Well Universal have commissioned a script from screenwriter Jon
Spaihts (co-writer of Prometheus, The Darkest Hour) based on the Mummy films
that Universal have been making since 1932! Given that the most recent set of
Mummy film, starring Brendan Fraser, managed to take $1.24b between them it is
highly likely that the new set of films will follow their blueprint, rather
than the ‘original’ one from the Boris Karloff days. Funny thing is, my favourite part of the 199 Mummy is kind of the Wojciech Kilar music from 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' used in the trailer (see below)
Spaihts says...
“I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with 'Prometheus':
to go back to a franchise's roots in dark, scary source material, and
simultaneously open it up to an epic scale we haven't seen before...".
Why The Mummy was always going to return again......
Film
|
Year
|
North American Gross
|
International Gross
|
Worldwide
|
Budget*
|
|||||
1
|
The Mummy
|
1999
|
$155,385,488
|
$260,547,918
|
$415,933,406
|
$80m
|
||||
2
|
The Mummy Returns
|
2001
|
$202,019,785
|
$230,993,489
|
$433,013,274
|
$98m
|
||||
3
|
The Mummy: Tomb of The Dragon Emperor
|
2008
|
$102,491,776
|
$298,636,863
|
$401,128,639
|
$145m
|
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* Shooting
Budget – Does not include P&A costs
The Mummy 1999...
The Mummy 1932...
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