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Slamdance 2009 Asks, ‘What’s Sundance?’
While this year’s Sundance Film Festival left me less than enthusiastic, its rival known as the Slamdance Film Festival looks much more promising. Playing at Park City this January are Glenn McQuaid’s much anticipated I Sell the Dead, the Shakespearean vampire comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead a documentary titled ZOMBIE GIRL, the UK gorefest Mum & Dad, Not Forgotten and THE CONJURER. Click any title for synopses and trailers. Check out Variety for the full line-up. Slamdance brought me one of my all-time favorite movies, KING OF KONG.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.