Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have shared details about the script for The Mummy 4, describing it as beautiful, scary, and sweeping. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are set to reprise their roles as Rick and Evelyn O’Connell. The film is scheduled for release on May 19, 2028, from Universal Pictures.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, known for directing Scream (2022) and Scream 6 (2023), discussed The Mummy 4 during a press tour for their upcoming film Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, they praised the script by writer Dave Coggeshall, calling it “really, really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome.” Bettinelli-Olpin noted that the script has “all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
The directors credited their longtime producer William Sherrick with securing the project for them. While filming their vampire movie Abigail, Sherrick informed them of the opportunity, which they initially dismissed as “fucking crazy” and unlikely to happen. After completing Abigail, they met with Coggeshall to develop a pitch. Gillett reflected on the industry’s uncertainties, saying, “We have been in this line of work long enough to know that nothing is real until it’s very, very real. It’s all speculative, and it feels great to give energy to really wonderful ideas, but we have learned to keep those opportunities a little bit at arm’s distance because it’s just easy to have your heart broken.”
Gillett added that Fraser and Weisz would not return unless they loved the script, stating, “I don’t think Brendan and Rachel are getting involved unless they love that script, and what they read, I think they really liked. And it’s a good script. It’s gonna be fun to make.”
Fraser and Weisz originally starred in 1999’s The Mummy and 2001’s The Mummy Returns. Weisz did not appear in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, where Maria Bello took over the role of Evelyn. Regarding the third film’s status, Bettinelli-Olpin said, “Well, Rachel is in this one,” and Gillett added, “That should answer the question for you.”
Fraser told the Associated Press last year that he had waited 20 years for this project. He described the third film’s production, tied to NBC’s Olympics broadcast rights, as an “incredible experience” in Shanghai, calling it a “good standalone movie.” He expressed pride in it but emphasized, “The one I wanted to make is forthcoming... It’s time to give the fans what they want.”
