Jake Johnson Joins The Mummy
Steve Barton
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Another day, another bit of casting news for the latest telling of The Mummy. Up now THR is reporting that “The New Girl’s” Jake Johnson (Jurassic World) has signed on for some good old fashioned ancient Egyptian death curse duty to play a member of the military.
He joins the previously announced Tom Cruise as a special forces soldier (or former soldier), and Sofia Boutella who is on board to play the iconic monster. Annabelle Wallis is in talks to play the film’s female lead, an archaeologist, but has yet to confirm.
The studio tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan last summer to help develop a monster universe for Universal with rebooted versions of classic monster movies. Kurtzman is also on board to direct, and will produce alongside Morgan and Sean Daniel.
Jon Spaihts is penning the script. Plot details are vague other than the fact that the pic will be set in the present day, unlike the previous three installments starring Brendan Fraser.
Universal executive VP of production Jon Mone and VP of development Jay Polidoro will oversee the project for the studio.
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