Original Mummy Trio Reunites for Fourth Film

John Hannah is set to reprise his role as the roguish Jonathan Carnahan in the fourth installment of Universal Pictures' The Mummy franchise, joining returning stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. The announcement, made this week, completes a key reunion for the adventure series that began in 1999.

The film, slated for theatrical release on May 19, 2028, will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking duo known collectively as Radio Silence. They are best recognized for revitalizing the Scream series with entries in 2022 and 2023, as well as directing the Ready or Not movies, including the recent sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. David Coggeshall, who penned the script for the action thriller The Family Plan, wrote the screenplay. Production is scheduled to begin filming this fall in London and Morocco.

Hannah's character, the opportunistic brother of Weisz's Evelyn Carnahan, first appeared in the 1999 original The Mummy, where he kickstarts the plot by giving his sister an ancient map to the cursed city of Hamunaptra. This leads to encounters with Fraser's treasure hunter Rick O'Connell and the resurrection of an ancient high priest. Jonathan...