With cameras readying to roll on Universal's The Mummy reboot early next year, there's been talk today that Tom Cruise might star in the reimagining of the classic horror movie.
According to Variety, Tom Cruise and Universal are having talks about the actor coming onboard The Mummy reboot in a starring role. Details about the role are currently unknown.
Slated for a March 24th, 2017 theatrical release, The Mummy is expected to be the first of many Universal Monster movie reboots, with the ultimate goal being to create a shared cinematic universe including Wolf Man, Dracula, Van Helsing, the Bride of Frankenstein, the titular characters from Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Phantom of the Opera, and more.
Comprised of a sizable creative team of ten writers, the Universal Monsters reboot initiative is being headed by Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan, with the former set to be in the director's chair for The Mummy reboot. Universal first debuted the story of the resurrected Imhotep in 1932 with Boris Karloff in the lead role.
It's uncertain how closely Jon Spaihts' (Doctor Strange, Prometheus) script for the reboot will follow Karl Freund's seminal film, but the new movie is believed to take place in modern times. We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are unearthed. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on Cruise potentially being involved in The Mummy reboot?
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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