The Scorpion King (film series)

The Scorpion King
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 Mummy Returns (2001); 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 action-adventure fantasy and is a spin-off of The Mummy remake film series created by Stephen Sommers. 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	Stephen Sommers William Osborne David Hayter	Stephen Sommers and Jonathan Hales	Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Kevin Misher and Stephen Sommers
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)	Russell Mulcahy	Randall McCormick		Sean Daniel and James Jacks
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)	Roel Reiné	Brendan Cowles & Shane Kuhn	Randall McCormick	Leslie Belzberg
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	Mike Elliott	Michael D. Weiss		Mike Elliott and Ogden Gavanski
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls	October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)	Don Michael Paul	David Alton Hedges & Frank DeJohn		Mike Elliott
Untitled reboot	TBA	TBA	Jonathan Herman		Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia

Future[]

In November 2020, a reboot of the 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.^[1]

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 Marais^Y	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	Matthew Friedman & Radu Ion	Jeff McEvoy & Brian Scott Steele	Vanick Moradian
Production studios	WWF Entertainment, Alphaville Films		Universal 1440 Entertainment
Distributing companies	Universal Pictures	Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Running time	92 minutes	109 minutes	105 minutes	105 minutes	102 minutes

In other media[]

Video game adaptations were released:

The Scorpion King: Sword of Osiris (2002)
The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002)

References[]

^ 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.

External links[]

[1] 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.

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