'The Mummy: Book of the Dead' is the official title of the new installment of 'The Mummy'

We already have the official title of The Mummy 4.

The most recent installment that will mark the return of the popular franchise of Universal Pictures, The mummywill be titled The Mummy: Book of the Deadaccording to the announcement made by the studio itself.

The sequel features the returns of Oscar winners, Brendan Fraser y Rachel Weiszin leading roles as Rick and Evie, respectively, as well as those of John Hannah, Kevin J. O’Connor y Oded Fehr.

New additions include Michael Johnston (Obsession) y Numan Acar (Young Sherlock, Homeland),

For now, Universal keeps the details of the plot of The Mummy: Book of the Dead.

During the week, the first images of Fraser and Weisz from the filming set were leaked. Take a look at the end of the note.

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin y Tyler Gillett of Radio Silencewill direct the film from a script by David Coggeshall (The Family Plan, The Deliverance).

Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed Ready or Not (2019), Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), Abigail (2024), and this year's release Ready or Not: Here I Come.

The franchise veteran Sean Daniel will produce alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein from Project X Entertainment.

Radio Silence and Project Scream 5, Scream 6and the sequel to Ready or Not of next year.

Fraser and Weisz co-starred in two films The Mummy, The Mummy (1999) y The Mummy Returns (2001), based on one of Universal's most historic IPs, dating back to the early 20th century. Both installments were directed by Stephen Sommers.

In the 1999 film, Fraser played Rick O'Connell, an American adventurer and former soldier in the French Foreign Legion, and Weisz played Evelyn Carnahan, an English Egyptologist working at the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. Over the course of the two films, the couple goes from reluctant partners to a marriage with a young son, battling ancient curses, such as that of the resurrected Egyptian high priest Imhotep. Evelyn, Weisz's character, dies in the second film after discovering that she is the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess, although Rick eventually revives her.

Both films became commercial successes, with a global box office gross of more than $400 million for each.

In 2002, the spinoff was launched The Scorpion Kingstarring Dwayne Johnson, while in 2008, the studio released a third installment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperorwith the return of Fraser and the absence of Weisz. Her role as Evelyn was played by Maria Bello.

In 2017, Universal attempted to revive the franchise with the release of the reboot The Mummy from director Alex Kurtzman, starring Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis and Sofia Boutella. The studio's plan was to launch the Dark Universean interconnected universe of monsters, which was discarded after the failure of the reboot of The mummyalthough… it accumulated a global box office of $403 million dollars, however it was destroyed by critics and the audience.

The combined global box office of the three films that make up the franchise, as well as the spinoff and the reboot, exceeds $1.8 billion.

The Mummy: Book of the Dead will be released in theaters on October 15, 2027.