She, along with Rick and her brother Jonathan, travels to the lost city of Hamunaptra, where she hopes to find a rare, ancient book, the book of Amun-Ra. He is an American adventurer, highly decorated veteran of WW1 ( Knight of Legion of Honor, Médaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre) a former Captain of the French Foreign Legion.Įvelyn Carnahan ( Rachel Weisz in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns and Maria Bello in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) - also known as Evie - is a clever but clumsy Egyptologist in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities. When she isn't busy reading everything ever published under the mantle of Image Comics, you might find her writing fiction, rock climbing, or putting together a horror anthology with friends.Richard "Rick" O'Connell ( Brendan Fraser) is the main character in The Mummy films. Her focus is on the cross-section between story, cultural background, and character development. An avid reader and fan of writing, she leverages her love of literature to dissect movies in her favorite genres, including horror, rom-coms, and superhero movies.
Hailing from Queretaro, Mexico, she is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's English Literature with Creative Writing program. Previously, she has also worked as a ghost writer for a fiction manuscript, and co-founded arts-and-literature magazine, Octarine. She has worked as a freelance writer since 2017, writing articles, features, and profiles in a wide range of topics, from business and tech to pop culture and media. She has experience in editorial working as the deputy editor for Specialty Food, an online and print magazine, curating its news section and social media. Shannon Lewis is a features and news writer on Screen Rant. Here’s how the many different iterations of the creature feature rank, from worst to best. At their best, they speak to consequences of colonialism, indulging the supernatural adventure streak within audiences. At their worst, they fall into problematic Orientalism.
Related: Every Failed Attempt At The Dark Universeįrom 1931 to 2017, there are plenty of things to love and criticize in The Mummy movies. However, no update to The Mummy has been announced. Currently, there are other Dark Universe properties in development following Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man such as a Karyn Kusama led Dracula and a James Wan produced movie that many suspect to be Frankenstein. Most iterations follow the same basic story premise: a figure from ancient Egypt is buried alive as punishment for defying the gods and is brought back to life when archaeologists plunder their grave despite copious warning. The Mummy is a classic Universal movie monster whose appearance on the silver screen spans almost a century, from origins in a 1932 black-and-white movie to the 2017 Tom Cruise iteration.
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