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The 1999 cinematic classic, The Mummy, is an iconic piece of film — and for good reason. Everyone has their own logic behind what made the Stephen Sommers-helmed adventure flick such a hit, but up there at the top is certainly the performances carried out by its leading cast, which included Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Oded Fehr. The legends about what Fraser went through and what damage he did to his body in order to bring the blockbuster to screens could make a movie of their own. Now, thanks to one of his castmates, we have a better understanding of how things ended up that way for the actor.

During a reunion panel for The Mummy at Fan Expo Denver, which was hosted by Collider’s Maggie Lovitt, Fehr answered a fan question regarding the most difficult part about the stunts and over-the-top action sequences. Pointing to Fraser’s legacy,...

Back in 2017, The Mummy attempted to launch the Dark Universe, a cinematic monster franchise that would eventually combine all the classic monsters. Despite the star power of Tom Cruise, it crashed and burned almost immediately, leaving all those future crossovers drifting away in the breeze. While speaking at Fan Expo Denver (via Collider), Brendan Fraser was asked what his version of The Mummy had over the reboot.

“I know Tom Cruise tried to make his movie and it ain’t easy! We all know how hard this movie is to make,” Fraser said. “With the exception of three [The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor], the thing with all of these films is that, at least it was fun, it was a thrill ride, and you wanted to do it again.“

Very true. While The Mummy and The Mummy Returns probably won’t ever appear on any prestigious Best Films of All Time list,...

If you’re looking for a new movie on streaming, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve assembled a curated list of some of the best new films coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Peacock and beyond in June, and they range from brand new blockbusters to beloved franchises to even classic films (truly classic!) recently added to streamers. So if you’re wondering where to watch “A Minecraft Movie” or that new twisty Sydney Sweeney movie or the entire “Jurassic Park” franchise, look no further.

Check out our list of the top new streaming movies right now below.

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“The ‘burbs” is finally getting the attention it has long deserved. The dark comedy, directed by Joe Dante and written by Dana Olsen, follows a group of milquetoast suburbanites, led by Tom Hanks’ affable father and husband (he’s married to Carrie Fisher...

Rudyard Kipling first published his novel "The Jungle Book" in 1894, and its sequel, "The Second Jungle Book," the following year. The books followed the adventures of a boy named Mowgli, a five-year-old who becomes lost in the jungles of India and who is taken in and raised by the local wildlife. He is taught the ways of the jungle, mostly by a benevolent panther named Bagheera. He also is given some more raucous advice from a bear named Baloo, and is taught to be wary of the vicious tiger, Shere Khan. 

Most schoolchildren have read one or both of Kipling's "Jungle Book" novels, and it has been adapted to film multiple times. Director Zoltan Korda directed a rather fine 1946 Technicolor version, although more popular to today's audiences is the 1967 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. Walt Disney was credited as a producer, but he died shortly before "The Jungle Book" was released,...

In 2000, Hugh Jackman took on the role of Wolverine in X-Men. Four years later, the fan-favorite actor embodied another iconic character, Van Helsing, in the action-horror movie of the same name.

Peacock subscribers will soon be able to stream Van Helsing. The Universal Monsters movie arrives on the platform on June 1. Released in 2004, Van Helsing stars Jackman as the famed monster slayer as he is dispatched to Transylvania to assist Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) in defeating Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), who has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster (Shuler Hensley) and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family. Despite receiving largely negative reviews from critics, Van Helsing was a modest box office hit, grossing just over $300 million worldwide.

Van Helsing was Universal's attempt at turning another one of its Universal Monsters properties into a horror-tinged action franchise, following the success of the Brendan Fraser-led The Mummy (1999). Stephen Sommers,...

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Fountain of Youth is an action-adventure heist film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. The Apple TV+ series follows Luke Purdue, a disgraced archaeologist who teams up with his sister to go on a dangerous adventure to find the mythical fountain of youth while being chased by the Interpol and an ancient secret society. Fountain of Youth stars John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza Gonzalez, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo, and Stanley Tucci. So, if you loved the globetrotting adventure, death-defying action, and entertaining characters in Fountain of Youth, here are some similar films you should check out next.

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National Treasure is an action-adventure heist film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay co-written by Jim Kouf, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley. The 2004 film follows Benjamin Franklin Gates,...

The Wheel of Time's Laia Costa is set to star in Lee Cronin's The Mummy. Atomic Monster/Blumhouse are producing the film, which has just started shooting in Ireland.

Details about the new Mummy adaptation are being kept under wraps, but the film is being written and directed by Cronin. Jason Blum and James Wan are producing under Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster, joining forces with Cronin's own production company Doppelgängers. Costa joins the previously announced Jack Reynor in the film, but details about either actor's roles have not been revealed at this time. It is set for release on April 17, 2026.

Principal photography for The Mummy began in early March in Ireland and Spain. The film will be the first in the decades-spanning Mummy franchise to be distributed by New Line Cinema, with Universal Pictures usually handling the property as part of its Universal Classic Monsters banner.

Costa plays one of the Forsaken,...

New Line Cinema's The Mummy remake has begun casting. The first actor to join the upcoming horror movie is Transformers franchise alum Jack Reynor.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Reynor is playing "a husband and father who runs afoul of supernaturally sinister forces." The actor is best known for starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in the fourth Transformers movie, 2014's Age of Extinction. His other film credits include Sing Street (2016), Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), Midsommar (2019), and Flora and Son (2023). In recent years, he's appeared more frequently on the small screen, with leading roles in CBS All Access' historical drama series Strange Angel, Prime Video's sci-fi series The Peripheral, and Netflix's crime miniseries The Perfect Couple.

First announced in December 2024, the new Mummy movie hails from Evil Dead Rise filmmaker Lee Cronin, who is set to direct the monster movie from his own screenplay. Atomic Monster, Blumhouse, and Doppelgängers are producing the feature,...

Once upon a time, Universal was prepping its own Avengers-style cinematic universe featuring their famous classic movie monsters. The studio started making some movies as they planned films that would make up the Dark Universe, and initially positioned Dracula Untold(2014) with star Luke Evans as the first film before officially making Tom Cruise's The Mummy the Iron Man of the Dark Universe. There was a magazine cover featuring an A-list cast who would be headlining films like Bride of Frankensteinand The Invisible Man. But then The Mummy opened in June 2017 and it bombed. Badly. And the brakes were hit on the Dark Universe. However, now it's a streaming hit on Hulu, sitting at number six on the streamer's Top 10 chart.

Prior to The Mummy opening, the thought of Cruise, Russell Crowe, and Sofia Boutella starring in a new version of a beloved film that helped launch Brendan Frasier's career into orbit,...

Since the Silent Era of cinema, monsters like werewolves, vampires, and aliens have given audiences some brilliant movies, with recent movies like Nosferatu and Blumhouse's The Wolf Man delivering some great terror. Using isolation to ramp up the fear, these films offer everything from jump scares to non-stop suspense and paranoia as audiences are left to watch as characters are hunted by creatures of the night.

Monsters can bring more to a story than simple horror, with many of the best monster movies exploring themes of morality, religion, and human emotion, using creatures as metaphors. From remakes of beloved B-movies to modern reinterpretations of influential literature, these movies helped make modern horror cinema the powerhouse that it is. For those who loved Blumhouse's modernization of The Wolf Man, there are plenty of other great films to watch.

The Mummy Blends Adventure With Horror

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Brendan Fraser saved the world from mummies twice. How can someone follow up success like that? By saving the world from mummies a third time! When he signed on for another Mummy sequel, he was working with a new director and new writers. Some of his co-stars were recast. Some were absent. But his task remained the same: stop the rampage of a power-hungry walking corpse. That’s what he set out to do in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor… and it’s time to figure out What Happened to This Horror Movie.

Fraser played treasure hunter Rick O’Connell in the 1999 reboot of the Universal Monsters classic The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. Both movies were written and directed by Stephen Sommers – but Sommers had no intention of directing a third Mummy film. After making the second one, he was ready to work on smaller projects.

In 2024, we have no need to try and make vampires happen. They have already happened for at least a century, and they're very much still happening: stories about vampires have saturated just about every medium there is. Weirdly, though, we may have to work a little harder to make the vampire happen again — as in the most legendary bloodsucker of all: Dracula.

In fairness, it may not be Dracula himself whose popularity is waning, but rather movies about him. Ever since his screen debut in the lost film "Dracula's Death" in 1921, barely a decade has gone by without some iteration of the Count turning up in cinemas, which is partially why the character has undergone so many various iterations. Like all fictional creations who've been built to last, Dracula endures by embracing change. Yet there can always been too much of a good thing; the last several films to prominently...

In 1999, the Stephen Sommers movie The Mummy, featuring Brendan Fraser, killed it at the box office. Banking over $400M and entertaining audiences with its action-adventure story, the film proved there was an appetite for mummy-related projects for arguably the first time since the 1930s. This interest was somewhat surprising due to a massive bomb released the year prior: Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy — yes, the director put his name in the official title — starring a babyfaced Gerard Butler in his third ever feature. Despite their similar topic, The Mummy and Tale of the Mummy couldn't be more different. So, why was one film so successful and the other so... not?

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Fifty years ago, Sir Richard Turkel (Christopher Lee) met disaster while exploring...

The Mummy franchise has long been a fan-favorite one, even though some of its installments may not have been that well-received by fans. Since 1999, the film series under Stephen Sommers has been doing everything in its power to leave fans absolutely baffled and captivated to the core. Then there was Tom Cruise’s titular film from 2017, which, well, wasn’t all that loved by viewers.

The Mummy. | Credits: Universal Pictures.

However, even after the release of so many installments, with some of them being critical blockbusters while others cease to grab the opportunities perfectly, a new installment from the saga is currently in the works. And this one might as well make one really major Brendan Fraser-Tom Cruise scenario a reality by bringing back both actors to the fan-favorite franchise.

New Mummy film could make a dream Brendan Fraser-Tom Cruise scenario come true Brendan Fraser. | Credits: The Mummy / Universal Pictures.

A little over seven years after the last attempt to reboot the property failed, Blumhouse have revealed they're working on a new Mummy movie. The horror franchise first launched in 1932 and was part of the Universal Classic Monsters collection, with Boris Karloff portraying the titular entity before passing the reins on to Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney Jr. and Eddie Parker. The years since have seen two rebooted versions of The Mummy franchise, beginning with the Brendan Fraser-led movies from Stephen Sommers, which also included the Scorpion King spinoffs, and Tom Cruise's failed 2017 reboot meant to launch the interconnected Dark Universe.

The official Blumhouse Twitter page have unveiled that a new Mummy movie is in the works from writer/director Lee Cronin, who recently excelled with Evil Dead Rise. The post features a script page with the title scratched out featuring Cronin's credit with "Original Screenplay by" and both...

While Dwayne Johnson made his big screen premiere in Brendan Fraser's The Mummy Returns, he had a surprisingly limited amount of screentime considering he was the villain, and he was The Rock. As Mathayus of Akkad, he was also subjected to one of the most awkward bits of early CGI in film history. Nonetheless, audiences smelled what he was cooking and took to the actor's cinematic charisma, developed after years of wrestling, and he was very quickly thrust into leading man status the next year.

The Scorpion King top-billed a 30-year-old Dwayne Johnson as the titular character, whose story was explored in The Mummy Returns but is widely expanded upon in this prequel. This was long before Johnson's Hollywood status as the highest-paid actor from 2019 to 2021, and before other wrestlers and fighters turned Hollywood behemoths, like John Cena and Dave Bautista, further normalized the heavily muscled trend. Made in...

Tom Cruise has been a part of many franchises and has single-handedly revived the exhibition industry with Top Gun: Maverick after it received a huge blow due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there was one franchise that seemed to be beyond saving and that was The Mummy.

Cruise starred in Universal’s reboot of The Mummy directed by Alex Kurtzman. While the intended beginning of the Dark Universe ended before it even started, a fan-made trailer for a sequel titled The Mummy: Tomb of Secrets starring Keanu Reeves has been making the rounds, reinvigorating interest in the franchise.

Fan-Made Trailer Of The Mummy Sequel Is Better Than Tom Cruise’s Disaster Tom Cruise in The Mummy (2017) | Credits: Universal Pictures

Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy is one of the most beloved adventure films. His chemistry with Rachel Weisz and Stephen Sommers’ brilliant direction turned the reboot of an old horror IP into a bonafide classic.

2002's epic The Scorpion King reinvented the titular character after his debut in The Mummy Returns. The Scorpion King depicts the ancient origins of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's character, "Mathayus of Akkad," who first appeared in 2001's The Mummy Returns as a villain. Unlike the second film in director Stephen Sommers's The Mummy movie series, the first of the Scorpion King movies features Mathayus's humble beginnings as an assassin-for-hire before turning into a legendary Akkadian hero.

The Scorpion King may be a prequel to The Mummy films, but the story spins off from the latter franchise into its own larger narrative. This extended into five films, largely separate from its earlier connection to The Mummy but with a lingering connection between the. As a result, Mathayus's origin story forces viewers to rethink everything they knew about the character seen in The Mummy and The Scorpion King movies.

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Like any other genre, fantasy movies can include dark and intense themes that make the mystical elements of the story terrifying. Whether it's through a genuinely frightening villain or serious plot points that make the stakes all too real, these narratives intend to leave the audience thinking about what they've seen and how it relates to the real world. The use of metaphor and allusion to true events is what makes fantasy such a popular genre, especially darker works of fiction that push the viewer to interrogate complex conversations about human nature.

While many darker additions to the genre are the best R-rated fantasy movies, these films don't need to warrant an R-rating to have a frightening and serious tone. Explicit violence and gore contribute to the darkness of a project, but there are many other ways that implied action and terror can be just as effective. Darkness can also be defined by tough choices,...

Actor Brendan Fraser may be best known for his work in The Mummy franchise, or for Millennials, his memorable turn as Link in Encino Man (1992), but it was his performance in 2022s The Whale that earned him the Best Actor Oscar in 2023. Starting November 1, The Whale will stream on Netflix. In addition to Frasers Oscar-winning performance, the film also took home the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling in 2023.

In The Whale, Fraser is nearly unrecognizable as he is playing a morbidly obese, gay English professor named Charlie who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. The movie is based on a play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter, and chronicles Charlie, whose health is on the decline, as he tries to get his daughter, Ellie, played by Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) to spend time with him by giving her money.

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In 2004, Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale teamed up for an action-adventure picture that doubled as a love-letter to the original Universal Monsters franchise. Directed by Stephen Sommers (who had recently resurrected The Mummy), Van Helsing combined Dracula and Frankenstein with The Wolf Man and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, offering audiences a new sort of action hero to root for in Jackman's Gabriel Van Helsing. Universal had high hopes for Van Helsing, and at one point even developed a television spin-off set in the region of Transylvania. But what happened? Well, let's just say box-office receipts matter after all.

German kids and animation outfit Studio 100 International and Gaumont Animation are joining forces on a new animated series inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. The series, tentatively titled Jungle Book: Cub Club Adventures, is currently in early development and will explore Mowgli’s life before the age of 11.

Gaumont Animation, behind series such as Stillwater (Apple TV+), Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles (Netflix) and Do, Re & Mi (Amazon), and Studio 100, a subsidiary of Belgian entertainment company Studio 100 Group, and home to Maya the Bee, Vic the Viking, Heidi and Mia & Me, will be bringing the show to Cannes and the international television market MIPCOM later this month, seeking production and financing partners.

Created by Josh Fisher, Jungle Book: Cub Club Adventures is being planned as a series of 52 episodes, each 11 minutes, targeting preschool kids and their families. The storylines will focus on Mowgli’s adventures with...

Rotten Tomatoes scores are an important thing to consider when it comes to a movie's marketing campaign. The website is a review aggregator, meaning it weighs up reviews of the film and displays them as a percentage. And that percentage can make or break a movie.

However, some movies get poor Rotten Tomatoes scores but are still, at their core, very fun movies. They're proof that audiences shouldn't prioritize the reviews of a film, they should simply trust their own judgment and try to have fun. After all, many people's all-time favorite films were utterly slammed by critics when they first came out.

Batman vs Superman Was Flawed, But Interesting Rotten Tomatoes Score: 29%

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Everyone was looking forward to Batman vs Superman. It was pitting two of the most famous superheroes of all time against each other, with Superman played by Henry Cavill...

Adventure movies have been one of the most successful and beloved corners of cinema since the success of franchises like Indiana Jones. The thrill of adventure dates back to the dawn of Hollywood, which pulled from novels and characters like Zorro, Tarzan, Sinbad, and Robin Hood to make fun stories. The 2000s saw an explosion in great adventure films, in no small part thanks to the momentum that had been built in the genre in the two decades prior.

From great special effects to all-star casts, the 2000s delivered some of the most entertaining tales of adventure. The decade also saw studios clamoring for new big franchises, turning to hit books and classic characters alike. Whether it's the swashbuckler or high fantasy, the 20th century kicked off with a long list of brilliant adventures for viewers to enjoy -- and some films stand out above the rest.

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There's no denying that The Mummy allowed the concept of a summer blockbuster to evolve. The beloved classic is now receiving impressive viewership numbers on Peacock following the film's arrival on the streamer, allowing fans to dive into the epic tale written and directed by Stephen Sommers. The Mummy earned $417 million (not adjusted for inflation) during its original theatrical run. Even while sharing the season with Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the story about a group of heroes fighting against an ancient threat proved to be a major critical and financial hit.

After much demand from the fan base, The Mummy (1999), the timeless action/adventure hit starring Brendan Fraser, is returning to streaming. Directed by Stephen Sommers, The Mummy is now streaming again, finding a new home on Peacock. Alongside Brendan Fraser, the movie also stars Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Omid Djalili.

Fraser plays Rick O'Connell, a debonnaire adventurer, who's enlisted by English librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Weisz) to oversee an archaeological dig site in the ancient city of Hamunaptra. In close competition with a rival group of explorers, Rick, Evelyn, and her brother Jonathan (Hannah), are faced with a three millennium-old danger as the rival explorers accidentally unleash an ancient curse placed upon the dead High Priest Imhotep. As the curse releases ten devastating plagues on modern day Egypt, Rick, Evelyn, and Jonathan are forced to fight for their survival against ancient powers. The Mummy blends...

Quick Links The Mummy Director, Stephen Sommers, Wrote and Directed 1994s The Jungle Book Disneys 2016 The Jungle Book More Closely Resembles 1967 Animated Film Jon Favreaus The Jungle Book Was a Sleeper Hit for Disney Disney's 1994 version of The Jungle Book has an almost entirely different plot from Rudyard Kipling's book on which it is based. Jon Favreau's 2016 version of The Jungle Book is one of Disney's highest-grossing live-action remakes. 2016's The Jungle Book changes the ending of the 1967 animated film.

Long before Disney's recent trend of adapting its animated films to live-action began in 2015, The Jungle Book was one of the first movies to get the full treatment. Two years later, Disney would release another live-action version of one of its 1960s animated movies: 101 Dalmatians. Still, the company didn't go all out to produce more of the same, save for the follow-up (102 Dalmatians) in 2000. Although Dalmatians hasn't exactly...

For over a decade, a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Mummy languished in development hell. The project was originally intended to be a dark, low budget horror story. Then executives decided it should be a larger budgeted adventure film. So in 1999, writer/director Stephen Sommers delivered a version of The Mummy that was packed with action, adventure, humor… and some creepy mummy stuff. It was a massive box office success – so, of course, a sequel was put on the fast track to production. And now we’re going to look back more than twenty years to find out What the F*ck Happened to The Mummy Returns.

Getting the ‘99 Mummy to the screen had been a long, painful process. Many different writers and directors had come and gone before Stephen Sommers got involved. Getting The Mummy Returns made was much easier. And the process began on the first movie’s opening weekend.

Recently, Hollywood films and television shows have faced backlash for their poor visual effects. She-Hulk and The Flash are the prime offenders of the same, with fans heavily criticizing the two superhero entries for their poorly crafted VFX. Moreover, the subpar quality of their VFX becomes even more evident when compared to Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing from 20 years ago.

She-Hulk had some of the worst visual effects (Credit: Disney+).

On social media, users discussed the 2004 action-horror movie, Van Helsing, starring Jackman in the titular role. Some netizens felt that the film had considerably better visual effects compared to She-Hulk and The Flash despite having been released almost twenty years later. Here is why fans think Van Helsing had some of the best VFX for its time.

Fans Praise the VFX of Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing Even After Two Decades

Starring Hugh Jackman, Van Helsing was released in 2004, with generally negative reviews.

Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing has soared back into popularity, making its way into the top ten on Max's streaming platform. This 2004 action-horror film stars Jackman as Gabriel Van Helsing, a legendary monster hunter tasked with eliminating iconic supernatural threats like Count Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film presents a reimagined version of the classic character Van Helsing, originally from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. In Stoker's story, Abraham Van Helsing is a scholarly doctor and vampire hunter who leads the charge against Dracula. In Sommers' adaptation, the character is transformed into a more action-oriented figure, armed with an array of gadgets and weapons to combat various dark creatures. The movie delivers a blend of gothic horror, fast-paced action, and special effects, making it a visually thrilling experience.

Legendary The Mummy director Stephen Sommers talks about casting X-Men star Hugh Jackman in the title role of his big-budget action adventure film Van Helsing.

Sommers spoke before an excited audience at the Siff Cinema Egyptian historic theater in Seattle, Washington, as he attended a special screening of his 2004 classic Universal monster film Van Helsing. The presentation was part of a screening series titled Be Kind, Rewind in partnership with Super Yaki. The director watched the film with an enthusiastic audience and revealed it was the first time in 20 years that he had actually watched the movie since its original release. After the film, Sommers participated in a Q&a where he discussed how Deadpool & Wolverine actor Jackman was selected to play the hero and star.

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In the very first action set piece of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, a chopper gets shot out of the sky, crashing in front of a truck carrying heroes that includes Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans). The scene which follow would set the tone for the rest of movie. After that fiery explosion, there is an all-out assault on the soldiers, who do their best to repel the black-clad Cobra troopers. Alas, the heroes’ weapons are no match for the terrorists’ superior tech.

A funny thing, however, is also occurring in this scene—an element which borders on distracting. The camera focuses less on the carnage circling around the heroes and more on the recognizable IP of their vehicles and uniforms. The lens flies past the nose of the Cobra ship attacking Duke and Ripcord in order to instead highlight the high-tech missiles on its side. Each...

Alien: Romulus is one of the most anticipated horror movies of 2024. It is directed by Fede Alvarez, the visionary behind hits like Evil Dead (2013) and Don't Breathe (2016). The film has an all-star cast of newcomers including Isabela Merced, Cailee Spaeny, Archie Renaux and David Johnson. To top it off, Alien director Ridley Scott is a producer and James Cameron (the director of Aliens) is serving as an "unofficial consultant" for the film. The trailers, meanwhile, are horrifying and increase anticipation for this new addition to the Alien franchise.

Fans of the Alien franchise are eagerly awaiting the release of Romulus on August 16, 2024. While they wait, there are plenty of similarly claustrophobic creature features to catch up on. Some of these films are set in one location (similar to being onboard Alien's Nostromo), while others have elements of body horror reminiscent of the famous chest-burster scene. All of the films involve...

Academy Award-winning actor Brendan Fraser has been tapped to star as Dwight D. Eisenhower in the new film, Pressure, which is being billed as a "ticking-clock drama" that will tell the true story of the days leading up to the Normandy landings in 1944. Before serving as the 34th President of the United States, Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, who supervised the invasion of Normandy (codenamed Operation Overlord), which lasted for nearly three months and resulted in a victory for the Allies.

Per Deadline, Fraser joins the previously announced Andrew Scott, who will portray Group Captain James Stagg, the Allies Chief Meteorologist who played a key role in the Normandy victory, informing Eisenhower of the weather conditions that led to its success. Pressure is to be directed by Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai), with filming expected to begin in September in the UK. Check out...

Darren Aronofsky's upcoming crime thriller, Caught Stealing, is building up a star-studded cast that already includes Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz, but now an Academy Award-winner is joining the party.

Per Deadline, Regina King (Watchmen) will join Butler and Kravitz in Aronofsky's follow-up to The Whale. Caught Stealing is based on a series of books by author Charlie Huston, who is also penning the screenplay. The film will follow Hank Thompson (Butler), a "burned-out former baseball player, as hes unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of 90s NYC." There are no details as to who Kravitz or King will be playing yet.

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King won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 2018's If Beale Street Could Talk,...

From the 1930s into the ‘50s, Universal brought the horror genre some of its greatest icons. Dracula. Frankenstein’s Monster. The Wolf Man. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Invisible Man. The Mummy. The studio has returned to these characters multiple times over the decades. But the one that has had the most successful revival was the Mummy, who was brought back to the screen in a family friendly adventure film in 1999. A film that mixed monsters with Indiana Jones style action… and became a blockbuster that’s now seen as a beloved classic. So let’s take a look back at the making of The Mummy ‘99 and find out What the F*ck Happened to This Horror Movie.

To properly cover The Mummy, we first have to flash back to 1922. That’s when the discovery – and the opening – of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb captured the world’s imagination.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £5.1m £40.1m 4 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) £1.6m £6.2m 2 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £446,578 £11.1m 5 4. MaXXXine (Universal) £384,410 £384,410 1 5. The Bikeriders (Universal) £373,027 £3.2m 3

Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.

The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (July 5-7) Total gross to date Week 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £5.1m £40.1m 4 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) £1.6m £6.2m 2 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £446,578 £11.1m 5 4. MaXXXine (Universal) £384,410 £384,410 1 5. The Bikeriders (Universal) £373,027 £3.2m 3

Disney’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing title 2024 so far at the UK and Ireland box office, after hitting £40m in four weeks.

The animated sequel added another £5.1m, down just 15% on the previous session. Inside Out 2 overtakes Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two on £39.4m as well as its own predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out, which also ended on £39.4m.

Fraser’s dashing American soldier of fortune ventures to the ancient Egyptian city of the dead in this good-natured and entertainingly silly film

Twenty-five years ago, action-adventure maestro Stephen Sommers had a big summer hit on his hands; as writer and director he had revived the renowned Universal Studios scary-movie brand as a fun family film in the Indiana Jones style. Arnold Vosloo had the role that Boris Karloff played in the 1930s: Imhotep, the high priest bandaged up for death by mummification on account of his treachery in ancient Egypt and accidentally brought back from the undead thousands of years later by romantic adventurers and scamps of the 20th century’s Jazz Age, seeking excitement and enlightenment in Egypt.

But our heroes are scholar and librarian Evelyn Carnahan, played by Rachel Weisz, her madcap brother Jonathan (John Hannah), their roguish guide Gad Hassan (Omid Djalili) and, most importantly, dashing...

The Mummy Director Recalls When Brendan Fraser Was Knocked Out While Performing A Dangerous Stunt. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Brendan Fraiser and Rachel Weisz starrer The Mummy is a cult classic directed by Stephen Sommers. The movie was released in 1999, and this year, it turns 25. With movies like this, Fraser became one of the favorite action-adventure heroes of the cinephiles. However, the Oscar winner almost died while filming a stunt in this 1999 movie. Sommers recalls the anxiety-filled moment in a recent interview.

It was a remake of the 1932 movie of the same name. In addition to Brendan and Rachel, the movie also featured John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, and more. Keep scrolling for more.

The Mummy director, Stephen Sommers, recently shared the horrific incident from the film’s set when Brendan Fraser was knocked out and was completely unconscious. Fraser’s character was hung by a rope in the scene,...

The monster slayer, Van Helsing, will be making his way to television as it was recently announced that a new series is in development for CBS.

Per Deadline, British novelist Jonathan Lee will be writting the upcoming series, with Elementary creator Rob Doherty set to executive produce alongside Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman. The upcoming series, "is a contemporary take on the monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who uses his uniquely inquisitive mind working alongside his ex, relentless FBI special agent Mina Harker, to solve New York Citys most harrowing cases," according to the official logline.

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Van Helsing has made many appearances throughout the history of both film and television.

Exclusive: Van Helsing is turning crime fighter in a new series in development at CBS.

Jonathan Lee, the author behind Netflix and the BBC’s upcoming drama series Lockerbie, is writing the eponymous series, which is in the works at the Paramount-owned broadcaster.

It is believed to have landed at CBS after a hotly contested auction.

Elementary creator Rob Doherty is exec producing the project alongside Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman under their deal with Lionsgate Television, which is the studio.

The series is a contemporary take on the monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who uses his uniquely inquisitive mind working alongside his ex, relentless FBI special agent Mina Harker, to solve New York City’s most harrowing cases, per the logline.

Van Helsing is the latest procedural project in the works at CBS, which Deadline revealed earlier this week was developing another adaptation of German detective drama series Einstein.

Tom Cruise stands out in the dark, gritty thriller Collateral, showcasing his range beyond heroic roles. Vincent is a cold-blooded killer who forces a cab driver named Max on a violent ride through LA's underworld. Collateral immerses viewers in a gritty, tense portrayal of Los Angeles, with Cruise delivering a captivating performance.

Tom Cruise has well and truly earned the moniker "The Last Movie Star," perhaps the only actor who can still make a film a hit solely because he's in it. That currency came to him over the course of a five-decade run that never saw him off the A-list for so much as a single day. In the process, he's amassed a rich variety of roles, mostly trading on his leading-man charisma, but including regular forays into riskier parts that saw him step well outside his comfort zone. They comprise some of the most fascinating and in some cases,...

In the realm of Hollywood’s supernatural thrillers, Kate Beckinsale has created a reputation for herself as a formidable vampire hunter, following her popular Underworld film series. Her portrayal as Selene, the leather-clad, guns-blazing heroine thereafter garnered her a dedicated fan base and solidified her status as an action star, in Hollywood.

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However, despite her success in the genre, Kate Beckinsale recalled her hesitations, when offered the role of Anna Valerious, in Hugh Jackman’s 2004 action horror Van Helsing. Although the actress wasn’t hired to play a vampire in Jackman’s movie, her initial reaction to joining the cast was less than enthusiastic.

Kate Beckinsale was Hesitant to Star in Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing

Hollywood has successfully created a massive fanbase out of the vampire genre, following a few of the most incredible and cult classic projects like...

Edge of Tomorrow premiered on June 6, 2014, and lead star Tom Cruise didn't let the opportunity slip and praised the sci-fi film. His message also seemingly included a tease for Edge of Tomorrow 2.

Tom Cruise hopped on his Instagram on June 6 to praise the sci-fi film and its crew. The film had Doug Liman at the helm, and also starred Academy Award-nominated actress Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton with a script by Mission: Impossible writer Christopher McQuarrie, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where an alien race has taken over the world, and Cruise's character, Williams Cage, finds himself in a time loop as he tries to fight the invaders.

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After Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark revived the action-adventure genre in the early 1980s, bands of rip-offs and wannabes materialized in the years that followed. As Harrison Ford continued to play the adventuring archeologist Indiana Jones, there was no shortage of folks who aimed to capitalize on the brand themselves. When Universal remade The Mummy with director Stephen Sommers, it felt more akin to Indy's adventures than the original horror classic. It's no surprise then that television giants, such as the TNT network, would fire up their own Indiana Jones-like escapades, but what was surprising was how unique they actually were. We're talking about The Librarian trilogy of television films that ran on TNT between 2004 and 2008, each one starring Noah Wyle as the occasionally heroic brainiac Flynn Carsen, aka The Librarian. If you thought librarians were boring before, you won't after this.

The Mummy may be the next Universal Monsters story to be revisited. A new installment of the franchise is reportedly in the works, but it will be going further back in the past.

Film insider Daniel Richtman has reported that a prequel to The Mummy is now in development at Universal. Also noted is that Wes Tooke is writing the screenplay. It's not clear, however, which version of The Mummy this new film will be serving as a prequel. Given the cult status of the 1999 version with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, that film seems to be more likely than the 2017 reboot starring Tom Cruise, which was very heavily panned. Potentially, the film could even be a prequel to the classic 1932 film which starred Boris Karloff as the titular monster. In any case, the news hasn't been officially confirmed at this time.

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Brendan Fraser's near-death experience on The Mummy set was exaggerated, claims the film's director Stephen Sommers. Fraser's eagerness to perform led to a dangerous situation, but the crew was ready to step in if necessary. Fraser also faced real danger with snakes on set, adding to the adventurous nature of filming The Mummy.

The story of Brendan Fraser nearly dying on the set of The Mummy has become something of a Hollywood legend. But, according to the film's director, Stephen Sommers, the story has become greatly exaggerated. The story goes that, during a hanging scene in the film, Fraser blacked out. The actor described the moment on the British pannel show, There's Something About Movies, saying:

"I was on a platform with the rope around my neck, and I remember the camera came around. I thought 'I'm gonna make this look really good', so I sort of took a few deep breaths,...

Horror films are designed to be exciting. The scares tend to work better with a surge of adrenaline, and the same techniques that feed action movies can make for very effective horror with just a few tweaks. Certain tropes readily work with both, such as chase scenes.

It's no surprise that many movies embrace both genres, and some of the greatest genre films stand almost perfectly balanced between the two. Action-horror movies often make a great introduction to scary movies for newcomers. The best of them also hold up well to multiple viewings by remaining as exciting and enjoyable the 20th time as the first. They include a number of classics by some of the most noted directors in the medium.

Deep Rising Is an Underrated Precursor to The Mummy

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Brendan Fraser's dangerous stunt during The Mummy knocked him out but didn't stop his dedication to the role. Fraser insisted he wear a noose during a stunt, rather than let a dummy do it. However, it knocked him unconscious for ten seconds. The Mummy remains popular to this day, sparking a franchise that could still be continued today.

As The Mummy turns 25, director Stephen Sommers reflects on the franchise and a dangerous stunt that knocked out star Brendan Fraser. The Mummy opened in 1999 to mediocre reviews, but it grossed over $400 million worldwide and spawned two sequels, a reboot, and a spinoff. The sequel, 2001s The Mummy Returns, also directed by Sommers, received even lower reviews but still made $443 million worldwide. The spinoff, The Scorpion King, starring Dwayne Johnson, didnt perform as well, scoring a 41% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics and only making $180 million worldwide.

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