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Mummy's the word: Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues work together to create an animated terra-cotta emperor and other creatures for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.(Character Simulation)

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Who knew there were mummies in China? Thousands of mummies. Uncounted armies of mummies, in fact, as dashing archaeologist Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) discovers in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Leave it to the reckless son of Rick and Evelyn (Evie) O'Connell of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns fame to awaken the shape-shifting Dragon Emperor Han (Jet Li), the first emperor of Qin, from a 2000-year-old curse, not to mention his 10,000 terra-cotta warriors. It's more than the young adventurer can handle, so he calls on mum (Maria Bello) and dad (Brendan Fraser) to help him stop the mummified emperor from achieving his goal: global ...

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