‘Lee Cronin's The Mummy' – ‘Evil Dead Rise' Director's Next Horror Movie Gets Official Title
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- IMDb has tracked recent updates showing Lee Cronin as writer-director for a new The Mummy project, with production tied to New Line Cinema and partners Blumhouse/Atomic Monster. Release is set for April 17, 2026, with ongoing casting and production milestones noted over late 2024–2025.
- Casting progress reported includes Laia Costa joining the cast opposite Jack Reynor, with production underway in Ireland and a plot kept under wraps as Cronin reframes the classic monster. The project is described as a fresh take distinct from prior Universal/Brendan Fraser iterations.
- By late 2025, IMDb updates indicated filming had finished and the film was slated for a spring 2026 theatrical release, consistent with earlier announcements, reinforcing the film’s timeline heading into post-production for a 2026 debut.
- A teaser and trailer rollout followed in early 2026, including press material and social/streaming outlets highlighting Cronin’s return to a New Line/Blumhouse collaboration for a modern Mummy story.
- For broader context, coverage from outlets like The Hollywood Reporter and various IMDb News pages confirm Cronin’s involvement and emphasize the “unlike any Mummy movie” approach Cronin has described.
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