John Hannah breaks silence on The Mummy 4 rumours as he reveals he's spoken with co-star

There's been a lot of talk recently that a reboot of The Mummy could be on the cards, with Brendan Fraser commenting that he was "hopeful to have good news soon" regarding the possibility of a new outing for his beloved character Rick O'Connell.

And now, another original star of the popular franchise has had his say, with John Hannah teasing that a return to the action-adventure series "would be fun to do" – 27 years after he last starred as Jonathan Carnahan.

The Scottish actor made the comments during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com about his role in Italian pirate epic Sandokan, which has just arrived on Netflix.

Asked if he'd heard anything about a return amid the recent reports, he responded: "Not officially. I mean, I've heard and seen the rumours same as everybody else, and that would be fun to do. It would be fun to hook up with everybody again."

He continued that he "can't imagine" how producers were planning on bringing all the characters back together again, but conceded that he wasn't a writer and adding: "We'll leave that with those who who have those skills."

But he also revealed that he had already spoken with Fraser last year, when reports of a reboot were first being mooted, and that things were sounding pretty positive at that stage.

"[Fraser] said that what they were looking to do was bring the original cast back together again," he said. "Certainly, in terms of Brendan and Rachel [Weisz], bringing them back together, and Rachel was up for it, by all accounts.

"She was willing to do that, you know, having gone off and created her own path, and been very successful as a producer, as an actor, Oscar nominated, you know."

He added: "When I was first offered The Mummy, It was a bit like, 'I'm a serious actor, What do I want to go and do that kind of nonsense for?' But these are good family fun films, and if they've got a good... I mean, if they asked me to do it, I'll do it. Let's not be cute or anything, you know. But we'll see what happens. I honestly have no more idea than you, from what I've read and stuff!"

Fraser, Weisz and Hannah starred in all three films in The Mummy trilogy, which began with the first movie in 1999 and concluded with 2008's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, though it is reported that any new film in the series will skip over this latter entry.

A reboot, with Tom Cruise in the lead role of Sergeant Nick Morton, was released in 2017 and intended to herald a new cinematic universe, though this was later cancelled owing to poor box office performance and a deluge of bad reviews.

Meanwhile, a new film titled The Mummy is set for release later this year from Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin's, billed as a reimagining of the franchise.

However, it's worth noting that this film comes from Warner Bros rather than Universal, who have been behind the previous films in the series.

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