While story details are scarce, it’s a safe bet there would have been plenty of South American mummies and some form of ancient curse. Antonio Banderas was to play the villain, continuing an eclectic roster of undead opponents following Arnold Vosloo’s Imhotep, Dwayne Johnson’s Scorpion King, and Jet Li’s Dragon Emperor. Universal was once developing a fourth movie that would have seen the O’Connell clan travel to South America, only for waning interest and their desire for a connected universe to derail the project. Little is known about the proposed fourth entry beyond the premise and working title, The Mummy: Rise of the Aztec, according to Film Stories. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor from 2008 is the last audiences saw of adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser) before the franchise was rebooted with Cruise, female mummy Sofia Boutella, and a modern-day setting. Related: The Mummy Movies Ranked, Worst To Best While inferior to the original, the second installment was still hugely popular, with a third movie eventually arriving seven years later. Released in 1999, the film was an instant box office success, and the 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns was swiftly greenlit. However, Cruise is certainly no Fraser, and the reboot was devoid of the charm and old-school fun that made the movie such a beloved blockbuster.ĭirector Stephen Sommers reinvented Universal’s classic 1932 The Mummy, offering an Indiana Jones-style adventure that effectively paid homage to its monster movie roots while injecting loads of tongue-in-cheek humor. With the Mission: Impossible movies continuing to thrive at the box office, it’s easy to see why Universal brought in Tom Cruise to headline their potential new franchise. Universal failed to kickstart the Dark Universe with 2017’s The Mummy reboot, having previously abandoned plans for The Mummy 4 starring Brendan Fraser that promised a more engaging story.
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