Hot off the record-setting resurrection of Evil Dead Rise, writer and director Lee Cronin is turning to one of horror’s most iconic stories with an audacious and twisted retelling, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
The trailer sets the tone with a premise that plays like a nightmare you cannot wake up from. A young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them. What should be a joyful reunion quickly becomes something else entirely, as the homecoming turns into a living nightmare.
Cronin’s new film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, with Veronica Falcón. Cronin writes and directs, with production led by James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Executive producers include Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Macdara Kelleher and Cronin.
Behind the camera, Cronin is backed by a team of film artisans including director of photography Dave Garbett, production designer Nick Bassett, editor Bryan Shaw, costume designer Joanna Eatwell, music by Stephen McKeon, and casting by Terri Taylor and Sarah Domeier Lindo.
The project is presented by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, as an A Wicked/Good Production and a Lee Cronin Film. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, and will hit Australian cinemas on 16 April 2026.
For horror fans who want a familiar legend reshaped into something sharper and stranger, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy looks set to deliver a reunion that should have been impossible, and a return that should never have happened.
