphanages to safety.
Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat are believed to be in talks to co-star. Paul Haggis penned the script.
