First 'The Mummy 4' Set Photos Reunite Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz

The Mummy franchise gave many millennials a window into the Egyptian world of mummies and curses. It also gave us the electric pairing of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, who made that world more believable and more exciting. For the uninitiated, Fraser returned to our screens a couple of years ago with a heart-wrenching performance in The Whale.

Fraser has an illustrious filmography, but since his Oscar win, fans have seen him in a range of roles, including Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning The Killers of the Flower Moon as a bombastic, corrupt defense lawyer representing Robert De Niro's character, and a comedic turn in Brothers. Earlier this year, he appeared in Pressure, a historical D-Day ticking-clock thriller that drew praise from fans. But The Mummy remains his most beloved project. And a fourth movie is already in the works.

The Mummy 4, now officially titled The Mummy: Book of the Dead, is set for a 2028 release, almost 30 years after the original film came to screens in 1999. Horror filmmaking collective Radio Silence, the minds behind 2024's Abigail, are set to direct the new film, from a script penned by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill). While most details are under wraps, the fourth movie will reportedly pick up after the events of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns and will disregard the events of 2008's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and rightfully so, given it was the lowest-grossing and most poorly reviewed of the three films and didn't have Weisz.

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Reunite for 'The Mummy 4'

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The feature has been filming for a while now, with both Weisz and Fraser sighted shooting separately in previous set photos (via ComicBook). Based on that, fans had several theories going on about their characters. However, new images circulating on social media tell a different story. Evie and Rick seem to be going strong, as Weisz and Fraser are all smiles in the new images. Fans are excited to see them together finally, as the mummy-defeating duo's chemistry has been the beating heart of the franchise.

The Mummy sees a curious librarian, Evie, meeting adventurer Rick along with her brother. Things take a turn when they inadvertently wake up an ancient mummy, Imhotep, during a dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. The Mummy Returns finds Rick and Evie in another fix when Imhotep is resurrected again by a cult, and he kidnaps their son. The next installment will show where this family is after decades have passed.