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Patrick Tatopoulos Plans Bug ‘Colony’ Battle
Special effects maven-turned-helmer Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) is in negotiations to come aboard Participant Media and Summit Entertainment’s eco-horror tale The Colony, reports Heat Vision. Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner wrote the script, which was rewritten by David Lee Johnson. Colony revolves around a group of survivors forced underground by the next ice age. There, they must fight to preserve humanity against a savage threat. It has been described as The Birds with bugs. Production begins in the fall. Tatopoulos is responsible for the creature designs in such films as I Am Legend, I, Robot and the first two Underworld installments.
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.