{"id":19476,"date":"2026-07-28T03:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19476"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:54:15","slug":"obsession-star-michael-johnston-in-talks-to-join-the-mummy-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19476","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Obsession&#8217; Star Michael Johnston in Talks to Join &#8216;The Mummy 4&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cObsession\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/michael-johnston\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-johnston\" data-tag=\"michael-johnston\">Michael Johnston<\/a> is in early talks to join the fourth installment of \u201cThe Mummy,\u201d <em>Variety <\/em>has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/the-mummy-4-release-date-may-2028-brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-1236658527\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/the-mummy-4-release-date-may-2028-brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-1236658527\/\">As previously reported<\/a>, Academy Award winners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/brendan-fraser\/\">Brendan Fraser<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/rachel-weisz\/\">Rachel Weisz<\/a>\u00a0are officially returning for a fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-mummy\/\">The Mummy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUniversal Pictures has dated the movie, directed by Radio Silence\u2019s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, for a wide theatrical release on May 19, 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFraser and Weisz, whose involvement was\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/the-mummy-4-brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-1236569746\/\">first reported last fall<\/a>, have closed deals to reprise their roles as adventurer Rick O\u2019Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn O\u2019Connell in the movie, plot details for which are being kept \u2014 not unironically \u2014 under wraps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2001\/film\/reviews\/the-mummy-returns-2-1200468578\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1200468578\">Fan favorite John Hannah<\/a> was also confirmed to return to the film\u2019s franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Mummy\u201d follows a treasure hunter who accidentally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers. The movie and its 2001 sequel \u201cThe Mummy Returns\u201d were major box office hits, reviving the classic monster movie IP and establishing Fraser as a bankable action star. Weisz, however, did not appear in the 2008 threequel \u201cThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,\u201d so her return to the franchise is particularly thrilling for fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBettinelli-Olpin and Gillett (\u201cReady or Not\u201d and sequel \u201cReady or Not 2: Here I Come\u201d) direct the new \u201cMummy\u201d movie from a screenplay by David Coggeshall (\u201cThe Family Plan,\u201d \u201cOrphan: First Kill\u201d). Sean Daniel \u2014 who has produced each installment of the $1.8 billion-grossing franchise at the studio since 1999\u2019s \u201cThe Mummy,\u201d including \u201cThe Mummy Returns,\u201d \u201cThe Scorpion King,\u201d \u201cThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor\u201d and the 2017 Dark Universe project \u2014 also returns for the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUniversal had no comment. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cObsession\u201d star Michael Johnston is in early talks to join the fourth installment of \u201cThe Mummy,\u201d Variety has confirmed. As previously reported, Academy Award winners\u00a0Brendan Fraser\u00a0and\u00a0Rachel Weisz\u00a0are officially returning for a fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise, \u201cThe Mummy.\u201d Universal Pictures has dated the movie, directed by Radio Silence\u2019s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2275703921.jpg?crop=2285px%2C93px%2C2710px%2C1523px&resize=1000%2C563","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}