Universal has given Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz’s reunion movie a name. The fourth Mummy film is officially titled The Mummy: The Book of the Dead, and it stays locked for an October 15, 2027 theatrical release, Variety and Deadline report.
The Mummy: The Book of the Dead: the quick answers
Official title: The Mummy: The Book of the Dead, announced October 15, 2026.
Release date: October 15, 2027, in theaters, exactly one year out.
Who is back: Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell and Rachel Weisz as Evie, plus John Hannah, Kevin J. O’Connor and Oded Fehr from the original films.
Who is new: Michael Johnston and Numan Acar join the cast.
Who is making it: Radio Silence directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream), from a script by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan, Orphan: First Kill).
Plot: still under wraps.
What we know about the new movie
Details beyond the title and date are scarce, but the shape of the project is clear. Radio Silence, the duo that revived Scream for Paramount in 2022, directs, and franchise veteran Sean Daniel produces alongside Project X Entertainment’s William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, and Clayton Townsend. Daniel has worked on the last five Mummy films, including the 2017 Tom Cruise reboot. Fraser himself is an executive producer with Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown.
The title nods to the ancient Egyptian funerary text, a fitting frame for a series that has always drawn on real myth before twisting it into pulp adventure. Production is already underway: we covered the first set photos of Fraser and Weisz back together earlier this month.
What this means for readers and fans
Mark the calendar: October 15, 2027 is the date, and with the title now official, expect the teaser-trailer cycle to begin within months.
Rewatch order: the 1999 original and 2001’s The Mummy Returns are the essential two, since Weisz sat out 2008’s Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Maria Bello played Evie). The new film is built as a direct continuation of Rick and Evie’s story.
Why Weisz matters: this is her first Mummy film in 25 years, reuniting the duo that made the franchise a $1.8 billion-plus global property, per Deadline.
Franchise health: after the 2017 reboot stumbled, this is Universal’s full return to the characters audiences actually wanted back, with Fraser saying he waited 20 years for the call.
How the Mummy got here: a timeline
1999: The Mummy opens, turning Stephen Sommers’ adventure into a blockbuster and making Fraser and Weisz a marquee pair.
2001: The Mummy Returns continues Rick and Evie’s story.
2002: the Dwayne Johnson spinoff The Scorpion King branches the franchise.
2008: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor arrives without Weisz.
2017: the Tom Cruise-led reboot aims to launch a shared Dark Universe and collapses, shelving those plans.
October 15, 2026: Universal announces The Mummy: The Book of the Dead.
October 15, 2027: the film hits theaters.
Why this sequel is the smart play
The lesson of 2017 was that audiences did not want a universe; they wanted Rick and Evie. Universal has clearly absorbed it: this production brings back the original pairing, keeps franchise steward Sean Daniel in the producer’s chair, and hands direction to Radio Silence, a team that has already proven it can restart a beloved property without breaking what fans loved about it, per Variety’s read of their Scream revival. Fraser’s own career renaissance only raises the ceiling: the goodwill around his return is the strongest hand any legacy sequel this decade has been dealt.
