Cancellation of Fourth Film and Plans For A Reboot
After Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released, actress Maria Bello stated that another Mummy film will "absolutely" be made, and that she had already signed on. Actor Luke Ford was signed on for three more films as well.
However, on April 4, 2012, Universal announced that they were instead rebooting the Mummy franchise, with Jon Spaihts to write the film and Sean Daniel returning as producer. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, after signing a two-year deal with Universal, will also produce through their K/O Paper Products banner. On September 24, it was announced that Len Wiseman would direct the film. On February 14, 2013, it was announced that Billy Ray would be writing a second Mummy script, which will reportedly be competing against Spaiths's for approval from Universal.
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