KUALA LUMPUR: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are dusting off their desert boots for another romp through ancient tombs as they reunite for a new
Mummy adventure,
Variety reported.
The dynamic duo will star in the fourth instalment of the long-sleeping franchise, with directing duties handed to Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking pair behind
Ready or Not and the 2022
Scream revival.
Fraser first cracked open the sarcophagus in 1999’s
The Mummy, a rollicking blockbuster that made him a household name and Weisz a fan favourite, though the two last shared the screen in
The Mummy Returns two decades ago.
Universal’s attempt to relaunch the franchise in 2017 with Tom Cruise ended up buried deeper than a pharaoh’s curse, a flop Fraser once chalked up to missing the key ingredient — fun.
After his Oscar-winning comeback in The Whale, Fraser told
Variety he’d be open to returning as Rick O’Connell, and it seems Hollywood has finally taken him at his word.
