Biography Flash: The Mummy's Undying Legacy - Movie News, Brendan Fraser, and Pop Culture Domination

The Mummy Biography Flash a weekly Biography.

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.

That’s it for The Mummy Biography Flash. If you want more shamelessly undead updates, don’t forget to subscribe and search “Biography Flash” for more historical or completely fabricated brilliance. Thanks for listening—unless you’ve been cursed. In which case, good luck with the scarabs.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
You want Mummy news hot off the crypt all right,

(00:40):
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 to
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

(01:01):
twenty twenty six, 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 Rayner, Bring your Own Charisma, and Lyah Costa,
helmed by Lee Cronin who did that gnarly evil dead
Risery boot recently. So if you're expecting subtlety, maybe rethink

(01:24):
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 twenty twenty seven.
Speaking of Fraser, people ran a story earlier this week
where he's busy being humble about Dwayne Johnson's high groud pivot.
Post the Mummy returns, he says it's exciting watching the

(01:46):
Rock become an Awards contender, with Fraser sounding like your
genial uncle after two borons, 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 rye
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

(02:10):
on streaming the nineteen ninety nine 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 comfort blanket. You never outgrow the
sword wielding librarian, the plucky brother, anymotep's relentless drive to moisturize.

(02:31):
In lighter news, Blackgate Magazine just finished its marafon survey
of every low budget Mummy flick ever made from war
Jackal Shenanigan's to Vegas brawls with dead Priest confirming the
Mummy status as pop culture's most over employed corpse. If
you need six hours of camp and confusion, there rundowns
a hoot. Social media is mostly quiet, unless you count

(02:53):
someone on TikTok saying the new The Mummy reboot needs
less sand more SaaS. So to be clear, the only
trending sarcophagus is in the studio lot, not the Twitter feed.
That's it for the Mummy Biography Flash. If you want
more shamelessly undead updates, don't forget to subscribe and search
Biography Flash for more historical or completely fabricated brilliance. Thanks

(03:16):
for listening, unless you've been cursed, in which case good
luck with the scaups. And that is it for today.
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