The Whale star Brendan Fraser is aiming to be in top shape to reprise his role as Rick O'Connell in the fourth installment of The Mummy. "I was hopeful for a long while, and then I was like, 'I don't know if they are [going to make it],'" he told Jimmy Fallon during his latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon when asked about the upcoming movie, which will be released in October 2027. "Then other Mummy movies got made.