Brendan Fraser has been photographed in costume on the set of a new Mummy sequel in England, nearly 18 years after his last turn as Rick O’Connell.
The 57-year-old Oscar winner was pictured by the Daily Mail on Monday filming in Suffolk, in the East of England, for an untitled fourth entry in the main Mummy series.
Fraser appeared both in and out of costume at a former military base standing in for the fictional Daubach Air Base. The scene centered on a rocket-like high-speed car and a speed trial on a runway converted into a track.
His character, treasure hunter Rick O’Connell, looked ready for trouble. Fraser wore a rugged brown leather jacket, matching leather gloves, and brown trousers, with soot-like makeup after piloting the long tubular vehicle.
A stunt double in the same outfit handled the actual driving. The silvery rocket car was painted blue and red with stylized lightning bolts and the words “Great Britain Speed Shop,” plus American and British flags on the tail fin.
It zoomed past a cheering crowd and left thick smoke behind. The setup framed O’Connell as trying to set a new record.
The sighting marks Fraser’s first known on-set appearance for the project. He last starred in the franchise in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Rachel Weisz, 54, is back as Evelyn Carnahan. She was seen just days earlier filming a different scene in London outside the British Museum, a location expected early in the movie.
Weisz last appeared in the series in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. For the 2008 film, the role had been recast with Maria Bello. The new sequel ignores that entry’s events and picks up decades after The Mummy Returns instead.
Also returning are John Hannah as Carnahan’s brother, Arnold Vosloo as the title monster from the original films, and Kevin J. O’Connor as the mummy’s henchman, even though that character met a gruesome end in the first modern film.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing, replacing Stephen Sommers, who handled the first two modern Mummy films. The pair, previously credited as Radio Silence, are known for Ready or Not and the fifth and sixth Scream movies.
The studio moved the release up from a planned May 2028 window to October 15, 2027. Fraser’s career revival, which gained steam after 2021’s No Sudden Move and his Oscar-winning turn in The Whale, now brings him full circle to the adventure role that made him a household name.
Hollywood spent years swapping faces and rebooting brands. Putting the original leads back in the leather jackets is the rare studio choice that actually respects the audience.
