The Mummy reboot returns again

[Frost Gary]

If they somehow mess up scarab beetles again, I'm done.

Those things were terrifying in the original and somehow every reboot either overuses them or forgets why they were creepy in the first place

[SwiftQuarry]

I'm cautiously interested, but only because I like the idea of Egyptian mythology being explored again in a modern way.

The problem is every reboot ends up either too serious or too self-aware, and loses the fun pulp energy that made the original work

[Velvet Connor]

At this point The Mummy reboot feels like a franchise that refuses to stay buried.

Every few years someone digs it up, brushes off the dust, and says "this time we've got it right". I'm not even mad anymore, just mildly impressed by the persistence

[Nathan75]

Honestly I still think the 1999 Mummy movie set the bar way too high for any reboot to realistically clear it.

That mix of adventure, horror, and comedy was lightning in a bottle. Anything else just feels like a copy trying to remember the original joke too late

[Sienna74]

Hot take: The Mummy should lean fully into horror again, not action comedy.

The original myth of cursed tombs and restless dead is way scarier than anything Hollywood keeps trying to turn into a franchise universe

[SilverSurfer]

I swear this franchise has had more reboots than actual mummies have had resurrections.

At some point the cursed artifact is not in the story, it is the story itself

[Jedi Stuart]

If they bring back Brendan Fraser in any form, I'm in.

Doesn't matter if it's a cameo, a multiverse twist, or him just yelling at another reboot attempt. That alone would sell tickets