Right here’s some surprising however much-appreciated information: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reportedly in talks to star in a brand new Mummy movie from Radio Silence, the group behind Prepared or Not, Scream (2022), and 2023’s Scream VI. And it could possibly be a direct sequel to the second movie.
On November 4, The Hollywood Reporter reported that it had heard from sources that Fraser and Weisz are at the moment in talks with Common to return to the franchise that began again in 1999 with the blockbuster action-adventure film The Mummy, an action-oriented remake of the studio’s authentic Nineteen Thirties horror film. The outlet reviews that Radio Silence is producing and directing the film. The duo, made up of filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, discovered success with 2019’s Prepared Or Not and helped revitalize the Scream franchise in 2022. Sean Daniel, who helped produce the OG Mummy motion pictures, can also be on board.
Particulars on the brand new film are nonetheless underneath wraps (get it?), however a supply instructed The Hollywood Reporter that the yet-to-be-confirmed new Mummy film isn’t a reboot, however as an alternative a sequel that might “disregard” the occasions of the third movie, which hit theaters in 2008, moved the franchise into China, and controversially recast Weisz’s character. The outlet reviews that David Coggeshall is behind the brand new Mummy’s screenplay.
After 1999’s implausible Mummy, Common adopted it up with two sequels. The equally enjoyable sequel arrived in 2001 and was additionally a field workplace hit. But the franchise stalled before returning seven years later and flopping with critics, although that movie nonetheless introduced in over $400 million.
In 2017, Common rebooted The Mummy with Tom Cruise as a part of the studio’s Darkish Universe challenge. Whereas it earned about the identical because the third Mummy film, it value considerably extra and was connected to a failed cinematic universe that by no means took off. So it is smart that Common, eager to money in on this oddly dependable franchise, is trying to convey again the 2 charismatic stars who launched the entire thing in 1999. Let’s simply hope all of it works out and we get yet another enjoyable mummy-filled journey with Fraser and Weisz.
