The Mummy franchise began in 1999 and introduced moviegoers to Brendan Fraser‘s Rick O’Connell and Rachel Weisz’s Evelyn Carnahan. Following a clash with a resurrected Imhotep, they later returned in 2001’s The Mummy Returns, which introduced Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s Scorpion King.
That character was front and centre in his own ill-fated spin-off, before the franchise rose from the dead in 2008 with The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. That also didn’t receive the warmest response, even with Jet Li taking on a starring role.
Perhaps most disappointing for longtime fans was Weisz not reprising her role as Evelyn and being replaced by Coyote Ugly star Maria Bello.
The now-confirmed fourth chapter,…