Brendan Fraser Says He’d Like To Do A Fourth “The Mummy” Film

As long as the ‘concept’ was right, Brendan Fraser would be interested in a fourth The Mummy film. Variety spoke with the actor about his upcoming film, The Whale, and he admitted he’d be open to revisiting the films that launched his career.

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“I don’t know how it would work, but I am open to it if someone comes up with the right idea,” he told the outlet. So there you go. Hollywood, put your thinking caps on, because we want – nay, demand – to see this second stage of The Brenaissance.

Brendan Fraser in The Mummy 1999

The Mummy was already rebooted by Universal Studios in 2017. Audiences around the world were disappointed that Brendan Fraser was not on the bill.In the end, Tom Cruise had to deal with the fallout of raising the dead, resulting in a disastrous outcome.

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored a blistering 15 percent, a stark contrast to Fraser’s fan-favorite of the same name, which earned 61 percent. Variety reports that Cruise’s version of The Mummy lacks the magic ingredient that turned it into Mummy-mania.

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Fraser said, “It’s hard to make that movie.”.This film did not have the fun ingredient we had for our Mummy.” There was too much straightforward horror in that incarnation, he stated.

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There is no doubt about Fraser’s diagnosis. The original trilogy had a happy-go-lucky charm that Cruise’s take lacked. Fraser told Variety that Mummy should be a thrill ride, but it shouldn’t be terrifying or scary. It is difficult to pull it off, I know. Three times I tried to do it.”

A legacy sequel to The Mummy series would be a welcome development for fans of the original trilogy. Hollywood Reporter reports that Universal almost made a fourth Mummy film following Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, but instead made 2017’s ill-received reboot with Tom Cruise.

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According to a 2019 article, Universal opted not to move forward with a fourth film involving the O’Connells facing off against Aztec mummies in South America with Antonio Banderas as the villain instead. This canned fourth installment of the bonkers series was the subject of a petition last year so fingers crossed it happens.

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