It has been nearly 30 years since the world was first introduced to Brendan Fraser’s Rick O’Connell in the iconic ‘90s movie, The Mummy. Though the franchise it spawned has been all wrapped up and seemingly buried in a vault somewhere at Universal Studios for the better part of two decades, it’s finally returning to the big screen.
Though the hotly anticipated continuation of the fun, throwback adventure film is still a ways off, we’re starting to learn more and more about The Mummy 4 (or whatever it ends up being called). From the release date to the returning cast to the highly sought-after creative team pulling strings behind the scenes, and other details, we have a lot to cover…
What Is The Mummy 4 Release Date?
As great as it would be to have The Mummy 4 come out on the 2026 movie schedule, that’s not happening. However, Variety has reported that Universal Pictures’ horror-adventure film will be hitting the big screen on May 19, 2028.
Article continues belowThough nothing is sharing the weekend with the new Mummy movie, 2028 is already shaping up to be a killer year in theaters. We’ll have Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films and the conclusion of the Fast & Furious franchise with Fast Forever, and we’re still two years out!
The Mummy 4 Cast
The first big news about The Mummy 4 came out in November 2025, when The Hollywood Reporter published a story about Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz teaming up to play Rick O’Connell and Evelyn (Carnahan) O’Connell, respectively. Having the pair at the heart of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (Weisz didn’t reprise the role in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) seems like a no-brainer, even if we’re still waiting for a final confirmation. Deadline would later confirm these reports in February 2026 by announcing the two franchise stars would be returning.
There’s no word on other members of The Mummy 4 cast and whether or not longtime franchise favorites will be showing up alongside some new talent. That said, it’s hard to imagine the creative team not having plans for John Hannah’s Jonathan Carnahan, as Evelyn’s brother/Rick’s brother-in-law provided some of the funnier moments throughout the franchise. The same goes for Oded Fehr, who played Ardeth Bay in the first two movies. When asked by CinemaBlend’s Mick Joest in January 2026, the actor admitted that while he hadn’t been contacted about returning, he would love to do another movie.
It also isn’t known if Arnold Vosloo’s Imhotep, the titular mummy from the first two films, will be coming back for another adventure. Sure, he’s died multiple times, but it wouldn’t be strange to see him return. Well, unless some cats are running around.
What Is The Mummy 4 About?
While Universal Pictures has yet to comment on the story, setting, and scope of the upcoming action movie, a source told The Hollywood Reporter in the same article mentioned above that The Mummy 4 will reportedly be a sequel, as opposed to a reboot, that will disregard the events of Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
The first two movies in the Mummy franchise took place in Egypt, both during ancient times and the 1920s and 1930s, so it wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility for this new feature film to take place around the mid-20th century. Though the 2008 movie is reportedly being left off the timeline, it did take place in the 1940s, which seems like a great place to pick back up with the story of Rick, Evelyn, and their family of archaeologists and adventurers.
When speaking with Empire Magazine in early 2026, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillent, known collectively as Radio Silence, didn’t share any specifics about the script being worked on by David Coggeshall, but they did provide a nice tease for what’s to come:
Having stepped into Scream, our radar for jumping into another franchise is that it has to feel special. And [David Coggeshall’s] script really does that. It is very beautiful and sweeping and scary and fun.
This didn’t shed light on any story elements, but it appears as if the creative team is aiming to capture the various elements that made the first two Mummy movies so much fun.
This Isn’t The Only Mummy Movie in The Works
This is where things get confusing. Not only is the Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise coming back, but there’s also a new reboot of the classic Universal movie monster series from back in Hollywood’s black-and-white era. In 2024, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin was working on a new take on The Mummy alongside Atomic Monster and Blumhouse.
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy stars Jack Reynor and Laia Costa and is set for an April 17, 2026, release. We’ve previously asked a number of questions about the project, and while many are left to be answered, we do know that the upcoming horror movie will center on the strange disappearance and even stranger return of a young woman eight years after going into the desert.
How To Watch The Other Mummy Movies
We still have a couple of years before The Mummy 4 goes from the tomb to the big screen, and that gives you plenty of time to go back and revisit the franchise up to this point. If you’ve never watched the daring adventure films, or if you just need a refresher, it’s never been easier to go back and see how it all started. While it sounds like Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is going to be retconned out of the timeline, we’re including the various ways to check it out for posterity.
- Stream The Mummy on Hulu.
- Rent/Buy The Mummy on Amazon.
- Stream The Mummy Returns on Hulu.
- Rent/Buy The Mummy Returns on Amazon.
- Stream The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on Hulu.
- Rent/Buy The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on Amazon.
- Buy The Mummy Ultimate on Blu-ray on Amazon.
Expect to hear much more about The Mummy 4 in the coming weeks and months!
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