New Mummy Movie to Excavate Book of the Dead
Universal Pictures has announced that the next installment of The Mummy franchise will now be titled The Mummy: Book of the Dead. The film will be released in theaters on October 15, 2027.
Academy Award winners Brendan Fraser (The Whale, Rental Family) and Rachel Weisz (Dead Ringers, The Favourite) are set to return to their iconic roles of Rick and Evie O’Connell in The Mummy: Book of the Dead.
The film’s cast also includes John Hannah, Michael Johnston, Numan Acar, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Oded Fehr. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will direct the film. David Coggeshall (The Family Plan, Orphan: First Kill) wrote the screenplay.
Sean Daniel will produce the film. Daniel has a storied history with The Mummy franchise, producing The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and The Mummy (2017) for Universal Pictures, which combined have grossed over $1.8 billion at the global box office.
William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, whose joint credits include Nuremberg, the Scream franchise, and The Night Agent series, will produce through Project X Entertainment.
Clayton Townsend will produce. Brendan Fraser and Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown will executive produce the film.
