Blumhouse’s The Mummy Reboot Finds a Director (and Horror Fans Will Be Happy)
ComicBook.comStory by Patrick Cavanaugh
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Blumhouse and Universal team up to reboot 'The Mummy' with rising horror director Lee Cronin at the helm, promising a chilling new take on the iconic monster.
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- Cronin, fresh off the success of 'Evil Dead Rise,' will write and direct the new 'Mummy' film, set to hit theaters on April 17, 2026, giving him free rein to 'dig deep into the earth and raise something very ancient and very frightening.'
- The announcement comes on the heels of the positive reception to last year's 'The Invisible Man' reboot, signaling Universal's renewed confidence in reinventing its classic monster franchises for modern audiences.
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Lee Cronin, Leigh Whannell, Boris Karloff, Brendan Fraser, Tom Cruise, Blumhouse Productions, Atomic Monster, Universal Pictures, Universal Monsters (Film Franchise), Evil Dead Rise, The Mummy, Wolf Man