Brendan Fraser’s next installment in the popular Universal Pictures film The Mummy the franchise is alive and well.
The studio announced Thursday that the new film would be titled The Mummy: Book of the Dead. Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are set to direct the film from a screenplay by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan). It will be released in theaters on October 15, 2027, exactly one year after the title was announced.
Fraser returns as Rick O’Connell alongside Rachel Weisz as Evie O’Connell. John Hannah, Michael Johnston, Numan Acar, Kevin J. O’Connor and Oded Fehr complete the cast.
Universal’s classic monster property first came to life with Boris Karloff in the lead role in the 1932 feature film. The Mummy. After a number of offerings over the decades, Fraser and Weisz’s franchise began with the 1999 version of the same name directed by Stephen Sommers.
Producers include Sean Daniel, who produced five previous titles in the franchise, alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein for Project X Entertainment. Clayton Townsend also produces, while Fraser and Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown serve as executive producers.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, who led the franchise’s 2022 relaunch Shout and follow-up Scream VImost recently done this year Ready or Not 2: Here I am.
Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser in The Mummy.
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The Mummy: Book of the Dead is a direct sequel to that of 1999 The Mummy and sequel to 2001 The Mummy returns. The franchise also includes the poorly received 2008 film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperorwhich was followed by Tom Cruise in 2017 The Mummy restart. The 1999 film spawned the 2002 spin-off feature film. The Scorpion Kingmarking Dwayne Johnson’s first leading film role.
For the 25th anniversary of 1999 The Mummysaid director Sommers The Hollywood Reporter that he continues to be satisfied with the film’s lasting cultural impact. The franchise’s five feature films, released in 1999, have grossed more than $1.8 billion at the worldwide box office. The 1999 film centered around treasure hunter Rick going on an adventure with Evie and her brother Jonathan (Hannah), where they accidentally wake up a mummy.
“It’s so funny how it never went away,” said Sommers, who also directed The Mummy returns. “It’s still on TV somewhere. And I know that, especially because the residual checks are great. I hate to say it, but somehow it appealed to a lot of people.”
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