Russell Crowe is joining The Mummy as Dr. Jekyll

There was recent word that Russell Crowe was in talks to play Dr. Jekyll for Universal’s Monster Cinematic Universe and it looks like it is going to happen.

Collider recently interviewed Crowe and asked him if he was going to be playing Dr. Jekyll in The Mummy and, hopefully, his own movie.

Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.

From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.

Alex Kurtzman is directing the movie, headed for a April start, and is producing The Mummy with Chris Morgan and Sean Daniel.

The film also stars Annabelle Wallis and Jake Johnson. Cruise is playing a special forces soldier (or former soldier), Wallis is playing a scientist while Johnson will play a member of the military.

Crowe also spoke about Kurtzman and his ability to bring us a new version of The Mummy.

The Mummy is due out on 9th June 2017.