{"id":51137,"date":"2026-05-09T21:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51137"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:17:41","slug":"brendan-fraser-is-training-for-the-mummy-4-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51137","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Fraser Is Training for The Mummy 4 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Brendan Fraser said he&#8217;s doing his best to get in shape as he trains for the long-awaited return of Rick O&#8217;Connell in <u>The Mummy 4<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The actor who led Universal Pictures&#8217; popular Mummy franchise from 1999 to 2008 commented on and confirmed his involvement in the 18-years-in-the-making movie during an interview on <u>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/u>. He stopped short of spilling too many beans about how the film will pick the story back up, but he did have one request for fans: &#8220;Please wish me luck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I was hopeful for a long while, and then I was like, &#8216;No, I don&#8217;t know if they are,&#8217; you know. Other Mummy movies got made and\u2026&#8221; Fraser said regarding his one-time dampened expectations for a fourth Mummy movie. &#8220;But anyway, look, what we&#8217;re going to do is saddle back up, go back to the locations\u2026 I should probably stop talking like this because I don&#8217;t want to give everything away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;However,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;please wish me luck. I&#8217;m doing my best to get this 57-year-old gear in shape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Not to be confused with <u>Lee Cronin&#8217;s The Mummy<\/u>, which premiered in theaters April 17, 2026, Fraser&#8217;s series began with the release of <u>The Mummy<\/u> in 1999 and offered a more action-adventure-style take on a classic horror icon. Also featuring Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, and more, the movie attracted a dedicated fan base, who then showed up for its sequel, <u>The Mummy Returns<\/u>, in 2001.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It continued with a third mainline film, <u>The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor<\/u>, in 2008, but diminished box office returns and poor scores from critics have left the Fraser-focused franchise entombed since. As the years have passed, however, fans have longed for a return to what is now seen as a quintessential 2000s film series, and as <u>announced<\/u> late last year, they will get their wish.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Brendan Fraser Movies, Ranked<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"10. Airheads (1994)&#10;&#10;&#10;Starting off with one of Brendan Fraser's sillier films, Airheads is a fairly goofy comedy that boasts a fun cast of characters and a unique story. Three rockstar bandmates end up holding a radio station hostage because they didn\u2019t play their demo, and yes, they are not very smart. Starring Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Brendan Fraser, and an always-welcome appearance from Chris Farley, this movie is sure to have some die-hard fans somewhere in this world.&#10;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fraser and Weisz have been tapped to return, with The Mummy 4 set with an October 15, 2027, release date following <u>a schedule change<\/u> from Universal last month. Hannah was also <u>confirmed to return<\/u> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going to get the band back together. The only way to do it, right?&#8221; Fraser said elsewhere during the interview. &#8220;So, we&#8217;re going to give the audience what they have been bothering us all for, for the last 20-whatever years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For more on The Mummy, you can read our reviews for the <u>first<\/u>, <u>second<\/u>, and <u>third<\/u> films in the series. You can also <u>see what we thought of Fraser&#8217;s work<\/u> in Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s 2022 film, <u>The Whale<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for The Walt Disney Company Limited.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/brendan-fraser-training-the-mummy-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Fraser said he&#8217;s doing his best to get in shape as he trains for the long-awaited return of Rick O&#8217;Connell in The Mummy 4&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[17043,6364,19142,2257,673],"class_list":["post-51137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-brendan","tag-fraser","tag-mummy","tag-return","tag-training","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}