The Mummy (Monsters Cinematic Universe)

The Mummy is a 2017 American action-horror film directed by TBA. It is a reboot of The Mummy franchise and the first instalment of Universal's Monsters Cinematic Universe. The film stars TBA, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella and Jake Johnson.

Plot
In Ancient Egypt, Princess Ahmanet is the first in line to succeed her father Menhptre. She has a love affair with high priest Imhotep. When Menehptre discovers the affair, he has Imhotep executed. Ahmanet steals Imhotep's corpse and attempts to resurrect him but is captured by her Menehptre's priests. The men loyal to Ahmanet are condemned to be mummified alive for eternity, while the princess herself is buried alive with flesh eating scarabs. Her sarcophagus is buried in Cairo and submerged in a pool of mercury so that her monstrous form will not escape.

In 1931, Nick Morton, Jenny Halsey, Chris Vail and their leader Greenway, find the tomb of Ahmanet. Jenny concludes the tomb is in fact a prison. Vail discovers the Book of the Dead and reads it aloud, accidentally awakening one of Ahmanet's followers, who has now become a mummy.

The follower takes control over Vail. While the sarcophagus is being moved to England, Vail attempts to open it. Greenway tries to stop him but Vail stabs him and attacks Nick and Jenny, forcing Nick to kill him.

The sarcophagus is returned to England while the mummy Vail awakened releases the rest of Ahmanet's followers. Ahmanet's minions follow Nick and Jenny to England and free Ahmanet from the sarcophagus. Ahmanet begins feeding on people to regenerate her decomposed body. Ahmanet recognises Nick as the reincarnation of Imhotep and Jenny as a descendant of her younger sister who succeed Menehptre after she after was mummified. She lures Nick and Jenny into a trap, forcing them to fight off her minions.

Ahmanet captures Jenny and drowns her. Nick uses the Book of the Dead to resurrect Jenny and remove most of Ahmanet's powers, turning her back into shrivelled mummy.

In a post credits scene, a weakened but alive Ahmanet is back in her sarcophagus, being lowered into a pool of mercury inside a Prodigium base. Prodigium's leader offers for Nick and Jenny to join his organisation.

Cast

 * TBA as Nick Morton
 * Annabelle Wallis as Jenny Halsey
 * Sofia Boutella as Princess Ahmanet. She is loosely based on Imhotep from the original Mummy films. Once in line to be queen of Ancient Egypt, Ahmanet attempted to resurrect her lover, an for which she was cursed for all eternity and mummified alive, until she is freed by her minions.
 * Jake Johnson as Chris Vail
 * TBA as Greenway, leader of the expedition to Ahmanet's tomb.
 * Russell Crowe as Prodigium Leader. He leads Prodigium, an organisation dedicated to locating, containing and when necessary, destroying monsters.
 * Selva Rasalingam as King Menehptre, a pharaoh who is Ahmanet's father.

Future
The second instalment, Bride of Frankenstein, would be released in 2019. Each of the individual monsters were stated to be the focus of stand alone instalments first, before any crossovers would occur. The 2014 film Dracula Untold, starring Luke Evans as the titular character, was originally considered to be the first film in the series; however since the film's release the connection to Monsters Cinematic Universe was downplayed and The Mummy was re-positioned as the first film in the series.