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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.

The upcoming Mummy film may turn out to be terrific or horrific, but that isn’t stopping the director, Rob Cohen, to provide an update on the post-production of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

In his blog for the movie, Cohen notes that the film has to be complete by July 3 and in order to make the August 1 date for release with over 4,000 prints. He says that there are going to be a total of 949 visual effects shots of which 783 have been done so far.

Cohen also reveals that a 10-day scoring session in London has been completed and that dubbing is underway with various sound effects, dialogue elements and score are being balanced together. He adds that the full trailer for the film will be attached to Wanted when it hits movie screens next Friday.