With the Chinese Emperor as the protagonist, it was certain that Mummy 3 would piss off China somehow, and it has, but the only question is "how". Censors in the country are requesting cuts to be made to The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, but further details aren’t known at the moment.

Universal’s rep seems optimistic about things working out, but the studio’s distributor in Hong Kong and China is taking a "it’s too early to talk about it" stance.

The movie opens in the US on August 1. It stars Jet Li, Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeo and Luke Ford.