'The Mummy' Reawakens in Disturbing New Images

'The Mummy' Reawakens in Disturbing New Images

Fresh images from The Mummy are hinting at a far more unsettling return for the iconic monster, trading adventure spectacle for something colder, darker, and distinctly more horror-driven. The newly revealed shots lean into Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin‘s strong suits: atmosphere and decay. In The Mummy (in theaters April 17), a journalist’s young daughter disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is s…

Blumhouse Keeps Reminding Fans Brendan Fraser Isn’t in ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’

In case you didn’t hear, “The Mummy” story is being rebooted—yet again. Alex Kurtzman and Tom Cruise effectively derailed it with their 2017 remake, and this new take, written and directed by Lee Cronin (“Evil Dead Rise”), is supposed to be another attempt to revive the franchise from the ground up.Hard to believe, but the aptly titled “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” from Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema, hits theaters in jus…

New "The Mummy" Has A "Mummy" Problem

Next Friday sees the release of “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” a supernatural film from James Wan’s Atomic Monster, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions and New Line Cinema. The project is essentially a straight-up, tightly-budgeted and quite dark horror reimagining of the original “The Mummy” creature features from the early 20th century – not that dissimilar from films like 2020’s “The Invisible Man,” 2025’s “Wolf Man” and this year’s “The Bride” rei…