The Mummy 4 Rumor: Here’s The Latest On Whether Dwayne Johnson Will Return As The Scorpion King

Last November, it was revealed that Universal Pictures is in talks with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz to resurrect The Mummy franchise from the ’90s and 2000s. If a deal is made, the actors will reprise their roles as Rick O’Connell and Evelyn O’Connell, respectively.

Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are currently set to direct the movie from a script by David Coggeshall (The Deliverance). Franchise veteran Sean Daniel would produce alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment.

Plot details have, somewhat appropriately, been kept under wraps. There have been rumours for some time that Fraser might return to lead another Mummy movie,…