{"id":803873,"date":"2026-10-15T23:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803873\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:24:09","slug":"the-mummy-brendan-fraser-sequel-gets-new-title-ahead-of-2027-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803873\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mummy: Brendan Fraser Sequel Gets New Title Ahead of 2027 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBrendan Fraser<\/a>\u2018s forthcoming installment in Universal Pictures<\/a>\u2018 popular The Mummy<\/a> franchise is alive and well.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe studio announced Thursday that the new movie will be titled The Mummy: Book of the Dead. Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin<\/a> and Tyler Gillett<\/a> are set to direct the film from a script by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan). It hits theaters Oct. 15, 2027, exactly a year after the title announcement. <\/p>\n

\n\tFraser returns as Rick O\u2019Connell alongside Rachel Weisz<\/a> as Evie O\u2019Connell. John Hannah, Michael Johnston, Numan Acar, Kevin J. O\u2019Connor and Oded Fehr round out the cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe classic Universal monster property first sprang to life with Boris Karloff in the titular role of the 1932 feature The Mummy. After a number of offerings over the decades, Fraser and Weisz\u2019s franchise kicked off with the Stephen Sommers-helmed 1999 version of the same name. <\/p>\n

\n\tProducers include Sean Daniel, who has produced five previous titles in the franchise, alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein for Project X Entertainment. Clayton Townsend also produces, while Fraser and Hivemind\u2019s Jason F. Brown serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tBettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, who helmed 2022\u2019s franchise-reviving Scream and follow-up Scream VI, most recently directed this year\u2019s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser in The Mummy.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Everett<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Mummy: Book of the Dead is a direct sequel to 1999\u2019s The Mummy and 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. The franchise also includes 2008\u2019s poorly received The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which was followed by 2017\u2019s Tom Cruise-led The Mummy reboot. The 1999 movie spawned the 2002 spinoff feature The Scorpion King, marking Dwayne Johnson\u2019s first lead film role. <\/p>\n

\n\tFor the 25th anniversary of 1999\u2019s The Mummy, director Sommers told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that he continues to be pleased with the film\u2019s lasting cultural impact. The franchise\u2019s five theatrical features that began with the 1999 offering have surpassed $1.8 billion at the global box office. The 1999 movie centered on treasure hunter Rick heading out on an adventure with Evie and her brother, Jonathan (Hannah), where they accidentally awaken a mummy. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s so funny how it just never went away,\u201d said Sommers, who also helmed The Mummy Returns. \u201cIt\u2019s always on TV somewhere. And I know, especially because the residual checks are great. I hate to say it, but somehow, it\u2019s endeared itself to a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Fraser\u2018s forthcoming installment in Universal Pictures\u2018 popular The Mummy franchise is alive and well. The studio announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57386,96,59,147637,154798,112798,147642,56,54,55,18202],"class_list":["post-803873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-brendan-fraser","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-matt-bettinelli-olpin","tag-rachel-weisz","tag-the-mummy","tag-tyler-gillett","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-universal-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}