The project is being directed by Radio Silence, the filmmaking team known for breathing new life into the “Scream” franchise.

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz looking to reunite for new Mummy movie

The project is being directed by Radio Silence, the filmmaking team known for breathing new life into the "Scream" franchise.

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

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November 4, 2025 5:34 p.m. ET

John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, and Brendan Fraser in 'The Mummy' (1999). Credit: Everett Collection

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of *The Mummy*.**

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, the stars of the swashbuckling 1999 adventure flick and its sequel *The Mummy Returns*, are in talks to reunite in a new *Mummy* movie in the works at Universal, ** has learned.

The movie will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking team also known as Radio Silence, who broke out with the blood-splattered horror comedy *Ready or Not* in 2019 and helped breathe new life into the *Scream* franchise by helming the sixth and seventh installments. The new *Mummy* screenplay was written by David Coggeshall (*Prey*, *The Deliverance*).

Brendan Fraser at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival in 2025; Rachel Weisz at the Venice International Film Festival in 2024.

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This would mark Fraser's first step back into the *Mummy* universe in 17 years (following *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor*), and Weisz's in a whopping 24. Including the spinoff film *The Scorpion King*, the *Mummy* franchise has earned more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

In 2017, Universal released a new take on *The Mummy*, which starred Tom Cruise and was intended to launch a new franchise branded Dark Universe, based on the studio's classic monster titles. The film was a critical and commercial dud, though, and the ambitious project was ultimately scrapped.

The 1999 version of *The Mummy* stars Fraser as Rick O'Connell, a dashing treasure hunter in* *pursuit of the legendary City of the Dead. Along the way, he teams up with librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) and her brother Jonathan (John Hannah), and accidentally awakens the formidable foe Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a treacherous Egyptian priest who was cursed and mummified after assassinating the Pharaoh Seti (Aharon Ipalé).

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It's not yet clear whether the new *Mummy* movie would pick up where the previous films left off or wipe the slate clean.

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Fraser enjoyed a major comeback in 2022 via his performance in Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-winning drama *The Whale*. Weisz's most recent film role came in 2021 with Marvel's *Black Widow*, while Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed the comedy-tinged vampire horror movie *Abigail* last year.

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