With The Mummy: Book of the Dead currently in production, fans can now expect to see one very familiar villain return to once again plague the world with his supernatural powers.
Arnold Vosloo played the former priest turned immortal mummy Imhotep in 1999’s The Mummy. He and his lover Anck-Su-Namun had an affair and killed her husband Pharoah Seti. For this crime, Imhotep was buried alive and cursed eternal torment, but the curse’s severity also made it possible to grant him great power should he ever be resurrected. The Mummy saw Imhotep return with Rick O’Connell and Evey Hammond trying to send him back to the underworld and he was brought back again in The Mummy Returns, this time seeking the power of the Scorpion King and his undead army.
The Mummy: Book of the Dead will see Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reprise their iconic roles as Rick and Evey alongside John Hannah, Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O’Connor with newcomers Matt Johnson (Obsession) and Numan Acar (Young Sherlock). It was unclear who else from the previous films may return, but Vosloo confirmed on Jack Carr’s Danger Close podcast that he is officially returning as Imhotep once again.
“I can report now I just signed my deal,” Vosloo said. “We are doing another Mummy. Brendan and them are shooting now in London. And the character Imhotep is back, that I play. I’ll be going there in November. This is the first time I’ve admitted I’m back in the next Mummy. Imhotep is back. Somebody wakes me up. They read from the Book of the Dead and there we are.”
The Mummy: Book of the Dead will be directed by Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a script by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan).
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The Mummy: Book of the Dead will be released on October 15th, 2027.
