Unless you’ve been hidin’ in a cave in Kandahar or been trapped in a sarcophagus somewhere in the desert, you may have seen last spring’s Hollywood hit film, The Mummy Returns.

This spring Universal Pictures will unleash The Scorpion King with the WWF’s own “The Rock” recreating his role as the battle ready Scorpion King – this time around with our good friend, Branscombe Richmond, playing the King’s brother in the new Hollywood blockbuster.

The combined efforts of The Rock and the high-tech Hollywood effects wizards did such a good job of captivating the audience in The Mummy Returns that Hollywood top brass decided to give the character a flick of his own, and in true Hollywood style, spun the spin-off into this latest title in the ongoing desert saga.

As the Scorpion King, The Rock must, along with his brother, defeat the evil warlord, save the girl (played by hottie Kelly Hu), and become the first pharaoh of Egypt – all in a days work for The Rock, who is helped not only by Branscombe’s character, but also by Michael Clark Duncan as Balthezar and Peter Facinelli in the role of Takmet.
It’s no secret that Branscombe has more than a few on-screen appearances to his credit, having co-starred in the hit TV series Renegade, and in big-screen films alongside stars like Steven Seagal in Hard To Kill. Oh yeah, and to keep up his chops, he also fronts the Renegade Posse Band, playin’ gigs from Daytona to Sturgis, recruiting guest string-slingers like Kenny Olson, lead guitarist for Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker band.

Branscombe managed to make some time between riding, trips to the set, and rehearsing the band before rushing off to Daytona, and invited us to his house to give us the skinny on the new picture. We also managed a peek at his growing collection of bikes.

You should be able to see The Scorpion King in a theater near you just about the time this rag lands in yer grimy hands.