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The world fell in love with Keanu Reeves ever since he portrayed the role of Jack Traven in the iconic 1994 filmSpeed.Going on toThe Matrixfranchise, Reeves solidified his career in Hollywood with millions of fans to his name.
In a recent fan-made trailer, Reeves replaced Tom Cruise inThe Mummyfranchise. With shots from various Keanu Reeves movies andThe Mummy,the trailer sure looks good. But more importantly, Reeves could turn out to be the actor who could replace Tom Cruise inThe Mummyfranchise for the Dark Universe!
Keanu Reeves Might Just Be The Perfect Man To Replace Tom Cruise!
Taking to YouTube, a fanmade trailer for a sequel to the 2017 movieThe Mummywas released byKH Studio. With shots from the 2017 film with cuts of Keanu Reeves in between, the trailer surely looks good compared to other fanmade trailers.
With Universal Studios trying to create a Dark Universe with horrors from beyond, it seems that Keanu Reeves may be able to save their film. Having some iconic shots of Reeves from films like theJohn Wickfranchise, the trailer managed to mixThe Mummyand Reeves well together. Taking to the comment section of the video, here’s what people had to say about theSpeedactor potentially replacing Tom Cruise inThe Mummy!
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“The right man for the the right role for me!!”
“John wick taking on super natural forces”
“You know it will be good with Reeves in it”
“Love this concept for a movie!”
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Well, as much as we would love to see a mishmash of Constantine, Indiana Jones, John Wick, and, Lara Croft taking on a supernatural mummy, the trailer is just fanmade. On the other hand, Reeves has so many movies to his name that he decided to reject roles (and with good reason too). In an interview, Reeves talked about letting go ofSpeed 2: Cruise Controland the hilarious reason for which he said no!
Why Keanu Reeves RejectedSpeed 2: Cruise Control?
Back in 1994, Reeves and Sandra Bullock portrayed the lead roles of Jack Traven and Annie Porter in the iconic filmSpeed.Since the movie was a success, a sequel was naturally developed but this time, the bomb would be on a cruise ship.
During his appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live(viaDen of Geek), Reeves revealed that he had to drop out of the project for two reasons. The second reason is simply too hilarious to drop out of a movie!
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“I loved working with Jan de Bont and Sandra, of course. It was just a situation in life where I got the script and I read the script and I was like ugggghhh.”
He further continued,
“It was about a cruise ship and I was thinking, a bus, a cruise ship… Speed, bus, but then a cruise ship is even slower than a bus and I was like, I love you guys but I just can’t do it.”
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Well, luckily the decision worked out in favor of Reeves since he got to be a part ofThe MatrixwhileSpeed 2: Cruise Controlbecame a massive failure. As of April 2023,Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and director Jan de Bont have expressed their interest in returning for aSpeedsequel with the original cast returning.
Meanwhile, Tom Cruise’s 2017 film,The Mummy(which was considered an average film) is available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
Check out the fanmade trailer forThe Mummybelow:
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
