Adding to the excitement surrounding The Mummy is the critical reappraisal of Fraser that’s occured over the past several years. An incredibly charming and handsome leading man throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Fraser dropped from the spotlight around the time of Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Only later would we learn that he had been the victim of poor health, brought on by accidents while doing stunts, and of sexual assault by former head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation, the organization that awards the Golden Globes, Philip Berk. Fraser’s return, most notably his Oscar-winning turn in 2022’s The Whale, has been widely cheered by movie-goers.
Weisz has not been quite as absent from the movies as Frasier, but her return as Evelyn would be notable, as she chose not to reprise the role for Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Maria Bello took over the part). Weisz has spent the 2000s and 2010s earning acclaim for her parts in The Constant Gardner (for which she won an Best Supporting Actress Oscar), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), and in the Yorgos Lanthimos costume comedy, The Favourite.
Wonderful as those movies have been, there’s always been hope that she and Fraser would reunite on screen. And with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, The Mummy has found the perfect directors to guide the way. The duo already reignited the Scream franchise with Scream (2022) and Scream VI, as well as horror romps Ready or Not and Abigail.
Hopefully, Universal can get all of these magic ingredients together, to once again unleash ancient evil onto our movie screens.
