Lee Cronin will write and direct the upcoming film, which has no title yet but has a release date of April 17, 2026.
A new movie in the franchise is in the works. The Mummy and will be directed by Lee Cronin of Evil Dead Rise.
Cronin will write and direct the upcoming film, which does not yet have a title but has a release date of April 17, 2026. A cast has not yet been assigned for the film.
Cronin said of the upcoming reboot in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter: “This will be unlike any The Mummy movie you’ve ever seen before.. “I’m digging deep into the earth to uncover something very old and very scary.”
The news was confirmed with a post on Blumhouse’s Instagram account.
It is currently unknown if Cronin’s adaptation will be a one-off film or if it will kick off a new franchise for the series.
Mummies in cinema throughout history
Mummies are usually the cinematographic territory of Universalwhich is famous for having the title character as part of its cabinet of monsters in the 1930s and 1940s and revived this century in films starring Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise. However, Hammer Films made their own film The mummy in 1959, starring Christopher Lee.
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