John Hannah will return as Jonathan Carnahan in the as-yet-untitled fourth installment in The Mummy franchise, THR has learned.
He’ll reunite with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, who are reprising their iconic roles as Rick and Evelyn O’Connell.
Due out on May 19, 2028 from Universal, the action-adventure horror-comedy is aiming to enter production in August in London and Morocco.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really, really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet previously said of the screenplay. Bettinelli-Olpin added that it “had all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
Sean Daniel, who produced the original movies with his late partner James Jacks, is back as producer. William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein will produce through Project X Entertainment.
Fraser, Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown, and Denis Stewart will executive produce. Executive VP of production development Jay Polidoro and director of production development Jacqueline Garell are overseeing the project for Universal.
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $422.5 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.
