“I’m doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape.”
After all this time, The Mummy: Book of the Dead—the fourth in the series—is now officially a work in progress. The anxiously awaited sequel returns Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for the latest entry in the popular monster movie series. This latest Mummy movie (said to ignore the third movie altogether) is scheduled to hit theaters October 2027.
Back in May on The Tonight Show, Fraser noted how the movie is reuniting the original cast:
“We’re gonna get the band back together—the only way to do it, right? So, we’re going to give the audience what they have been bothering all of us for for the last 20-whatever years… I’m doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape.”
In addition to Fraser and Weisz, the cast will also feature the return of John Hannah, Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O’Connor, plus newcomers Michael Johnston and Numan Acar.
The latest sequel will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.
Back in 1999, The Mummy made big bucks at the box office, eventually followed by 2001’s The Mummy Returns and 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
So far, no official story details have been revealed for The Mummy: Book of the Dead. People magazine shared reports of the production in England.
Here’s the actor’s appearance on The Tonight Show:
Brendan Fraser talks about how surreal it was to win an Oscar, getting ready to star in The Mummy 4 and portraying Dwight D. Eisenhower in the movie Pressure.
“I’m doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape.” Brendan Fraser talks up how The Mummy: Book of the Dead is now a work in progress. (Scheduled to hit theaters October 2027.)