Universal Pictures is reviving its "Mummy" movie franchise, with writer Jon Spaihts ("Prometheus") drafting a re-booted screenplay, that may well connect to 'ancient astronauts'.
Spaihts intends to go back to the franchise's roots of 'dark, scary source material'.
Universal originally released "The Mummy", starring Boris Karloff in 1932, followed by sequels "The Mummy's Hand', "The Mummy's Tomb", "The Mummy's Ghost", "The Mummy's Curse" and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy".
In 1999, the source material was re-imagined by director Stephen Sommers with "The Mummy", "The Mummy Returns" in 2001 and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008.
"The Mummy" 1932 horror feature was directed by Karl Freund, starring Karloff as ancient Egyptian priest 'Imhotep', who is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his 'mummy'.
One of the archaeologists, despite a warning, recklessly reads aloud an ancient life-giving spell.
Imhotep escapes from the archaeologists, taking the 'Scroll of Thoth' and prowling Cairo,...
Spaihts intends to go back to the franchise's roots of 'dark, scary source material'.
Universal originally released "The Mummy", starring Boris Karloff in 1932, followed by sequels "The Mummy's Hand', "The Mummy's Tomb", "The Mummy's Ghost", "The Mummy's Curse" and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy".
In 1999, the source material was re-imagined by director Stephen Sommers with "The Mummy", "The Mummy Returns" in 2001 and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008.
"The Mummy" 1932 horror feature was directed by Karl Freund, starring Karloff as ancient Egyptian priest 'Imhotep', who is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his 'mummy'.
One of the archaeologists, despite a warning, recklessly reads aloud an ancient life-giving spell.
Imhotep escapes from the archaeologists, taking the 'Scroll of Thoth' and prowling Cairo,...
- 4/4/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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