{"id":515190,"date":"2026-03-03T03:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515190\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:55:10","slug":"the-mummy-4-helmers-talk-tomb-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515190\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Mummy 4&#8221; Helmers Talk &#8216;Tomb&#8217; Canon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-mummy-4-scribes-talk-tomb-canon.jpg\" data-caption=\"Universal Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/the-mummy-4-scribes-talk-tomb-canon.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"the-mummy-4-scribes-talk-tomb-canon\"\/><\/a>Universal Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more exciting film announcements in recent months was the news that a new \u201cThe Mummy\u201d film was in the works, with Oscar winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz returning.<\/p>\n<p>The film sees Radio Silence\u2018s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (\u201cScream VI,\u201d \u201cReady or Not\u201d) directing from a script by David Coggeshall (\u201cThe Family Plan\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>With the directors having begun their press commitments for \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/how-the-mummy-4-directors-reunited-brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-exclusive-11917248\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EW<\/a> spoke with them and asked them what they can tease about the upcoming entry.<\/p>\n<p>They say it\u2019s \u201creally, really beautiful and scary and sweeping\u201d with Bettinelli-Olpin saying it has \u201call of the heart and the character that you could hope for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Gillett adds: \u201cI don\u2019t think Brendan and Rachel are getting involved unless they love that script, and what they read, I think they really liked. And it\u2019s a good script. It\u2019s gonna be fun to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were then asked if \u201cThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,\u201d which Weisz sat out, would be considered part of canon.  Bettinelli-Olpin replied: \u201cWell, Rachel is in this one\u201d and Gillett added: \u201cThat should answer the question for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mummy 4\u201d is set for a wide theatrical release on May 19th 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/god-of-war-series-casts-thors-children\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGod of War\u201d Series Casts Thor\u2019s Children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/former-supergirl-joins-flanagans-exorcist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Supergirl Joins Flanagan\u2019s \u201cExorcist\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy. One of the more exciting film announcements in recent months was the news&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-515190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}