{"id":963443,"date":"2026-07-27T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/963443\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:29:16","slug":"obsession-star-michael-johnston-in-early-talks-to-join-the-mummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/963443\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Obsession&#8217; Star Michael Johnston in Early Talks to Join &#8216;The Mummy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/michael-johnston\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-johnston_1\" data-tag=\"michael-johnston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Johnston<\/a> is circling his first big role following Obsession becoming a box office juggernaut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJohnston is in early talks to join The Mummy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. If the deal makes, he would join Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, who starred in the late 1990s and 2000s takes on the Universal monster property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tUniversal had no comment, but the move would keep Johnston in the Universal family, as Obsession is from the studio\u2019s specialty label, Focus. Scream and Ready or Not filmmakers Radio Silence are directing for an Oct. 15, 2027 release date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJohnston went from relative unknown to rising actor thanks to Obsession, the $750,000 indie film that Focus acquired out of last year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival. The movie became a sensation, grossing more than $458 million globally. Before Obsession, he had credits in Teen Wolf, the indie Slash and Lionsgate\u2019s Endangered Species. Johnston was without an agent when Obsession hit, and recently signed with Gersh in the wake of the film\u2019s success. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs for The Mummy franchise, Stephen Sommers directed and co-wrote the 1999 version that starred Fraser and Weiss and was an adventure movie set in the 1920s. The pair starred in 2001\u2019s Mummy Returns, while Weiss sat out 2008\u2019s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDavid Coggeshall penned the script for the new feature. Sean Daniel will produce after producing The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Tom Cruise\u2019s 2017\u202fThe Mummy. Combined, the features have grossed $1.8 billion globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlso producing are Project X\u2019s William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, known for Nuremberg, the Scream franchise and The Night Agent series. Clayton Townsend will also produce, while Brendan Fraser and Hivemind\u2019s Jason F. Brown will executive produce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn addition to Gersh, Johnston is also repped by Tash Moseley Management, Atlas Talent Agency for voiceover,\u00a0Narrative\u00a0and Johnson Shapiro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinsneider.com\/p\/michael-johnston-mummy-4-movie-brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-radio-silence-obsession-star\" target=\"_blank\">The Insneider<\/a> first reported the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Johnston is circling his first big role following Obsession becoming a box office juggernaut. 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