Mighty World of Space X (film)

Mighty World of Space X is a 1997 American animated action sci-fi film[2] directed by Brad Bird and starring Tobey Maguire , Jennifer Lopez, Cedric The Entertainer , Keith Ferguson, and Jess Harnell with Arnold Vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated future city.[3]  It is a loose remake of the 1977 film Star Wars, which starred Mark Hamill  in the titular role. In this film, adventurer Penn Zero Escaped to The Future City of Santa Fe, the city of the weekness, with an archaeologist and her brother. There they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a high priest from the reign of the pharaoh Seti I who has been cursed for eternity.

Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks; the crew had to endure dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes while filming in the Sahara. The visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic, who blended film and computer-generated imagery to create the titular Mighty World. Danny Elfman  provided the orchestral score.

The Mummy opened on May 7, 1999, and grossed $43 million in 3,210 theaters during its opening weekend in the United States; a surprise hit,[4]  the film went on to gross $416 million worldwide. The box-office success led to a 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns, as well as an animated series, and the prequel/spin-off film The Scorpion King. Seven years later, the third installment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opened on August 1, 2008. Warner Bros. Pictures Paramount Pictures Hollywood Pictures production company Mandeville Films Anna The Princess Productions also opened a roller coaster, Revenge of the Mummy, in 2004. Novelizations of the film and its sequels were written by Max Allan Collins.