Michael Johnston, the star of Curry Barker’s breakout horror hit “Obsession,” is in early talks for a major role in the fourth “The Mummy” film at Universal Pictures reports The Insneider (via Deadline).
Johnston would star opposite the returning Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah should the deal go through.
No word as yet on the role he would play, but one obvious piece of speculation is that the 30-year-old is taking over the role of Rick and Evelyn’s son Alex O’Connell.
Luke Ford played the character as a 20-year-old in “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” which was set around 1946. Age-wise, everything is pointing towards a story set in the late 1950s/early 1960s which would have Rick and Evelyn in their late 50s (like Weisz and Fraser) and Johnston playing early 30s.
The Radio Silence duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing the next film from a script by David Coggeshall. Sean Daniel is set to produce alongside William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Clayton Townsend and Paul Neinstein.
The new “The Mummy” is slated for release on October 15th 2027.
