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IDW’s Serial Killer ‘Night Mary’ Being Adapted
Animal Logic has picked up film rights to IDW Publishing’s graphic novel Night Mary, a mystery/horror comic created by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer. The story follows teenager Mary Specter, a lucid dreamer who enters the nightmares of disturbed patients at her father’s sleep disorder clinic to try and help them. When one patient turns out to be a serial killer, nightmare and waking reality blend in dangerous ways. San Diego-based IDW publishes Hasbro’s “Transformers” and “G.I. Joe,” Paramount’s “Star Trek,” the BBC’s “Doctor Who” and CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” IDW horror series “30 Days of Night” was adapted into a feature that Sony released in 2007.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
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 at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.