“Obsession” star Michael Johnston is in early talks to appear in the fourth installment of “The Mummy,” Variety has confirmed.
Johnston previously starred in the TV series Teen Wolf, but came to the attention of movie fans in this year’s Obsession, after the low-budget Curry Barker-directed horror film became a box office sensation.
As previously reported, Academy Award winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are officially returning for the fourth installment of the hit series The Mummy.
Universal Pictures announced that the film, directed by Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette, is scheduled for wide theatrical release on October 15, 2027.
Fraser and Wise, whose involvement was first reported last fall, have signed on to reprise their roles in the film as adventurer Rick O’Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn O’Connell, but plot details are – ironically – kept under wraps.
It has also been confirmed that fan favorite John Hannah will be returning to the film series.
“The Mummy” follows a treasure hunter who accidentally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers. The film and its 2001 sequel Hamunaptra were huge hits, reviving the classic monster movie IP and establishing Fraser as a bankable action star. However, Weisz did not appear in the 2008 trilogy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, so her return to the series is especially exciting for fans.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillette (Ready or Not and its sequel, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come) will direct the new Mommy from a screenplay by David Coggeshall (Family Plan, Orphan: First Kill). Sean Daniel, who has produced each of the studio’s $1.8 billion box office franchise since 1999’s Hamunaptra, including Hamunaptra Returns, The Scorpion King, Hamunaptra: Tomb of the Dragonlord, and 2017’s Dark Universe project, will also return.
William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, whose joint credits include Nuremberg, the Scream series and the Night Agent series, will produce through their Project X Entertainment.
Produced by Clayton Townsend. Brendan Fraser and Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown will serve as executive producers.
Universal has not commented.
The news was first reported by Insider.
