It is a loose remake of The Mummy (1932), which starred Boris Karloff as the mummy.
A sequel, The Mummy Returns, was released in 2001. The Scorpion King, a spin-off featuring a character from The Mummy Returns, was released in 2002. There is also a spin-off television series, The Mummy: The Animated Series (2001).The animated series comes on BBC1 and the CBBC channel.
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