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SD Comic-Con ’10: A Note About This Week’s Massive Coverage
As most of you regulars already know, the San Diego Comic-Con is one of the biggest movie events of the year. In fact, it’s so abrasive and overloaded that the front page of Bloody-Disgusting becomes a vomit of news, interviews, images and more. There’s typically so much content that everything gets pushed off the front page exponentially fast, and a ton gets lost from the various sections. We’d like to draw your attention to the Comic-Con 2010 News Box to the right of the screen where you’ll find ALL Comic-Con coverage in one easy location. Another quick fix would be to bookmark this page and reload it throughout the week (Wednesday-Sunday). For those of you who aren’t into the madness, we apologize in advance. Things are about to get insane *sly grin*.
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.