Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy 4 Star Breaks Hearts With Major Announcement

Ahead of the film’s principal photography, it seems that Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy 4 has taken its first major hit as Michael Johnston, the actor alleged to portray Rick and Evie’s son, has denied the fancasting. Johnston, who found recent fame due to Obsession, was cast as the now-adult son of Brendan Fraser’s Rick and Rachel Weisz’s Evie O’Connell.

Ahead of his statements, the internet was rife with rumors that Michael Johnston was going to portray the protagonist’s son. However, during his talks with Attitude Magazine, the actor set the record straight that he will not be portraying the role of Rick and Evie O’Connell’s son.

It’s a new character. We’re going on an adventure again. It’s so exciting. The film rips. It just goes immediately. It’s truly an action film. It’s fight scenes and chase scenes and running through the streets.

Well, although Johnston will not be portraying Rick and Evie’s son, it just confirms that there’s a new character in the upcoming The Mummy 4, one that is undisclosed to the audience. However, the good news is that Rick and Evie are back!

Michael Johnston Confirms The Mummy 4 Returns To Original Formula

A still from The Mummy | Credits: Universal Pictures

The upcoming movie will ignore the events of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which was released in 2008. However, Michael Johnston further confirmed that Rick O’Connell and Evie O’Connell are back.

But the film is just returning to its original formula. It’s just like that first film. It’s going to give the fans exactly what they want. Rick and Evie are back.

After reading the script, Johnston also stated, “Oh my God, the fans are going to love this,” and that “It’s going to be honest to the original film”. Well, much to the happiness of fans, it has been confirmed that the upcoming Brendan Fraser movie will be a direct sequel to The Mummy Returns.

The Mummy 4 Is a Direct Sequel To The Mummy Returns

Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy Returns (2001) | Credits: Universal Pictures

Well, Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser have been officially confirmed to reprise their roles as Rick and Evelyn O’Connell. In addition to the two leads, John Hannah (who portrayed Evelyn’s brother Jonathan), Oded Fehr (the Medjai known as Ardeth Bay), and Kevin J. (the thief “Beni”) are also confirmed to return.

Naturally, with all these returning characters, the iconic villain Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) is also widely rumored to return. Recently, Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser were photographed filming in separate locations. Fraser was seen racing a vintage silver-and-red rocket car labeled EPSA for a 1957 speed trials sequence in England.

The events of The Mummy (1999) had taken place in 1926, which means The Mummy 4 is roughly set 31 years after the events of the first film and 24 years after The Mummy Returns.

Plot details are kept tightly under wraps, but we are pretty certain that Imhotep will be back and could potentially revive Kevin J.’s Beni (who died at the end of the first film).

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The Mummy 4 will be released in theaters on October 15, 2027.