Today in crazy casting news: Tom Cruise is reportedly in talks to star in the upcoming reboot of "The Mummy."That potential unlikely marriage of mega-star and monster movie comes via a report from Variety, which says that Cruise is currently negotiating to take a lead role in the reboot. Cruise won't produce the film, Variety says, but "will play a major part in development."
According to the trade, that development includes a master plan from Universal that will take a cue from the Marvel comics flicks, and involve all of the studio's classic monsters, including Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man, among others. "Characters from the monster universe films are expected to crop up in each other's installments before culminating in an 'Avengers'-style tie-in film," per Variety's report.
The trade also notes that Cruise's "Mummy" film will be unrelated to the previous, most recent "Mummy" flicks starring Brendan Frasier, which were all set in the past. The reboot will reportedly take place in the present day.
Universal declined to comment on Variety's scoop, though if true, this could introduce Cruise to a whole new generation of fans -- not to mention genre fans. It's an odd mashup, but an intriguing one. We'll have to see if this plan pans out.
[via: Variety]
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