The Mummy is a British American pre-Code romantic horror film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Steven Moffat was from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Released by Universal Studios, the film stars Doug Jones, Matt Damon, Oscar Isacc, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ana De Armes. The film is about an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep who is discovered by a team of archaeologists and inadvertently brought back to life through a magic scroll. Disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy searches for his lost love, whom he believes has been reincarnated into a modern girl
