The movie Mummy 3, was released in the United States, Germany, and China on August 1, 2008 and for the third sequel in a series, there were lots of changes to the cast that was about to take place.

The movie started to form as an idea in March 2006 and immediately, casting issues crept up. The producers knew that the movie would involve no previous characters, except for those of Rick O’Connell, which had previously been played by Brendan Fraser, and Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell, which had previously been played by Rachel Weisz. Being that these two characters are the only ones appearing in Mummy 3 that appeared in the other movies, an entire new cast needed to be assembled. And, those weren’t the only initial problems with the Mummy 3 cast.

Initially, Rachel Weisz had said that she would love to reprise the role of Evelyn O’Connell, but removed herself from the film shortly before filming was about to start. Brendan Fraser was the first to resume his role, and he did so in April 2006. When the vision for the movie changed, the role of Jonathan Carnahan was reintroduced, and John Hannah reprised the role.

The main cast and characters for Mummy 3 are:

-Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell

-Jet Li as Emperor Han

-Maria Bello as Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell

-John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan

-Luke Ford as Alex O’Connell

-Michelle Yeoh as Zi Yuan

-Isabella Leong as Lin

-Anthony Wong Chau-Sang as General Yang

-Liam Cunningham as Mad Dog Maguire

-David Calder as Prof. Roger Wilson

-Russell Wong as General Ming Guo