India, Nov. 5 -- Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, the OG lead pair of The Mummy franchise, will return to the film series in The Mummy 4, Variety has reported.

According to the outlet, the filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are set to direct the fourth instalment in the decades-old action franchise. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are best known for 2019's Ready or Not and reviving the Scream franchise for Paramount in 2022.

Fans have reacted with euphoria for the return of the franchise's original lead pair, who last appeared in a Mummy film together 24 years ago.

The 1999 reboot of The Mummy starred Brendan Fraser as a treasure hunter in 1930s Egypt who helps an archaeologist (played by Rachel Weisz) after a cursed Egypt...