Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are set to reprise their roles in a new installment of The Mummy franchise, Universal Pictures announced Tuesday. The film is slated for release on May 19, 2028.
The return of Fraser and Weisz, who first starred together in the 1999 reboot of The Mummy, was first reported in November, according to Variety. Weisz appeared in both the 1999 film and its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns, while Fraser starred in those two films as well as 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Radio Silence, the directing duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will helm the project. Their previous work with Universal includes the 2024 vampire film Abigail. They are currently in post-production on Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, a sequel to their 2019 horror film, which will premiere at SXSW and open in theaters on March 20, according to reports.
The screenplay is penned by David Coggeshall, whose credits include The Family Plan and Orphan: First Kill. Plot details remain undisclosed.
Franchise veteran Sean Daniel, who produced the original Mummy trilogy and the 2017 Tom Cruise reboot, will return as a producer. He will be joined by William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment. Fraser, along with Jason F. Brown and Denis Stewart of Hivemind, will serve as executive producers.
Universal’s Jay Polidoro and Jacqueline Garell will oversee production of the film. The original 1999 film, starring Fraser and Weisz, centered on a treasure hunter who inadvertently awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural abilities, and revitalized the classic monster movie genre, grossing $1.8 billion globally across the franchise, according to reports.
