A lot of franchises have that one installment that fans quietly wish hadn’t been made. For The Mummy, that movie is almost always The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The 2008 sequel took the action out of Egypt, recast a major character and one of the series’ most beloved stars, and never quite captured the lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry that made the first two films so rewatchable. And now, as excitement builds for the upcoming The Mummy 4, it sounds like the filmmakers might be leaning into the same head canon many fans have held for years.
