Director Lee Cronin, known for Evil Dead Rise has been roped in to direct a new adaptation of The Mummy for New Line Cinema. The upcoming project, produced by Atomic Monster and Blumhouse along with the filmmaker's Doppelgangers production banner, is slated to release in theatres on April 17, 2026.
The project was first announced as a mystery movie from the director earlier this year. Sharing details about the project, he said in a statement, "This will be unlike any ‘Mummy’ movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening." Plot details for the film have been kept under wraps.
James Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville are producers on the project while Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Macdara Kelleher will serve as executive producers.
The Mummy first began in the late 90s starring Brendan Fraser in the lead role as an adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother Jonathan, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. Fraser went on to reprise his role in the sequel The Mummy Returns (2001) as well as the third part Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). It lead to spinoffs such as The Scorpion King (2002) and an animated series. In 2017, Tom Cruise starred in a reboot directed by Alex Kurtzman. The film received negative reviews.
Cronin, who made his directorial debut with 2019's The Hole in the Ground, wrote and directed Evil Dead Rise, the fifth film of the Evil Dead franchise which earned over $150 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the series.