Kevin J. O’Connor and Oded Fehr Join The Mummy 4

Looks like we’ll be seeing another two familiar faces in the upcoming fourth Mummy movie.

As reported by Deadline Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O’Connor have officially signed on for the upcoming sequel set to reprise their roles as Ardeth Bay & Beni Gabor, with Numan Acar also joining the film.

Numan Acar (Young Sherlock) has inked a deal to join The Mummy, the next installment in the action-adventure franchise from Universal Pictures. Also newly locked are a pair of franchise veterans, Kevin J. O’Connor and Oded Fehr.

Both O’Connor and Fehr were introduced in 1999’s The Mummy, with Fehr reprising in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. O’Connor played Beni Gabor, a former French Foreign Legion comrade of Brendan Fraser’s Rick O’Connell turned conman and servant of the resurrected Egyptian high priest Imhoptep. Fehr played Ardeth Bay, the leader of the secret society of elite warriors known as the Medjai who are sworn to protect Egypt from the franchise’s undead antagonist. No word yet on who Acar will play.

O’Connor and Fehr join Mummy veterans Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah. Obession star Michael Johnston is joined by other newcomer Numan Acar. We’re still missing Arnold Vosloo and Patricia Velasquez though, so fingers crossed they’re the next announcement.

"Goodbye Beni."

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. Very intrigued to see how an earth Beni is going to resurface after he got trapped inside with thousands of hungry flesh-eating Scarabs. Wonder if he's still "juicy"?

Anyways, David Coggeshall has written the script, with Radio Silence’s Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpi set to direct. Sean Daniel, who produced the original movies with his late partner James Jacks, is back as producer. Joining him are frequent Radio Silence collaborators William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, who are producing via their Project X Entertainment banner. Project X was involved in Radio Silence movies such as Abigail, Scream 5 and Scream 6.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no plans to bring Stephen Sommers into the mix. You’d have thought he’d have at least been asked to consult or give notes after writing and directing the first two films that netted Universal a combined $853.5 million at the box office (worldwide). Fingers crossed he’s involved in some capacity, but for now his involvement has remained unconfirmed.

The Mummy 4 production is reportedly starting this month, with Universal setting a release date of 15^th October, 2027.