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Mar 24, 2021 · When screenwriter Jenny Lumet thinks of her maternal grandmother, singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, she remembers that she used to eat Snickers with a fork and knife.
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In 1127 A.D., a group of English crusader knights capture a large ruby from ancient Egyptand bury it within the tomb of one of their number. In present-day London, a Crossrail construction crew discover the knights' tomb and a mysterious man is authorized to investigate the uncovered findings inside the site. In a flashback, the hieroglyphics on a ...
Tom Cruise as Nick MortonA U.S. military ex-officer, who unintentionally unearths the tomb of Princess Ahmanet, unleashing an unspeakable evil. Nick becomes haunted, fused with and possessed by Set...Annabelle Wallis as Jenny Halsey A feisty, kind, stubborn and intelligent archeologist who has a past with Nick. She secretly works for the monster-hunting organization known as Prodigium.Sofia Boutella as Princess Ahmanet. She is loosely based on an amalgamation of the ancient Egyptian goddess, Amunet and Imhotep from the previous Mummyfilms. Once in line to be the queen of Ancient...Universal Pictures first announced plans for a modern-day reboot of The Mummy franchise in 2012. The project went through multiple directors, with Len Wiseman leaving the project in 2013 and a second director, Andrés Muschietti, in 2014. Tom Cruise began talks about playing the lead in November 2015, with Sofia Boutella beginning talks that Decembe...
Initially scheduled for a 2016 release, the film was released in the United States and Canada on June 9, 2017, with international roll out beginning the same day. The film was screened in various formats, such as 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D. On December 20, 2016, IMAX released a trailer with the wrong audio track attached; this unintentionally prompted the ...
Box office
The Mummyhas grossed $80.2 million in the United States and Canada and $329 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $409.2 million, against a production budget of $125 million (with an additional $150 million spent on advertising). The film had a worldwide opening of $172.4 million, the biggest global debut of Tom Cruise's career. In North America, the film was released alongside It Comes at Night and Megan Leavey and was originally projected to gross $35–40 million from 4,034...
Critical response
The Mummy received negative reviews, with criticism aimed at its incoherent narrative and shoehorned plot points setting up the Dark Universe. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 225 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lacking the campy fun of the franchise's most recent entries and failing to deliver many monster-movie thrills, The Mummy suggests a speedy unraveling for the Dark Universe". On Metac...
Main article: Universal Monsters & Dark Universe On May 22, 2017, Universal Pictures announced that its series of films reviving the studio's long-running Universal Monsters film series would be known as Dark Universe, and that Bill Condon will direct the second installment, Bride of Frankenstein, to be released on February 14, 2019. In November 20...
A video game adaptation titled The Mummy: Demastered was developed by WayForward Technologiesand released in October 2017. It is a pixel art side scrolling "Metroid-vania" style game", Reception for the game was considerably more positive than the movie.
Feb 18, 2021 · On the eve of Clarice ’s debut, Shondaland spoke with Lumet about creating shows during the pandemic, depicting powerful female characters, and why she decided to write about her experience with Simmons.
Mar 7, 2018 · Screenwriter Jenny Lumet talks to SELF about teaching sex to kids, the emotional toll of sex on women, and what chickens had to do with her sexual education.
Oct 10, 2023 · Jenny Lumet Biography. Jenny Lumet is an American actress and screenwriter best known for writing the original screenplay for Jonathan Demme’s 2008 film Rachel Getting Married. She has also written and produced The Mummy (2017) and Star Trek: Discovery (2017).
Feb 12, 2021 · Nearly 13 years after writing the Oscar-nominated Rachel Getting Married — and on the heels of serving as a writer and producer of Star Trek: Discovery —Lumet turns her sights to the FBI cadet...
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On November 30, 2017, Lumet alleged music producer Russell Simmons sexually assaulted her in 1991. [19] In response, Simmons said his recollection of the sexual incident differed from Lumet's and he was removing himself from leadership positions at his businesses.
