The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is one way or the other 25 years outdated (ugh) and it’s returning to theaters to have fun this large anniversary (yay).
The action-filled reboot of the basic Common Monsters franchise debuted in theaters in 1999 and have become a shock hit. It cemented Fraser’s standing as a Hollywood main man and was Weisz’s breakthrough movie position.
A number of sequels adopted, together with 2001’s The Mummy Returns and 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the movie additionally spawned an animated collection, Common theme park points of interest, and a by-product/prequel franchise for The Scorpion King, Dwayne Johnson’s character from The Mummy Returns.
Although Common did try to reboot The Mummy once more just a few years in the past with out Fraser and Weisz (and with Tom Cruise), this model of the collection is the one folks stay extraordinarily nostalgic about. Which in all probability explains why they’re bringing the film again to theaters later this month as a part of its twenty fifth anniversary.
Right here is the brand new poster saying the discharge…
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When you’ve got one way or the other by no means seen the 1999 Mummy, right here is the movie’s official synopsis:
The Mummy follows the story of American adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser) as he leads an expedition to Hamunaptra, the legendary metropolis of the useless. There, alongside Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) and her brother Jonathan (Hannah), he unwittingly awakens Imhotep (Vosloo), an historic Egyptian priest cursed to endure everlasting damnation. Imhotep seeks to resurrect his misplaced love, and the group should race towards time to cease him earlier than he unleashes unspeakable horrors on the world.
The Mummy returns to theaters beginning on April 26. I might positively see myself checking this film out on the large display for the primary time in (gulp) 1 / 4 century. Now I really feel as outdated because the Mummy. Thanks guys!
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