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Lee Cronin ’s The Mummy has found two of its whiz . Jack Reynor and Laia Costa will asterisk in the Blumhouse / Atomic Monster film for New Line Cinema .
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The Mummy is being resurrected , and we lie with who he will be pass away up against . Jack Reynor(The Perfect Couple ) andLaia Costa(Only You ) will star was a " married man and father who runs afoul of supernaturally sinister strength , " according toTHR . Lee Cronin will compose and direct this version , as announced inDecember . output is now set to begin in Ireland next calendar month , and the release date is lay out for April 17 , 2026.“This will be unlike anyMummymovie you ever lay orb on before , " he said in a statement to THR in December . " I ’m digging late into the ground to raise something very ancient and frightening , " Atomic Monster and Blumhouse will co - produce for New Line Cinema . Cronin last directedEvil Dead Rise , a strike with fan and critic at the box office .
The Mummy Will Hopefully Fare Better Than The Wolf Man
The Mummy is the in vogue stab at modernizing the Universal Monsters . Blumhouse has had mixed outcome , as their 2020 remake ofThe Invisible Manwas a vainglorious hit before the COVID theater of operations shutdowns . However , their try at modernizingThe Wolf Manwas a all over bankruptcy this past January . Leigh Whannelldirected both of those films . The Mummy has had his share of task over the year . It start withBoris Karloffin 1932 , and the monster appeared in six films . Then , in the 90s and 2000s , Brendan Fraserstarred in a very pop trilogy of film , turning them into action serial publication and New serials , if you will . A five - film franchise based around the Scorpion King from those motion picture also take up then . in conclusion , the Dark Universe started and terminate withThe Mummyin 2017 , which starredTom Cruise .
I would like to see this new film return more to its horror roots and be a morose and atmospheric photographic film with less vehemence on action and adventure . They may notice it challenging to do that , though . We are in for some striking upshot with Cronin and his team behind the film .
The Mummyopens in theaters on April 17 , 2026 .
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