Director Alex Kurtzman Says Mummy Reboot Is Still a Horror Movie
Todd Rigney
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I’m probably one of the few people on the entire planet who genuinely enjoys the Mummy flicks starring Brendan Fraser. Although they’re more Indiana Jones-esque in nature, there were just enough genre elements for some to classify these flicks as horror. Feel free to disagree.
In case you haven’t heard, Universal is planning a reboot of The Mummy, which they hope to incorporate into a shared universe with other classic cinematic monsters. And if you’re worried that the new Mummy movies are just another cheesy horror/adventure hybrid, director Alex Kurtzman promises that his reboot is very much a horror flick. Fingers crossed!
During a chat with Collider at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, Kurtzman laid out what he hopes to achieve with his version of The Mummy.
Kurtzman recently explained to the website, “The monster universe is coming together very, very quickly; we’re very excited. There will be announcements soon. We have actually started doing a lot of design work, we’re getting scripts in, everything is feeling really really good, so I don’t want to curse it by saying too much to you, but it’s going well.
If you’re looking forward to Kurtzman’s Mummy reboot, you still have a while to wait. Although it was originally scheduled for June of 2016, IGN reports that the film now has a tentative release date of March 2017. Here’s hoping that extra time will result in a fantastic movie.
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