𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨:

THE SCORPION KING (2025)

“Before the legend… there was the warrior.”

 Genre

Action · Fantasy · Adventure · Historical Epic

 Directed by

David Leitch (John Wick, Bullet Train)
Produced by Universal Pictures & Seven Bucks Productions
Dwayne Johnson serves as Executive Producer

Plot Summary

Long before empires rose and fell, the deserts of Akkad were ruled by blood and betrayal. Mathayus, a skilled assassin from the Black Sands, watches his people fall to the tyrannical rule of the dark sorcerer Nebu-Ra, who harnesses forbidden magic to bend armies to his will.

Haunted by vengeance and guided by fate, Mathayus sets out across scorching deserts, cursed ruins, and blood-soaked arenas to forge an unlikely alliance: a rebel princess, a disgraced scholar, and a beast-tamer. Together, they must stop Nebu-Ra from awakening Anubis’s army and plunging the world into eternal darkness.

To win, Mathayus must not only conquer his enemies—but embrace the destiny that will make him…

The Scorpion King.

 Fan Cast

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Mathayus / The Scorpion King

• Sofia Boutella as Princess Zarah

• Mads Mikkelsen as Nebu-Ra (villain)

• Ben Barnes as Cyrus (exiled scholar)

• Golshifteh Farahani as High Priestess Isara

• Dave Bautista as General Ramaset

 Highlights

• Origin story with rich world-building and mythical lore

• Massive battle sequences, desert combat, ancient curses

• Epic CGI creatures: giant scorpions, jackal-headed warriors, sand serpents

• Brutal hand-to-hand fight choreography blended with mystical elements

Taglines

“A king is not born. He is forged in fire.”

“The desert remembers those who rise.”

“Before the Mummy… before the myth… there was the man.”

 Post-Credit Scene

A golden scarab crawls onto a cracked tomb wall etched with a single symbol:

“Imhotep.”
—Teasing a connected Mummy Cinematic Universe Reboot