In a deeply concerning development, global music icon Cher has once again turned to the courts in an effort to protect her son, Elijah Blue Allman, filing for an emergency conservatorship amid what she describes as a “dire” situation.

According to newly filed documents in Los Angeles County, Elijah’s condition has worsened significantly following a series of troubling incidents, including two recent arrests in New Hampshire and his current stay in a psychiatric hospital.

A Crisis That’s Escalating Fast

The filings paint a grim picture. Cher alleges that her 49-year-old son’s mental health has “severely deteriorated,” while his financial situation has spiraled out of control alongside ongoing substance abuse issues.

This isn’t the first time the legendary singer has taken legal steps. Back in 2023, Cher had sought conservatorship over Elijah’s finances, citing similar concerns. That case ended in a private settlement in 2024, with Elijah reportedly agreeing to hire a business manager—something Cher now claims never happened.

Since then, the situation appears to have worsened.

Arrests and Hospitalization Raise Alarm

Court documents reveal that Elijah was arrested twice in quick succession in New Hampshire. The first incident reportedly took place at a school where he was accused of trespassing and acting aggressively. Just days later, he was arrested again in a burglary-related case after allegedly entering a private home.

Authorities found him inside the residence, calmly sitting on a couch, according to reports.

These incidents, combined with his current psychiatric hospitalization, have prompted Cher to act swiftly. However, this time, she is not asking to control his personal life directly—yet.

Instead, she is requesting that a licensed fiduciary manage his finances temporarily, arguing that Elijah is currently incapable of handling money responsibly.

A Fortune at Risk

One of the most striking revelations from the filings is Elijah’s financial situation.

He reportedly receives around $120,000 per month from a trust set up by his late father, Gregg Allman, the iconic frontman of the The Allman Brothers Band.

But Cher claims that this substantial income is being “immediately squandered.”

According to the documents, Elijah allegedly:

• Spends heavily on luxury hotels like the famous Chateau Marmont
• Accumulates large debts, including alleged drug-related dues
• Faces unpaid taxes exceeding $200,000
• Has caused significant property damage in rentals

Cher further alleges a disturbing pattern—receiving trust funds, spending recklessly on drugs, and ending up hospitalized.

Family Speaks Out

Support for Cher’s legal move has also come from Elijah’s sister, Devon Allman, who submitted a statement backing the conservatorship.

She described her brother’s condition as “appalling” and “delusional,” adding that he is currently a danger to himself and unable to manage his life.

In a shocking revelation, Devon claimed she once had to negotiate with a drug dealer over a five-figure debt to ensure her brother’s safety.

What Happens Next?

Unlike her previous attempt, Cher is now asking the court to appoint a neutral financial manager rather than taking direct control herself. This fiduciary would oversee Elijah’s trust funds and ensure his expenses are handled responsibly.

Meanwhile, Elijah is expected to face upcoming court hearings related to his criminal cases, though these may be delayed due to his hospitalization.

A Mother’s Desperate Move

This unfolding situation highlights a painful reality—even for someone as iconic as Cher, fame and fortune cannot shield a family from deeply personal struggles.

At its core, this is not just a legal battle—it’s a mother trying to save her son from self-destruction.

Whether the court grants the conservatorship or not, one thing is clear: the situation surrounding Elijah Blue Allman is far from over.

Some characters are so completely, perfectly themselves that the idea of a story without them feels genuinely incomplete. Jonathan Carnahan — the lovably cowardly, perpetually scheming, deeply endearing brother of Rachel Weisz‘s Evelyn in the Mummy franchise — is exactly that kind of character. And this week, in news that sent a very specific corner of the internet into immediate celebration, it has been confirmed that John Hannah is returning to the role that made him a beloved figure in an entire generation’s cinematic memory.

Jonathan Carnahan is coming home. And the fans are ready.

Why This News Hits Harder Than It Should

Let’s be honest about something right from the start: on paper, the return of a supporting character from a 26-year-old adventure franchise shouldn’t feel like major news. And yet it does. It genuinely, unexpectedly does. And that tells you everything about what made the original The Mummy so special in the first place.

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Released in 1999 and directed by Stephen Sommers, The Mummy arrived at a moment when blockbuster adventure films were trying to be many things simultaneously — darker, grittier, more self-consciously serious. And then along came this gloriously entertaining, genuinely funny, surprisingly heartfelt romp through ancient Egypt that reminded everyone why adventure movies are supposed to be fun.

Brendan Fraser was the swashbuckling center of it. Rachel Weisz gave it its soul and its brains. Arnold Vosloo gave it its menace as the terrifying Imhotep. And John Hannah — playing Jonathan with an almost miraculous combination of selfishness, cowardice, and accidental bravery — gave it its laughter. The film would not have worked without him. The balance of tones — the genuine scares alongside the genuine comedy — depended on Jonathan existing exactly as he did.

Jonathan Carnahan: The Unlikely Hero We All Loved

There is a specific type of character that adventure storytelling has always needed — the one who says out loud what everyone else is thinking, who runs when everyone else is standing firm, who complains about exactly the things the audience would complain about, and who somehow, despite all of it, always ends up doing the right thing at the right moment.

Jonathan Carnahan was that character done to near-perfection.

John Hannah brought something genuinely difficult to pull off in a big studio blockbuster: he made Jonathan feel real rather than simply functional. The cowardice was funny but never contemptible. The greed was consistent but never alienating. And when Jonathan stepped up — because he always did, eventually, in his own sideways fashion — it landed with a warmth that surprised audiences every single time.

He appeared in all three original Mummy films — The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) — and each time, he was among the most reliable sources of both comedy and unexpected heart. The character ended the trilogy running a nightclub in Shanghai, which is somehow the most Jonathan Carnahan conclusion imaginable.

Rachel Weisz’s Brother Is Back — But What Does That Mean?

The specific framing of the announcement — that John Hannah is returning as Rachel Weisz‘s brother — immediately raises the most important question circling this news: is Rachel Weisz returning as well?

Rachel Weisz did not appear in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, with Maria Bello stepping into the role of Evelyn for the third film — a recasting that was broadly considered one of the sequel’s most significant missteps and one that many fans have never fully forgiven. The chemistry between Weisz and Brendan Fraser was not simply about two actors being competent in the same scene. It was a specific, irreplaceable spark — the kind that either exists between two people on screen or it doesn’t — and losing it cost Tomb of the Dragon Emperor dearly.

If John Hannah is returning specifically as Evelyn‘s brother, it suggests — though does not confirm — that Evelyn herself may be present in whatever project this is attached to. Whether that means Rachel Weisz is also returning, or whether the storytelling finds a way to reference the character without her, is the question that fans are desperately hoping gets answered sooner rather than later.

The ‘Mummy’ Revival Conversation

John Hannah‘s return doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It lands in the middle of a broader cultural moment that has been quietly building for several years: a genuine, sustained wave of affection for the original Mummy trilogy — and specifically for what made it so special compared to the sterile, joyless 2017 reboot starring Tom Cruise that attempted to launch a Dark Universe franchise and collapsed so completely that it effectively became a Hollywood cautionary tale.

The failure of that reboot did something unexpected and valuable: it made people remember, with renewed clarity and affection, exactly what the Sommers films had that the reboot didn’t. The warmth. The humor. The relationships. The sense that everyone on screen was genuinely having a good time and wanted the audience to have a good time with them.

Brendan Fraser‘s extraordinary career resurgence — culminating in his Academy Award win for Best Actor for The Whale in 2023 — has added another layer of emotional investment to any potential Mummy revival. Audiences who already loved him found new reasons to root for him. The idea of seeing him back as Rick O’Connell, older and wiser and carrying that Oscar win behind him, is one that the internet has been loudly and consistently enthusiastic about.

Now John Hannah is confirmed to be returning. The pieces are beginning to move.

What ‘Universal Pictures’ Has to Get Right

Any new Mummy project from Universal Pictures will carry the weight of both the franchise’s beloved legacy and the memory of how badly the 2017 attempt went. That is a complicated inheritance.

What the original films had — and what any revival absolutely must recapture — is the specific feeling of a group of people who actually like each other going on an adventure together. The Rick and Evelyn dynamic. The Jonathan comic relief that never felt cheap. The sense that beneath all the mummies and curses and desert chases, there was a genuine human story about love and loyalty and the particular bonds that form under extreme circumstances.

Universal got that right once. The question is whether, with John Hannah back in the fold and hopefully Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz alongside him, they can get it right again.

The Jonathan Carnahan Promise

Here is what John Hannah‘s return means at its most fundamental level: someone, somewhere in the development of this project, understood what actually mattered about the original Mummy films. They didn’t just look at the IP and see a property. They looked at it and saw the characters — the specific, irreplaceable human beings that audiences spent three films caring about.

Jonathan Carnahan, for all his faults and all his schemes and all his spectacular, self-interested decision-making, was one of those characters. John Hannah made him one of those characters.

And the fact that he’s coming back suggests that whoever is steering this ship remembers what made the original journey worth taking.

We’ll be at the front of the line. Complaining the whole way there, obviously. Jonathan would want it that way.

At this point, Animal Friends has had more release dates than most movies have sequels. And yet, somehow, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Momoa fans are still waiting. Still hoping. Still checking the calendar.

This week, Warner Bros. gave them another date to circle — and another reason to wonder whether this movie will ever actually make it to theaters.

The Date That Just Changed. Again.

Warner Bros. has shifted the release date for Animal Friends — the live-action animated hybrid comedy from Legendary Entertainment — to January 22, 2027.

If you’re keeping score at home, here’s the full timeline of what this film has been through: the movie was first announced in April 2023, filming wrapped in April 2024, and it was originally scheduled to open on August 15, 2025. Then it moved to October 10, 2025. Then May 1, 2026. Then June 5, 2026. And now — January 22, 2027.

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That’s five release dates across roughly two years, for a film that has already been shot and completed. The footage exists. The performances are done. The animated animals are rendered. And yet, here we are.

This marks the fifth time the film has been pushed. TheWrap At some point, you almost have to admire the audacity of it.

So Why the Delay? Here’s the Actual Reason

To Warner Bros.’ credit, they’re at least being somewhat transparent about it this time. According to reports, the primary reason for this latest date shift is straightforward: the film’s talent — including Reynolds, Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Lil Rel Howery, Addison Rae, and Ellie Bamber — will simply be more available to do press at the start of 2027 than they are right now. Deadline

It’s a surprisingly honest admission. Hollywood scheduling is a living, breathing, constantly renegotiated document, and when you have a cast this packed with in-demand stars, getting everyone in the same room — or even on the same press tour — is genuinely complicated.

Reynolds has action comedy Mayday coming out in September 2026, while Momoa — who voiced Bear in Animal Friends — has Street Fighter and Dune: Part Three both lined up for later in the year. Trying to squeeze a major promotional push for a third film into that already-packed schedule would have been a logistical nightmare.

What the Movie Is Actually About

For those who haven’t been following this saga closely enough to know what exactly they’re waiting for, here’s the pitch:

Reynolds voices Pony — described as a tiny narcissist — while Momoa voices Bear, who is conflict-averse. The two fugitive animals head out on a cross-country road trip adventure across America, trying to find the ranch they once called home. Hot on their trail: an equally mismatched duo played by Plaza as a DEA agent and Levy as a Fish and Wildlife ranger. Variety

Visually, the film’s animation and visual effects are being handled by DNEG — the same company behind the Oscar-nominated animated feature Nimona and the visual effects for Dune: Part Two and Furiosa. TheWrap So whatever this movie turns out to be, it is not going to look cheap.

The film is directed by Peter Atencio, whose previous work includes the comedy Keanu (2016) and The Machine (2023), as well as episodes of Apple TV+‘s The Afterparty. The screenplay was written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, and the project is produced by Reynolds’ own production company Maximum Effort, alongside Legendary and Prime Focus Studios.

From Sony to Warner Bros. — A Studio Saga of Its Own

Part of what makes Animal Friends such an unusual Hollywood story is that the film has not only changed release dates — it has changed studios entirely.

The project was originally set up at Sony Pictures before shifting to Warner Bros. in 2024 through the studio’s deal with Legendary, after Legendary’s arrangement at the Culver City lot came to an end. That studio switch alone was enough to throw the original scheduling completely off course, triggering the first round of delays that has now snowballed into this current situation.

Warner Bros. had already been holding January 22, 2027 in reserve for an unnamed title — so at least the new date isn’t being forced into a crowded opening weekend. That’s something.

The Fans Are Waiting — But Patience Has Limits

There is something genuinely frustrating about this one, and it’s worth acknowledging. This isn’t a film that’s still in post-production, or one that suffered a troubled shoot. Reynolds and Momoa wrapped filming back in April 2024 — meaning fans will have been waiting nearly three years from the moment the cameras stopped rolling to the moment they can actually see the final product. MovieWeb

For a studio comedy starring two of the biggest box office draws on the planet right now — the man behind Deadpool & Wolverine and the man who starred in— that is a long, long wait.

If January 22, 2027 holds, it will have been worth it. If it moves again, Warner Bros. may find that even the most loyal fans have stopped pencilling it in.