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Updated 5 minutes ago, September 29, 2026

Cameras caught Brendan Fraser back in Rick O’Connell mode at a former military base in Suffolk, England, filming the opening scenes of the new Mummy movie. The 57-year-old strapped on a crash helmet and climbed into a vintage silver-and-red rocket car for a speed trial set in 1957.

Rachel Weisz is back too as Evelyn, the role she last played opposite Fraser in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. Fraser carried the 2008 sequel without her. Weisz has been filming her own scenes outside the British Museum in London.

Radio Silence gives this reunion its horror credentials. The filmmakers behind Ready or Not, Scream and Abigail have inherited one of Universal’s original monsters, and Tyler Gillett has called their script “beautiful and scary and sweeping and fun.”

They expect to stay within PG-13 while trying to “find the edge,” “step over the line,” and walk it back when needed. Their plan pairs Raiders-style adventure with practical effects and physically real situations for the cast.

That approach fits the 1999 movie, which surrounded its adventure with flesh-eating scarabs, Imhotep draining the life from people, the Hom-Dai curse, plagues and a sandstorm shaped like his face. The character’s horror lineage reaches back to Universal’s 1932 The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff.

The new movie continues The Mummy and The Mummy Returns while leaving 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor outside its continuity. Fraser, Weisz, John Hannah and Oded Fehr are among the confirmed or strongly indicated returns. Arnold Vosloo is also expected back as Imhotep, along with Kevin J. O’Connor as Beni, who was last seen being eaten alive by scarabs.

Universal moved the film to October 15, 2027, giving it a Halloween release window. It’s separate from Lee Cronin’s 2026 Blumhouse Mummy.

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