Hugin & Munin Journal

When The Mummy hit cinemas in 1999, it already felt nostalgic—like a lavish modern remake of a lost matinee serial. There was something unmistakably old-fashioned about it, closer in spirit to The Sea Hawk starring Errol Flynn than to the late-1990s blockbusters it shared space with. It delivered action, adventure, romance, and—crucially—witty, rapid-fire dialogue. DVD cover/poster artwork for The Mummy (1999). Used here for purposes of review and commentary. At the time, the most obvious comparison was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . A full decade had passed since Indy’s last outing, and there was no clear sign that the fedora would return. Into that vacuum stepped The Mummy , swaggering confidently into sandstorms, ancient curses, and a hero who knew how to throw both a punch and a one-liner. The resemblance was not accidental. Sommers turned Universal’s old monster property into a romantic action-horror hybrid, and members of the cast later recalled the ...

When this article first appeared in February 2026, Universal Pictures had just confirmed a new Mummy sequel with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz returning as Rick and Evelyn O’Connell. The studio had initially scheduled the film for May 19, 2028 . That date has already changed. Universal now lists the film for October 15, 2027 , bringing its resurrection forward by seven months. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett—the filmmaking duo commonly known as Radio Silence—are directing from a screenplay by David Coggeshall. John Hannah, Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O’Connor have also been confirmed to return , while Michael Johnston and Numan Acar have joined the cast in undisclosed roles. By September, production was underway; Brendan Fraser said filming began on September 7 . The project still has no official title, which makes The Mummy 4 useful shorthand rather than a confirmed name. More importantly, the returning cast does not yet tell us what kind of film this will be. The interes...