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You want Mummy news, hot off the crypt? All right, so let me say this for the eleven-thousandth time: The Mummy is a fictional character, which means all the “headlines” are hypothetical, but honestly, with the way pop culture treats this guy, he’s got more drama than half the real people in the news cycle.

First up, the story everyone’s fake-grandma is talking about: according to IMDb, there's a brand new The Mummy movie on the way for 2026, with production kicking off *this week* somewhere in Ireland. The plot is currently under wraps—literally and figuratively; if you want spoilers, good luck cracking open a sarcophagus. It stars Jack Reynor (bring your own charisma) and Laia Costa, helmed by Lee Cronin, who did that gnarly Evil Dead Rise reboot recently, so if you’re expecting subtlety, maybe rethink your popcorn flavor. Let me say, if this thing brings Brendan Fraser or Tom Cruise back, I’ll personally wrap myself in toilet paper and haunt Universal Studios until 2027.

Speaking of Fraser, People ran a story earlier this week where he’s busy being humble about Dwayne Johnson’s highbrow pivot post-The Mummy Returns. He says it’s “exciting” watching The Rock become an awards contender—with Fraser sounding like your genial uncle after two bourbons, laughing at the idea anyone in Hollywood still remembers he exists except when a mummy pops up on cable. Fraser’s career is on the rise again after his Oscar win, but The Mummy franchise? It's the cinematic equivalent of that mystery meat in the back of your fridge—it just refuses to die.

Meanwhile, over on streaming, the 1999 The Mummy—Brendan Fraser’s magnum opus of sand and camp—managed to top Peacock’s most-watched movie list *again*. Look, at this point, it’s less a movie, more a comfort blanket. You never outgrow the sword-wielding librarian, the plucky brother, and Imhotep’s relentless drive to moisturize.

In lighter news, Black Gate Magazine just finished its marathon survey of every low-budget mummy flick ever made, from were-jackal shenanigans to Vegas brawls with dead priests, confirming the Mummy’s status as pop culture’s most overemployed corpse. If you need six hours of camp and confusion, their rundown’s a hoot.

Social media’s mostly quiet—unless you count someone on TikTok saying the new The Mummy reboot needs “less sand, more sass.” So, to be clear: the only trending sarcophagus is in the studio lot, not the Twitter feed.

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