25 Years Later, The Mummy Is Headed Back To Theaters

Darryn Bonthuys
4/5/2024

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Mummy will be coming back to theaters for a limited run starting April 26. Originally released in 1999, the Stephen Sommers-directed film starred Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo. Set in 1926, The Mummy follows a group of adventurers looking to claim a long-lost Egyptian treasure, but the gang accidentally awakens Imhotep, the ancient high priest of Egypt who was sentenced to a gnarly fate for several heinous crimes. Reawakened, the mummified Imhotep goes on a killing spree to regenerate his form and unleashes plagues upon Egypt as he seeks to resurrect his one true love.The Mummy would make $416 million at the global box office and spawned multiple sequels, spin-offs, and even an animated series. The Mummy Returns hit theaters in 2001 and added WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to its cast--as well as a very weird CGI model of him--and the series came to an end in 2008 with The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor--if you don't count the weird Scorpion King spin-off movies.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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