Keep It Safe
The producers James Jacks and Sean Daniel wanted to update the original Mummy films in 1992. Universal Studios agreed to their idea and set the budget at $10 million. Jacks said that the studio “essentially wanted a low-budget horror franchise.” Clive Barker, a horror filmmaker/writer, was therefore brought on board. However Barker’s vision was much too violent, with the story set in a contemporary art museum that turns out to be a cultist wanting to reanimate mummies. Jacks remembers that Barker’s take was “dark, sexual and filled with mysticism”, and that, “it would have been a great low-budget movie”. After numerous meetings, both Barker and Universal lost interest and ended up parting company.
Keep It Safe
Still A No
Joe Dante stepped in and imagined Daniel Day-Lewis playing a brooding Mummy. This version of the film was set in contemporary times and was focused on reincarnation with a love story element. Even the flesh eating scarabs made it to the end. However the studio wanted a budget of $15 million and ultimately rejected Dante’s version.
Still A No
