# The Scorpion King (film series)

The Scorpion King film series consists of American sword and sorcery action adventure films, and is a spin-off of The Mummy remake film series created by Stephen Sommers. The film series consists of one released theatrical film, four straight-to-home video releases, and an upcoming theatrical reboot.

## Films

| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
| The Scorpion King | April 19, 2002 (2002-04-19) | Chuck Russell | David Hayter, Stephen Sommers & William Osborne | Jonathan Hales & Stephen Sommers | Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Kevin Misher & Stephen Sommers |
| The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior | August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19) | Russell Mulcahy | Randall McCormick | Randall McCormick | Sean Daniel & James Jacks |
| The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) | Roel Reiné | Shane Kuhn & Brendan Cowles | Randall McCormick | Leslie Belzberg |
| The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06) | Mike Elliott | Michael D. Weiss | Michael D. Weiss | Mike Elliott & Ogden Gavanski |
| The Scorpion King: Book of Souls | October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23) | Don Michael Paul | Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges | Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges | Mike Elliott |
| Untitled reboot | TBA | TBA | Jonathan Herman | Jonathan Herman | Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia & Dwayne Johnson |

### Future

In November 2020, a reboot of The Scorpion King film series was announced to be in development. Jonathan Herman will serve as screenwriter, with the plot taking place in modern-day and involving a contemporary adaptation of Mathayus of Akkad / Scorpion King. Dwayne Johnson will serve as producer alongside Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. The project will be a joint-venture production between Universal Pictures and Seven Bucks Productions.

## Cast

   * A $^Y$ indicates the actor portrayed the role of a younger version of the character.
   * A $^A$ indicates archive footage of the actor portraying the role was used.
   * A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
| Characters | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films |
| Characters | The Scorpion King | The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior | The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | The Scorpion King: Book of Souls |
| Characters | 2002 | 2008 | 2012 | 2015 | 2018 |
| Mathayus of Akkad The Scorpion King | Dwayne Johnson | Michael CoponPierre Marais$^Y$ | Victor Webster | Victor Webster | Zach McGowan |
| Memnon | Steven Brand | | | | |
| Cassandra the Sorceress | Kelly Hu | | Kelly Hu | | |
| Arpid | Grant Heslov | | | | |
| Balthazar | Michael Clarke Duncan | | | | |
| Layla | | Karen David | | | |
| Ari | | Simon Quarterman | | | |
| Fung | | Tom Wu | | | |
| Pollux | | Andreas Wisniewski | | | |
| Sargon/Sarkhan | | Randy Couture | | | |
| Olaf | | | Bostin Christopher | | |
| King Ramusan | | | Temuera Morrison | | |
| Princess Silda/Cobra | | | Krystal Vee | | |
| Tsukai | | | Selina Lo | | |
| Agromael | | | Dave Bautista | | |
| Sorrell Raskov | | | | Barry Bostwick | |
| Valina | | | | Ellen Hollman | |
| Skizzura | | | | Lou Ferrigno | |
| King Zakkour | | | | Rutger Hauer | |
| Drazen | | | | Will Kemp | |
| Nebserek | | | | | Peter Mensah |
| Tala | | | | | Pearl Thusi |
| Kensa | | | | | Mayling Ng |
| Uruk | | | | | Peter Charles |

## Additional crew and production details

| Crew/Detail | Film | Film | Film | Film | Film |
| Crew/Detail | The Scorpion King | The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior | The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | The Scorpion King: Book of Souls |
| Crew/Detail | 2002 | 2008 | 2012 | 2015 | 2018 |
| Composer | John Debney | Klaus Badelt | Trevor Morris | Geoff Zanelli | Frederik Wiedmann |
| Cinematographer | John R. Leonetti | Glynn Speeckaert | Roel Reiné | Trevor Michael Brown | Hein de Vos |
| Editor(s) | Greg Parsons & Michael Tronick | John Gilbert | Radu Ion & Matthew Friedman | Jeff McEvoy & Brian Scott Steele | Vanick Moradian |
| Production studios | Alphaville Films WWF Entertainment | | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal 1440 Entertainment |
| Distributing companies | Universal Pictures | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Running time | 92 minutes | 109 minutes | 105 minutes | 105 minutes | 102 minutes |

## Video games

* The Scorpion King: Sword of Osiris (2002, Game Boy Advance)
* The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002, GameCube and PlayStation 2)

## Merchandise

Jakks Pacific produced toys based on The Scorpion King.