History Film / TheMummy2017

''The Mummy'' is a 2017 fantasy-horror-action film released by Creator/{{Universal}} as the first film in a new SharedUniverse based on its classic Franchise/UniversalHorror monsters called the Film/DarkUniverse.[[note]]''Film/DraculaUntold'' was originally re-shot to serve as a prequel, but has since been scrapped from continuity[[/note]] The movie has Creator/TomCruise in the lead role, Creator/SofiaBoutella as [[AntagonistTitle the title mummy]], Princess Ahmanet, as well as Creator/AnnabelleWallis, Jake Johnson, Creator/CourtneyBVance, Javier Botet, Chasty Ballesteros, Marwan Kenzari, Dylan Smith, Selva Rasalingam and Creator/RussellCrowe as [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Henry Jekyll]].

** Nick's zombified best friend appearing to him as a ghost only he can see is a reference to Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInParis.

* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler: Ahmanet was mummified alive after she murdered most of her immediate family (father, stepmother and ''baby'' stepbrother) in a bid to seize power in ancient Egypt]].

* CurbStompBattle: As is the case with most mummies, every single attempt to even try and impede Ahmanet [[spoiler:sans Prodigium managing to capture her]] ends up with her opposition getting the shit kicked out of them or killed.

It has a tie-in game made by WayForward Games known as ''The Mummy Demastered''.

* MeaningfulName: Ahmanet is a respelling of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amunet Amunet]], a primordial goddess of EgyptianMythology. The name itself means "hidden one."

*** Also from the previous ''Mummy'' movies, during the battle in the Prodigium library, Jenny punches someone with the Book of Amun-Ra(The book is clearly shown to be made of gold, with the Eye of Horus engraved in the center of the lock - it is therefore not the Book of the Dead, which was black and had an embossed scarab in the lock).

** There are two nods to ''Film/TheMummy1999'': the visual of an evil screaming face appearing in a sandstorm, and the Book of the Dead from that film used as an improvised weapon.

*** Also from the previous ''Mummy'' movies, during the battle in the Prodigium library, Jenny punches someone with the Book of the Dead.

It was written by David Knopp (''Film/JurassicPark'') Christopher [=McQuarrie=] (''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation''), and Dylan Kussman, from a story by Jon Spaihts (''Film/{{Prometheus}}''), Jenny Lumet (''Film/RachelGettingMarried'') and Kurtzman.

* WhamLine: ''"This isn't a tomb. It's a prison."''

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Set is constantly described as the god of death. In actuality, he was the god of chaos, destruction, and war (and deserts, storms, foreign lands and so on), while death was wholly the domain of the more or less benign Osiris and Anubis.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Set is constantly described as the god of death. In actuality, he was the god of chaos and warfare (and deserts, storms, foreign lands and so on), while death was wholly the domain of the more or less benign Osiris and Anubis.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Set is constantly described as the god of death. In actuality, he was the god of chaos (and deserts, storms, foreign lands and so on), while death was wholly the domain of the more or less benign Osiris and Anubis.

* SadlyMythtaken: Set is not the Egyptian god of the dead, death, OR evil [[note]]That would be Osiris, Anubis, and the closest approximation (but still not quite a god of evil) would be Apep.[[/note]]. He was the god of the desert, storms, foreigners, and chaos.

* DealWithTheDevil: Ahmanet's immortality and powers come from a pact she made with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity) Set]], the Egyptian God of Storms and Evil.

* EverybodyHatesHades: Played with. Unlike the [[Film/TheMummyReturns last time the franchise involved an Egyptian God of Death]], they get closer to choosing a correct deity in the role as the GodOfEvil by using Set rather than [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis Anubis]], as Set was the God of Desert, Storms, and Chaos, but was never himself a GodOfEvil.

* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: [[spoiler: Prodigium is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kvRACS7HgY hiding underneath]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London Natural History Museum of London]].]]

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjHgzkQM2Sg Trailer 1]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWo9_V2qOg preview]]),
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzorZUuZqEI Trailer 2]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T29khzperw preview]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4C1gnqdrew Trailer 3]].

This [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] is directed by Alex Kurtzman, known for writing the ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' and rebooted ''Film/StarTrek'' movies. It is written by Jon Spaihts and Christopher [=McQuarrie=], who separately penned ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', among others.

* Sargeant Nick Morton (Creator/TomCruise)

* Nick Morton (Creator/TomCruise)

* Sgt Vail (Jake Johnson)

* SeductiveMummy: When Ahmanet is first resurrected she starts out as a dessicated walking corpse, but after devouring enough lifeforce from her victims to restore her body she becomes a CuteMonsterGirl.

* ShirtlessScene: Two from TomCruise, [[{{Bishonen}} natch]], both from visions Ahmanet gives him.

* ShirtlessScene: Two from TomCruise, [[Bishonen natch]], both from visions Ahmanet gives him.