News The Mummy Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Are Really Truly Returning to The Mummy in 2028 One more reason to count the days until 2028 By Molly Templeton | Published on February 11, 2026 Screenshot: Universal Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Universal Sometimes, getting your hopes up works out. Back in November, The Mummy stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz were in talks to return to the beloved franchise with a new film. Now, it’s official: Variety brings word that Universal Pictures has sealed the deals and dated the movie for a 2028 release. At present, 2028 does not feel like a real year, but I’m sure it’ll be here sooner than any of us are ready for it. The as-yet-untitled fourth Mummy film will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who work under the name Radio Silence and are also the directors of Ready or Not and the upcoming Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. The screenplay is by David Coggeshall, which seems like an odd choice. Coggeshall is the writer of the films The Family Plan and its sequel, the horror films Orphan: First Kill and The Deliverance, and 65 episodes of the 2000s TV series Watch Over Me. The plot of the new film is being kept under wraps (sorry, but one must make at least one mummy joke when writing about The Mummy). The Mummy, as I surely don’t need to tell you, is a widely adored bisexual awakening film that swept into theaters in 1999 and almost certainly led to more than one person emulating Rachel Weisz’s character’s move of tipsily standing up and announcing “I am a librarian.” Weisz plays Evelyn, who along with her brother Jonathan (John Hannah) travels with treasure hunter Rick O’Connell (Fraser) on a quest to find the Book of Amun-Ra. It is all a lot more complicated than that, and many scary things happen, including booby traps and biblical plagues. Oded Fehr also stars as Ardeth Bay. Much of the cast returned for The Mummy Returns, which marked The Rock’s movie debut (he was still The Rock back then; now he’s Dwayne Johnson). A third film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, lacked Weisz and was generally somewhat less beloved. But this new film is being referred to as the fourth Mummy film, so it’s not like they’re trying to pretend it doesn’t exist. We’ll learn more before The Mummy returns again on May 19, 2028.[end-mark] The post Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Are Really Truly Returning to <i>The Mummy</i> in 2028 appeared first on Reactor.