Rachel Weisz’s return in The Mummy 4 has renewed interest in Relic Hunter, a 1999-2002 adventure series that shared the films’ campy, globe-trotting spirit.
01Summary
- 01Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser are set to reprise Evelyn and Rick O’Connell in The Mummy 4, due in 2028.
- 02Relic Hunter premiered in 1999 and ran for three seasons and 66 episodes until 2002.
- 03The series starred Tia Carrere as Professor Sydney Fox, who travelled the world recovering cursed and supernatural relics.
- 04The text says Relic Hunter was a gender-flipped take on The Mummy films and influenced later adventure series such as Blood & Treasure and National Treasure: Edge of History.
02Why it matters
For viewers waiting for The Mummy 4, Relic Hunter offers a similar mix of action, humour and fantasy. It also shows how the adventure series helped shape later treasure-hunting TV.
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