Universal Pictures' Imhotep (Universal Monsters)

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A new project based on The Mummy franchise character Imhotep is reportedly in the works at Universal Pictures. We don't have many details about this project, but it is reported to be a live-action feature film.


All the credit for highlighting this news goes to the subreddit Leaks and Rumors, where user LongJonSiIver posted it first which was later verified by us. A few artworks related to the project mainly set designs and concept arts have also appeared on the Artstation website.


Imhotep is a known figure in the Mummy franchise, he has appeared as an antagonist in the original 1932 film The Mummy, where the character was played by Boris Karloff. Later, the character again appeared as an antagonist in Brendan Fraser's 1999 movie The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns in 2001. A female version of this character, Ahmanet was played by Sofia Boutella in the 2017 remake of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise.


But this time around “Imhotep” is likely to be an origin story for the character who has previously been a villain in the films. It may show his love life and his struggle and fight before he was mummified alive to rot for thousands of years.


Imhotep is based on the historical character Imhotep, who was a prominent polymath and advisor to Pharaoh Djoser in the 27th century BC. Imhotep was in charge of creating the step pyramid at Sakkara. He is also well-known for becoming his own priest and specializing in medicine, where he was regarded as a healer, treating common illnesses with plants. Though Imhotep's mummy was never discovered, an empty sarcophagus was discovered in a tomb presumed to be his. There is also debate about whether the tomb unearthed genuinely belongs to Imhotep because there is evidence that whoever was buried in that tomb did not worship Ra.

Source: https://moviesr.net/p-a-new-mummy-mo...s-at-universal