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Even The Mummy 4’s directors didn’t think the The Mummy 4movie would happen... until it did
The directors of The Mummy reboot starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz weren't expecting to get the job
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We're in a world now where there are not just one, but two separate Mummy movies coming out within the next couple of years. The second one, which is the fourth installment in the Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise, is something of a miracle. It's something that the directors of the film, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, are more than aware of.
Speaking to Variety, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett revealed that they found out that they were under consideration for directing The Mummy 4 when they were making their film, Abigail. Neither of the directors thought that they would get the job.
“We have been in this line of work long enough to know that nothing is real until it’s very, very real. It’s all speculative, and it feels great to give energy to really wonderful ideas, but we have learned to keep those opportunities a little bit at arm’s distance because it’s just easy to have your heart broken," said Tyler Gillett.
But as luck would have it, Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett did get the job. And star Brendan Fraser is raring to go on it: "[T]he one I wanted to make is forthcoming. And I’ve been waiting 20 years for this call. Sometimes it was loud, sometimes it was a faint telegraph. Now? It’s time to give the fans what they want.”
The Mummy 4 is expected to hit theaters in 2028.
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