The Mummy 4 Has a Name: 'Book of the Dead,' With Fraser and Weisz Back on October 15, 2027

Rick and Evie O'Connell have an official date with the dead. Universal Pictures announced on Thursday, October 15, that the fourth film in the Brendan Fraser-led Mummy series will be titled The Mummy: Book of the Dead, and that it will open in theaters on October 15, 2027 — exactly one year after the announcement, according to People and Variety reporting carried by The Business Standard.

The band is back together

Fraser returns as adventurer Rick O'Connell and Rachel Weisz reprises Evie O'Connell, the pairing that launched the modern franchise in 1999. Weisz starred in the first two films but sat out the third, 2008's Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, where Maria Bello played Evie — which makes this reunion the one fans have asked about for nearly two decades. The returning cast also includes John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan, Oded Fehr as Medjai leader Ardeth Bay and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Numan Acar and Michael Johnston joining in undisclosed roles.

Fraser confirmed the fourth film was happening during a May appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, telling the audience the plan was to get the original group back together and give fans the sequel they had been asking for over the past twenty-plus years. Multiple reports describe Book of the Dead as a direct follow-on to 1999's The Mummy and 2001's The Mummy Returns, rather than a continuation of the third film's storyline.

Radio Silence takes the reins

Directing is the duo known as Radio Silence — Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — working from a script by David Coggeshall. The pair built their reputation on Ready or Not and on relaunching the Scream franchise, a track record that suggests a tone mixing horror, adventure and humor in the spirit of the 1999 original. Coggeshall's credits include The Family Plan and Orphan: First Kill.

Behind the camera, the franchise's institutional memory is intact: Sean Daniel, who has produced across the series, returns, alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment and Clayton Townsend. Fraser also serves as an executive producer with Hivemind's Jason F. Brown. Universal has not disclosed any plot details, and the title itself is the biggest clue so far — in ancient Egyptian tradition, the Book of the Dead was a collection of funerary spells and instructions meant to guide the dead through the afterlife, fertile ground for a series built on curses and resurrections.

A franchise with something to prove

The original The Mummy earned more than $409 million worldwide in 1999, per Box Office Mojo figures cited by People, modernizing one of Universal's classic monster properties. The Mummy Returns followed in 2001 and introduced Dwayne Johnson's Scorpion King, who spun off into his own 2002 film. The series then stalled: the third film underperformed with critics, and Universal's 2017 reboot led by Tom Cruise flopped and ended the studio's planned Dark Universe of connected monster movies.

That history is exactly why this announcement matters. Rather than rebooting again, Universal is betting on the original cast, a directing team with a proven revival record, and a title that promises a return to Egyptian mythology. ComingSoon reported that principal photography began in early September 2026 in London and Morocco, and set photos of Fraser and Weisz together surfaced earlier this week. With a release date exactly a year out, expect the first teaser to be one of next year's most-watched trailers. For more film coverage, see our entertainment news and today's Street Fighter opening-day story.