Andrés Muschietti (Sand) Bags On The Mummy Reboot

The Wrap reports that Andrés Muschietti (Mama) has vacated the director's chair for the Untitled Reboot of The Mummy Film Franchise. The split is said to be amicable--Universal Pictures and Muschietti are even considering other projects to work on together.

Len Wiseman ("Underworld," "A Good Day to Die Hard") was previously attached to helm the project but left in July over his commitment to direct the first few episodes of the new Fall TV series "Sleepy Hollow".

Stephen Sommers called action on the action packed and fun first film in 1999 which starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz--The pic was a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters series from the 30's and 40's.

Reaction from audiences on the two subsequent sequels in The Mummy Returns in 2001 and
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in '08 was quite muted--though all three pics grossed over $400 million worldwide.

This one is expected to go in a different direction. The script  from "The Darkest Hour" and early "Prometheus" writer Jon Spaihts is said to take the action from the 1920's to contemporary times.

Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Sean Daniel and Jim Jacks are producing the reset.