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The sands of The Mummy are starting to move again. And in a surprising twist, it looks like Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz may be reuniting for another adventure. It’s an adventure filled with relics, villains, and something nasty that wakes up where it shouldn’t.
The expedition is led by director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette, collectively known as Radio Silence, the filmmaking duo behind Ready or Not, Scream (2022), Scream VI, and last year’s Abigail, who bring their crowd-pleasing, grinning, raucous sensibilities back to pulp adventure. The screenplay is by David Coggeshall, whose credits include the prequel “Orphan: First Kill” and Mark Wahlberg’s Apple TV+ action comedy “The Family Plan.”
Original series producer Sean Daniel returns and is joined by Project X Entertainment’s William Sherac, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, reteaming with Radio Silence. Universal is keeping details secret, and plot details remain under wraps.
Several major media outlets reported the news, including The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and Entertainment Weekly.
Early buzz suggested it was a sequel rather than a clean reboot, with some hinting at the possibility of bypassing 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. It’s not yet clear who else will return.
Brendan Fraser played rogue adventurer Rick O’Connell in the original trilogy. Rachel Weisz played Evelyn Carnahan in the first two films, and Maria Bello replaced her in the third.
Back in 1999, Stephen Sommers’ Hamunaptra combined pulp romance, swashbuckling action and supernatural spectacle, grossing more than $422 million worldwide, and went on to become a major hit with Hamunaptra Returns (2001) and the 2002 Dwayne Johnson-starring spin-off The Scorpion King (which itself received 4. (which spawned two direct-to-video sequels) and the animated film Hamunaptra: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). series, and even theme park rides.
The return of Fraser, who won an Oscar for Whale, has been met with a wave of nostalgia among millennials who can’t stop citing the 1999-2001 double bill. While Wise has been bouncing back and forth between prestige productions and blockbusters like “Black Widow,” Radio Silence has been busy with horror, with “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” gearing up for release in April 2026.
