It’s been more than 25 years since Brendan Fraser first swaggered onto the big screen as Rick O’Connell in The Mummy, the pulp-adventure classic that became one of the most beloved action movies of the ’90s. For years, the franchise has felt locked away in Universal’s sarcophagus vault, collecting dust like a forgotten relic—but that’s finally changing. After a long stretch of silence (and even longer fan speculation), The Mummy 4 is officially on the horizon. We’re heading back to the desert, back into the ruins, and back into the world the No Sudden Moves actor helped define—and now the actor is explaining why he’s been waiting 20 years to make this sequel.
In a new interview with the Associated Press, Fraser opens up about how the series diverged from his original vision for the sword and sandals adjacent series, after The Mummy Returns, and why the next installment is the one he’s been hoping to make for two decades. As he told the outlet:
