Tom Cruise Signed To Face Off Against “The Mummy”

Hollywood has apparently decided that it’s not enough to reboot an old franchise when it’s perfectly fine to reboot an already recently rebooted franchise. ComingSoon.net is reporting that Tom Cruise has been cast to star in the re-reboot of The Mummy and it will be directed by Alex Kurtzman, and this is part of a larger plan by Universal Pictures to create a “shared universe” of monster movies.

The Mummy offers a modern take on the legend that has endured since the dawn of man. Alex Kurtzman is set to direct the film from a script by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). The Mummy reboot is set for release on March 24, 2017 with another Untitled Universal Monster Movie set to follow it on March 30, 2018.

Although Tom Cruise’s Mummy role has not yet been revealed, it’s worth nothing that the star was previously eyeing the Universal Monsters cinematic universe with plans to headline a Van Helsing feature.

It wasn’t long ago that word broke that The Mummy might feature a female version of the title monster. According to recent reports, the film is currently casting for the possibilities of both male and female versions.

The Mummy was made famous on the big screen by Boris Karloff in Karl Freund’s 1932 feature. Subsequent sequels to the original The Mummy saw Tom Tyler (who played Captain Marvel/Shazam in the original 1941 serials) and later Lon Chaney Jr. playing a different mummy than the one Karloff played, Christopher Lee’s take on the role in the Hammer film, Stephen Sommers’ more recent The Mummy and The Mummy films set Arnold Vosloo in the title role. Jet Li then played he villain in Rob Cohen’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Tom Cruise starred earlier this year in Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. He’s planning to reprise his Ethan Hunt role for another sequel and is set to return as Jack Reacher in next year’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Edward Zwick is taking the director’s chair for the sequel, which is targeted to hit the big screen October 21, 2016.

So what do you think of Tom Cruise joining this project, let alone that this is a re-re-re-reboot? Let us know in the comments below!