Academy Award winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are formally returning for a fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise, “The Mummy.”
Common Footage has dated the film for a large theatrical launch on Might 19, 2028.
Fraser and Weisz, whose involvement was first reported last fall, have closed offers to reprise their roles as adventurer Rick O’Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn O’Connell within the film, plot particulars for that are being stored — not unironically — underneath wraps.
The actors’ legend begins with the 1999 reboot of “The Mummy,” which follows a treasure hunter who unintentionally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers. The film and its 2001 sequel “The Mummy Returns” have been main field workplace hits, reviving the traditional monster film IP and establishing Fraser as a bankable motion star. Weisz, nevertheless, didn’t seem within the 2008 threequel “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” so her return to the franchise is especially thrilling for followers.
The brand new “Mummy” film is directed by Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (“Prepared or Not” and sequel “Prepared or Not 2: Right here I Come”) from a screenplay by David Coggeshall (“The Household Plan,” “Orphan: First Kill”).
Sean Daniel — who has produced every installment of the $1.8 billion-grossing franchise on the studio since 1999’s “The Mummy,” together with “The Mummy Returns,” “The Scorpion King,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” and the 2017 Darkish Universe challenge “The Mummy” — additionally returns for the movie.
William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein additionally produce by Undertaking X Leisure. Along with starring within the film, Fraser will function an government producer alongside Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown and Denis Stewart.
Govt VP of manufacturing growth Jay Polidoro and director of manufacturing growth Jacqueline Garell will oversee the challenge for the studio.
Fraser and Weisz are represented by CAA and Linden Leisure. Fraser can also be repped by Felker Tozcek Suddleson Abramson, and Weisz by Unbiased Expertise and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fishman.
CAA additionally represents Radio Silence alongside Brillstein Leisure Companions and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Coggeshall is represented by WME, Writ Massive and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.

















































