John Hannah reuniting with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for fourth film in “The Mummy” franchise

Kathleen PerriconeSat, March 28, 2026 at 1:20 AM UTC

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John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, and Brendan Fraser in the 1999 'The Mummy' filmCredit: Universal/Everett

The Mummy is reviving a beloved character for its next installment.

John Hannah, who portrayed Jonathan Carnahan, the bumbling brother of Rachel Weisz’s Evelyn in the trilogy, will return for the 2028 film, confirms Universal Pictures.

Academy Award winners Brendan Fraser and Weisz will also reprise their roles in the upcoming fourth movie.

Fraser, like Hannah, appeared in all three Mummy films as Rick O’Connell, an American treasure hunter who relies on the Ancient Egypt expertise of librarian Evelyn, played by Weisz in the first two films (she was replaced by Mario Bello in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor).

Much of the original 1999 blockbuster’s comedic relief can be credited to Hannah, a Scottish actor who came to prominence with dramatic roles in Four Weddings and Funeral and Sliding Doors. But, as he recalled to Entertainment Weekly in 2021, he wasn’t immediately confident he had the chops.

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"I struggled a bit doing The Mummy at first," Hannah confessed. "I was like, 'I don't understand what I'm doing here!' Brendan's the hero, and Kevin [Jarre, screenwriter] was doing the comedy stuff. I'm like, 'Steve [Sommers, director], what's my function?' He said, 'Just mess around in the background, and if it's funny, we'll cover it.'"

John Hannah in 2025Credit: Kate Green/Getty

The upcoming fourth film will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The duo, known professionally as Radio Silence, recently told EW The Mummy was “a dream project.”

“It’s just really, really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillett said of the new script while making the press rounds for Ready or Not 2: Here I Come in early March.

The Mummy grossed $422.5 million in 1999 and inspired an equally successful 2001 sequel and third film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.

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