'Well, Rachel is In This One' — The Mummy 4 Directors Reveal Whether They Consider Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is Canon

The directors down The Mummy 4 person revealed their thoughts connected whether the franchise's divisive 3rd entry, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, volition stay canon.

While Tomb of the Dragon Emperor erstwhile again featured Brendan Frasier arsenic swashbuckling adventurer Rick O'Connell, Rachel Weisz was replaced arsenic the series' co-lead Evelyn (a quality who was alternatively played by Maria Bello).

The movie launched to a mediocre assemblage and captious response, with a wide feeling that the bid had present tally its course. Plans for further sequels were scrapped successful favour of a afloat reboot, and that was it for Fraser's iteration of The Mummy franchise — until plans for a long-awaited caller introduction were confirmed past year.

Following respective attempts to reboot The Mummy with caller characters (and the lengthy Scorpion King spin-off bid that initially starred Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) some Fraser and Weisz are reuniting for different installment, helmed by manager duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

But wherever volition the enactment prime up, and bash fans request to endure done Tomb of the Dragon Emperor erstwhile again to retrieve immoderate of the series' plot?

"Well, Rachel is successful this one," Bettinelli-Olpin said erstwhile asked by Entertainment Weekly for a ruling connected whether they considered Tomb of the Dragon Emperor to beryllium canon.

"That should reply the question for you," Gillett past confirmed.

It's bully news, then, for fans of Fraser and Weisz's archetypal 2 movies, 1999's The Mummy and 2001's The Mummy Returns. Although it does alternatively suggest The Mummy 4 (which is simply a moving title) whitethorn request to beryllium named thing other erstwhile it does get connected May 19, 2028.

Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett antecedently directed 2022's Scream, the 5th installment successful that franchise, followed by Scream 6 and 2024 vampire drama Abigail. The pair's enactment person besides helmed the forthcoming Ready of Not 2: Here I Come, which debuts aboriginal this month.

"I don't deliberation Brendan and Rachel are getting progressive unless they emotion that script, and what they read, I deliberation they truly liked," Bettinelli-Olpin concluded, discussing wherefore The Mummy's stars were returning together. "And it's a bully script. It's gonna beryllium amusive to make."

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