Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reuniting for another “Mummy” adventure.

Filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who call themselves Radio Silence, are set to direct the fourth installment in the decades-old action franchise. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are best known for 2019’s “Ready or Not” and reviving the “Scream” franchise for Paramount in 2022.

Universal, the studio behind the original monster movies, had no comment.

Fraser led the 1999 reboot of “The Mummy,” which co-starred Weisz and became a box office hit. The blockbuster — which follows a treasure hunter who accidentally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers — also cemented Fraser as a bankable action hero. He returned for two sequels, 2001’s “The Mummy Returns” and 2008’s “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” though Weisz only appeared in the former. Universal attempted to resurrect “The Mummy” with Tom Cruise in 2017, but to no avail. The film was a commercial misfire and failed to kick off the studio’s so-called “Dark Universe,” which was intended to utilize Universal’s catalogue of classic monsters for a series of interconnected adventures.

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