Editorials > First look at Jet Li in The Mummy!

Rob Cohen gives us an update via his blog about filming Jet Li:

Today, I shot Jet Li on his black stallion riding into battle in his jade armor. He looked nothing short of an Emperor. He has been totally professional and warm to me and the entire crew, like the prince he truly is.

He also gives us and update on the score for the film and rubs it in our faces about how awesome he is:

As to the music: guys, trust me. Randy and I have done two classic scores (DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY and DRAGONHEART) that continue to be used in trailers and commercials a decade and a half later. This will be an original score with new themes, played by the London Symphony Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios. There will nothing “synth paddy” about it. It will be massive, thematic, and pulsing.
I have great respect for Al Silvestri but this is a new, re-booted “Mummy”
and it will have the score to match.

Now if only the prospects of the movie itself was good, we wouldn't be so worried. The first Mummy was a very entertaining film, despite it being a collection of so many other films before it. Is anyone else excited about Jet Li as the villain? I'm still on the fence. The Mummy should hit theaters sometime next summer.