‘Obsession’ Star Michael Johnston in Talks to Join ‘The Mummy 4’ With Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz

“Obsession” star Michael Johnston is in early talks to join the fourth installment of “The Mummy,” Variety has confirmed.

Johnston played Corey Bryant in the TV series “Teen Wolf,” but it was this year’s “Obsession” that made brought him more widely to the attention of moviegoers when the low-budget horror film became a box-office sensation. Directed by Curry Barker, the R-rated “Obsession” follows a hopeless romantic named Bear (Johnston) who makes a Faustian bargain to win the heart of his crush Nikki (Inde Navarrette).

As previously reported, Academy Award winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are officially returning for a fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise, “The Mummy.”

Universal Pictures has dated the movie, directed by Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, for a wide theatrical release on October 15, 2027.

Fraser and Weisz, whose involvement was first reported last fall, have closed deals to reprise their roles as adventurer Rick O’Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn O’Connell in the movie, plot details for which are being kept — not unironically — under wraps.

Fan favorite John Hannah was also confirmed to return to the film’s franchise.

“The Mummy” follows a treasure hunter who accidentally awakens a cursed Egyptian priest with supernatural powers. The movie and its 2001 sequel “The Mummy Returns” were major box office hits, reviving the classic monster movie IP and establishing Fraser as a bankable action star. Weisz, however, did not appear in the 2008 threequel “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,” so her return to the franchise is particularly thrilling for fans.