Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Stephen Sommers' Universal action-adventure classic The Mummy, a milestone that made us feel incredibly old for one thing, and incredibly ready (albeit not massively hopeful) for a return to that swashbuckling world once again. Clearly, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — aka Ready Or Not directorial duo Radio Silence — agreed with us on at least one of those fronts, as Deadline is reporting that they're eyeing a new Mummy movie. And what's more, franchise stalwarts Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are in talks to return for it. Praise Imhotep!
According to Deadline, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are set to direct this Mummy joint from a script by The Family Plan scribe David Coggeshall. And while plot details, as you may imagine, are being kept firmly under wraps at this point, THR's sources suggest that Radio Silence's movie would serve as a sequel to 2001's The Mummy Returns and disregard 2008's, well, already widely disregarded Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. Though unconfirmed, the presumption is very much that should Fraser and Weisz figure out a deal to return to the franchise, they would indeed be reprising their roles as treasure hunter Rick O'Connell and his badass librarian wife Evelyn respectively.
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Having previously successfully rebooted a beloved legacy franchise with 2022's Scream and follow-up Scream VI, Radio Silence — currently hard at work on Samara Weaving starrer Ready Or Not: Here I Come — certainly have the credentials necessary to bring the undead franchise back to life. And with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz both potentially up for bringing back their fan-favourite characters, summers crying out for a big blockbuster adventure franchise capable of filling the Indiana Jones void, and the Brenaissance in full effect thanks to The Whale and upcoming heart warmer Rental Family, what are Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett waiting for? Crack that Book Of The Dead back open, boys — we're ready and waiting!