While it’s been years since the first The Mummy movie starring Brendan Fraser, die-hard fans haven’t stayed quiet over wanting him to return to his coveted role as Rick O’Connell. It appears that fans are not only getting Fraser back, but Rachel Weisz as well, in a new Mummy movie.
Universal Pictures is in talks to return to the beloved action-adventure franchise with Fraser and Weisz likely reprising their leading roles. According to Deadline, reps for Universal Pictures have yet to comment, with details on the new movie being kept quiet.
Insiders claim Radio Silence‘s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will direct from a script by David Coggeshall. William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment will also be on board as producers alingside Sean Daniel.
The age of returning franchises is upon us, as Radio Silence and Project X were also behind revamping the Scream franchise and the upcoming seventh installment.
The new Mummy movie will reunite Fraser and Weisz after appearing in both the 1999 and 2001 movies. Weisz didn’t return for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Evelyn O’Connell, citing script concerns, scheduling conflicts, and creative differences.
Fraser has, in recent years, returned to the Hollywood spotlight, getting a standing ovation and an Oscar for Best Actor for The Whale.
While admitting that the Mummy movies were hard to make, he’s always been open to returning.
“But it’s kind of an open-ended question for some time now. I’m not opposed to it. I don’t know an actor that doesn’t want a job. I don’t think I’ve been this famous and unsalaried at the same time in my professional life, so sign me up,” he told Men’s Health.
While Weisz hasn’t publicly commented on returning for a new Mummy movie, she did reveal she’s open to returning to big visual effects films.
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