The Mummy that would involve a transgender lead.In a chat with fellow horror director Mick Garris for Garris’ podcast Post Mortem with Mick Garris, Barker and his friend reminisced about their proposed remake of the Universal classic.
The pair had collaborated on a script and even pitched the concept to Universal, with Barker–then a hot director thanks to the success of Hellraiser–set to helm the film.“It had the first gender change..
transsexual… so we were ahead of the curve,” Barker recalls. “So there’s a boy born… a boy-child born at the beginning of the narrative, who is obviously significant in the narrative… but we cut twenty years and there’s no sign of this guy.