The Mummy series is officially returning for a fourth film, with the team behind the recent Scream films set to direct.
Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser starred in the hit action-adventure films during the late nineties and early 2000s – and now they’re set to reunite.
The stars are said to be in talks to star in a new sequel for The Mummy, with Radio Silence reportedly on board to direct, according to Variety.
Filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet were behind 2019’s Ready or Not and the revival of the Scream films for Paramount in 2022.
The 1999 reboot of The Mummy was a box office hit.
In it, a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers was accidentally awoken by a treasure hunter, played by Fraser.
At the time, the film grossed over $422.5 million (£324.5 million).
Fraser continued with two more of the films, while Weisz just did the 2001 film, The Mummy Returns. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor came out in 2008.
In 2017, Universal attempted to resurrect the franchise with Tom Cruise, but it wasn’t a commercial success.
Speaking about the 2017 film, Fraser said: ‘The ingredient that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn’t see in the new one, was fun.’
It’s unclear who else could return in the franchise.
Metro has contacted Universal, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for comment.
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