Stephen Sommers
Stephen Sommers
Stephen Sommersis an American screenwriter and film director, best known for The Mummyand its sequel, The Mummy Returns. He also directed Disney's live action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the action/horror film Van Helsing, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth20 March 1962
CityIndianapolis, IN
CountryUnited States of America
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There are four movies that got me into wanting to make movies: Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Swiss Family Robinson, and Jason and the Argonauts. Those are the movies that took me to different places when I was a kid. I fell in love with movies by watching those movies.
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I went in right up front and said, This can't be about some guy in bandages. I didn't even want to do a horror movie. I took the concept and made a romantic adventure film. I like action heroes who don't take themselves too seriously. I wanted to make everyone take the mummy seriously, but it couldn't just be a guy in bandages. But the main thing was to build in surprises. That's one of the great things you can do with special effects.
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The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story.