Director Len Wiseman to Helm Universal’s Reboot of ‘The Mummy’

Say what you will, but I still unironically enjoy Stephen Sommers’ first entry into The Mummy franchise. But after the series crashed creatively with Tomb of the Dragon Emperor back in 2008, it wasn’t too surprising to hear that Universal decided to tap Prometheus writer Jon Spaihts and mega-producers Kurtzman and Orci to reboot it again and give us some new big screen adventures. Now Deadline reports that generic filmmaker Len Wiseman (os Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard and the new Total Recall) is set to direct this new version, which pretty much crushes our hope that this reboot will be any fun. Read on! The filmmakers are doing everything they can to assuage fan concerns, but I’m not buying into the hype on this one. Wiseman says this movie will be a “darker twist on the material, a scarier version,” while Kurtzman echoed those sentiments to Deadline: We’re reaching into …