Following the recent news that Tom Cruise is in talks to star in Universal's The Mummy reboot, it's now been revealed that Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in early discussions to play The Mummy in the reimagining of the classic horror movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sofia Boutella is in talks to portray The Mummy in the upcoming reboot. Boutella stole scenes last year as the villainous, slice-and-dice killer Gazelle in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service, and she will also play a key role in 2016's Star Trek Beyond. No character details on Boutella's possible version of The Mummy are known at this time. Additionally, Cruise's involvement and potential role are currently unconfirmed.
Set to be directed by Alex Kurtzman from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange, Prometheus), The Mummy reboot is slated for a March 24th, 2017 theatrical release, and is expected to begin filming early next year. Universal first debuted the story of the resurrected Imhotep in 1932 with Boris Karloff in the lead role.
The Mummy will be the first of several Universal Monster movie reboots, with the studio having the ultimate goal of creating 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 project is headed by Kurtzman and Chris Morgan.
It's uncertain how closely Spaihts' script for The Mummy 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 do you think of Boutella potentially playing The Mummy?
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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