It looks like the latest film franchise to head back into reboot territory is The Mummy as Universal Pictures plans to give the series an overhaul and bring it back to the big screen. It looks like Prometheus screenwriter John Spaihts has been selected to write the reboot and said this about the opportunity;

“I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with ‘Prometheus‘ to go back to a franchise’s roots in dark, scary source material, and simultaneously open it up to an epic scale we haven’t seen before”

I do have one question for you, is anyone still interested in The Mummy franchise?

Haven’t they really said everything already with the first 3 films, not to mention the dismal Scorpion King spin-off’s?

Surely it can’t be just me but the films became worse the longer the series dragged on. The first one … Read More »

It looks like the latest film franchise to head back into reboot territory is The Mummy as Universal Pictures plans to give the series an overhaul and bring it back to the big screen. It looks like Prometheus screenwriter John Spaihts has been selected to write the reboot and said this about the opportunity;

“I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with ‘Prometheus‘ to go back to a franchise’s roots in dark, scary source material, and simultaneously open it up to an epic scale we haven’t seen before”

I do have one question for you, is anyone still interested in The Mummy franchise?

Haven’t they really said everything already with the first 3 films, not to mention the dismal Scorpion King spin-off’s?

Surely it can’t be just me but the films became worse the longer the series dragged on. The first one … Read More »