Fresh from redefining modern horror with Evil Dead Rise, Lee Cronin returns with a daring new vision – one that takes on a legend as old as fear itself. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy isn’t interested in polite nostalgia. It’s a reinvention: darker, stranger, and far more unsettling than audiences might be ready for.
And if you’ve spent any time chronically online, you’ll know the film has already been surrounded by whispers. Long before a single frame was officially released, reports of its imagery and leaked descriptions sparked intense chatter – some of it genuinely hard to shake. None of that noise has slowed Cronin down though. With the release of the film’s first trailer, it’s clear the horror won’t be hinted at or hidden: it’s right there on the screen, confronting, unapologetic, and impossible to look away from.
The story begins with an impossible loss. A journalist’s young daughter vanishes into the desert, leaving her family suspended in grief. Eight years later, she is suddenly returned. What should feel like a miracle quickly curdles into terror, as the reunion reveals something deeply, horrifyingly wrong.
The film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy and Natalie Grace, alongside Veronica Falcón. Cronin writes and directs, continuing his collaboration with producers James Wan (M3GAN), Jason Blum (Get Out) and John Keville (Cocaine Bear), with executive producers Michael Clear (Malignant), Judson Scott (The Monkey), Macdara Kelleher (Abigail) and Cronin himself.
Behind the camera, Cronin is joined by a trusted creative team: cinematographer Dave Garbett (Evil Dead Rise), production designer Nick Bassett (Guns Akimbo), editor Bryan Shaw (Evil Dead), costume designer Joanna Eatwell (Venom: Let There Be Carnage), composer Stephen McKeon (The Cellar), and casting directors Terri Taylor (Us) and Sarah Domeier Lindo (Crazy Rich Asians) – all working together to give the film its raw, unsettling intensity.
Presented by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, in association with Wicked/Good, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures. Australian audiences can experience the film exclusively in cinemas from April 15th, 2026 – where the full weight of its horror will be impossible to scroll past.
