Stephen Sommers made The Mummy into a gigantic hit.
So why didn’t the producers of the 2017 Tom Cruise movie cal him up?
Its fair to say all these years later that 1999sThe Mummythe bestIndiana Jonesmovie not directed bySteven Spielberg.
And yet, when Universal wanted to remake it again, they didnt even bother to consult Sommers.
Is it any wonder, then, that 2017sThe Mummywas a colossal flop?
No, he answered.
I contact people if I was going to take over somebodys thing.
The statement doesnt suggest that Sommers doesnt like the original film.
Despite the difficulty getting heard, Universal bought Sommers pitch and put him to work.
To hear him tell it, the studio didnt even balk at his choices of stars.
She should be English.
So he gotRachel Weisz.
The same cannot be said for 2017sThe Mummy, the sole directing credit ofAlex Kurtzman.
That film starred Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, and Jake Johnson.
Its no wonder that Sommers distances himself from that movie.
And its no wonder that he isnt too angry overall.
I was doing other things, and its not like I sat crying, he explained.
I just think its common courtesy.
