In The Mummy, I think we’re going to see the first Mummy film in the entire Universal canon with the true power to terrify.
Screenwriter Jon Spaihts, who also co-wrote the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange, is hoping to bring some of that same mind-bending awe to The Mummy.
The earliest [Boris] Karloff and Bela Lugosi Mummy movies were scary in a small way, perhaps a dated way.
In an interview for The Hollywood Reporter,” he explained the parallel motivations in creating Dr. Strange and this rebooted monster adventure.