Arnold Vosloo Confirms Return For The Mummy: Book of the Dead
Been an exciting few months for Mummy fans as Radio Silence are essentially bring the band back together for a fourth film. And another key star within the franchise has confirmed his involvement.
Where would The Mummy films be without Imhotep? Well, we found out 2008 with Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the results were disappointing to say the least. Either way, it looks like our beloved High Priest of Osiris is returning for the upcoming film with Arnold Vosloo officially signed on to reprise his iconic role.
He revealed the news speaking with Jack Carr on his podcast Danger Close.
“I can report now… I just signed my deal. We are doing another Mummy. Brendan and them are shooting now in London. And the character Imhotep is back, that I play. I’ll be going there in November. The first time I’ve admitted… I’m back in the next Mummy. Imhotep is back. Somebody wakes me up… they read from the Book of the Dead… and there we are. The script’s very good. I’m excited! They’re gonna make me look like I did when I was 38 years old, when I made the first one.”
Vosloo joins Mummy veterans Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah Kevin J O’Connor and Oded Fehr. Necomers Michael Johnston and Numan Acar also feature. That leaves Patricia Velasquez's Anck-Su-Namun as the only main cast member yet to join the upcoming sequel. Hopefully, she's not absent from the film. Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but the upcoming film will be skipping 2008’s threequel The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Arnold Vosloo Confirms Return For The Mummy: Book of the Dead
Production has already begun with several stills from set making their way online. David Coggeshall has written the script, with Radio Silence’s Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpi on directorial duties. Sean Daniel, who produced the original movies with his late partner James Jacks, is back as producer, with frequent Radio Silence collaborators William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein (who are producing via their Project X Entertainment banner). Universal have set 15th October, 2027 as the release date.
You can check out the full episode of podcast Danger Close below. Vosloo confirms his return as Imhotep in The Mummy: Book of the Dead at 29:50.
