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Tom Cruise to Take Lead onThe MummyRevival, Plot Still, uh… Under Wraps

ByJessica Lachenal Nov 25th, 2015, 11:42 am

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Universal is looking to, uh, bring their classic movie monster lineup back from the dead (sorry), and they’re starting with a pretty significant boost: they’ve brought on Tom Cruise to play “a lead role” inThe Mummy. While many of the movie’s plot details are still under wraps (sorry again), it says a lot on so many different levels that Cruise is being brought in for this revamp(I swear, I didn’t mean that one).

For starters, Cruise is 53. Yeah, he’s still pretty gosh darn fit, butas Pajiba’s Cindy Davis so, so astutely points out, it’s kind of a reminder that you can be a 50-something dude (not to mention ahigh-profile member of a dangerous cult) in Hollywood and still get consideration for leading roles in movies. Oh, and for being the poster boy for an entire franchise revival. You know, no big deal.

Previous reportsindicated that Universal was open to the idea of having a female Mummy (Mum?), gender-flipping the role made famous by Boris Karloff. It would end up changing the original story, which centered around Imhotep looking for the reincarnation of his long-lost love. However, those reportsalsosaid that director Alex Kurtzman and writer Jon Spaihts were just looking for “the best person for the role.” Here’s hoping they’re more self-critical about their hiring process than, say,literally everyone else.

As I said before, there are no plot details to share yet, so it’s not clear whether Cruise will play the bandaged one (and let’s be honest, that’s not likely becausewho wants to cover up Tom Cruise) or… oh, gosh, what if he’s the long-lost love being chased by a female Mummy?

Okay, I might be on board then.

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Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.