The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file. In this episode, David, Devindra, Adam spend even more time dissecting the intricacies of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, try to figure out what happened to Midnight Meat Train, and reflect on how much cooler yesterday’s youth were. Guest and force of nature Scott Weinberg joins us from Cinematical and Fearnet.
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam debate the merits of 2D animation, weigh in on a Monsters Inc. sequel, and spend more time than humanly thought possible destroying The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Legendary actor Stephen Tobolowsky (from Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party) joins us to re-enact The Matrix Reloaded and to show us exactly how film criticism is done.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor will end the weekend well behind industry expectations with $42.5 million. This means once again, The Dark Knight is #1 at the box office with $44.8M, pushing the film’s domestic total to $395.88 million. The Dark Knight currently stands as the #8 biggest grossing film of all time domestically, and on Monday it is expected to overtake Spider-Man to become the biggest comic book movie adaptation of all time.
Steve Mason predicts a $480 million lifetime gross for the film, which would put it shy of Titanic’s $600 million record. But $480 million would be enough to overtake Star Wars for the #2 [...]

In all the years that I’ve attempted to write or talk about film in a serious manner, at no point did I ever conceive that I’d one day be writing a post with a title beginning, “In Defense of The Mummy…” Yet here we are today: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor sits at 10% on Rottentomatoes and the reviews are absolutely brutal. Here’s but a sampling of some of the vitriol being spewed about this movie:
Masswyrm from Aintitcool writes:
[T]his looks distinctly like what it is. Shit. Unmitigated, inexcusable shit. I can’t remember the last time I looked around and saw so many critics positively mortified to be watching [...]

We missed this one on Friday… Universal has released a new trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on the Papa John’s Pizza website. When a movie trailer is released on a Pizza website, that should tell you a lot about the quality of the film. Too bad you don’t get a free pizza with the purchase of a movie ticket. Or even a free movie ticket with the purchase of a pizza. You gotta love those DVDs that include free movie cash. Watch the trailer below, and as always, tell me what you think in the comments!
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Universal has released the official teaser trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. While some of the production photos actually gave me a little hope, I think this new trailer proves there is no hope. What was I thinking, this movie is directed by Rob Cohen, the same guy responsible for Stealth, xXx, and The Fast and the Furious. An army of undead warriors?! Watch the trailer below and tell me what you think in the comments!
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Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!

Global Nerdy brings us the photo of the day: Speeder Dogs.
Charles Grodin will cameo in Jason Segel’s new Muppet Movie. [mtv]
TorrentSpy already shut its doors earlier this year, and now they have been hit with a $110 million judgment against its parent company, Valence Media. The MPAA has won. [mashable]
Collider has a preview of their set report of G.I. Joe.
Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman have just completed a screenplay based on Mark Millar’s graphic comic book ‘Kick-Ass‘. [dailymail]
HollywoodInk has a poster for this year’s Summer movie season (pictured [...]

A bunch of new photos popped up on the web today. Official Pix has started selling photos from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for $5.99. Here are a few of the new photos they are selling (beware: potential spoilers if you’re smart enough to connect the dots):

BadTaste have gotten their hands on the final international teaser poster for the third Mummy film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Sad but true: Universal Pictures has plans for two more Mummy sequels. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor star Maria Bello told MTV: “I don’t know when, but it’s going, [There will] absolutely be The Mummy 4.” Bello revealed that she is already signed on for a whole new trilogy, if Universal wanted to make one.
Sequel options have become to be a standard in most big budget production, so it’s not exactly a definite. So it all depends on just how much money Tomb of the Dragon Emperor makes when it is released in August (which if I had to guess, I would say more than enough).
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson told me today during the Southland Tales Junket that he was offered a role in the Scorpion King sequel, The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian.
“They came to me and asked for a cameo but I passed on it.”
The Rock also confirmed that he will not be featured in Rob Cohen’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Rob Cohen has released a new photo still from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This new production photo features the first appearance of Jet Li as Emperor Han. Click on the image above to enlarge.
“Today, I shot Jet Li on his black stallion riding into battle in his jade armor,” Cohen wrote in the blog. “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.”
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor hits theaters on August 1st 2008.