{"id":484100,"date":"2026-02-19T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:08:07","slug":"lee-cronins-the-mummy-trailer-dont-worry-its-fun-to-be-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/484100\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy\u2019 Trailer: Don\u2019t Worry, It\u2019s Fun to Be Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know it\u2019s a distinctive vision when the movie puts the director\u2019s name in the title, and Blumhouse and Atomic Monster\u2019s latest take on \u201cThe Mummy\u201d captures the specific spin of Lee Cronin, the emerging horror auteur known for \u201cEvil Dead Rise<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe Hole in the Ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy\u201d just released its first trailer, and it gives a supernatural, demonic twist to a parental nightmare, in which the parents of a girl who disappeared eight years earlier now returns\u2026 well, not quite alive, but undead, found in a 3,000 year old Egyptian sarcophagus dressed as a mummy. Seems above board. Could you imagine if she was somewhere unsafe?<\/p>\n

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The trailer does have a little bit of that tongue-in-cheek charm that Cronin has aimed to brin<\/a>g<\/a> to his previous films<\/a>, with the little girl portraying the mummy saying at one point to her grandmother, \u201cDon\u2019t worry grandma, it\u2019s fun to be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a true horror spin on \u201cThe Mummy\u201d rather than a swashbuckling, action-adventure film<\/a>, and Cronin partnered with the folks at Atomic Monster and Blumhouse to bring it to life.<\/p>\n

Cronin, naturally, both wrote and directed \u201cLee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy,\u201d which stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Veronica Falc\u00f3n. James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville produced the film, and the executive producers are Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Macdara Kelleher, and Lee Cronin.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s below-the-line talent includes 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.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are releasing this film in theaters and IMAX on Friday, April 17 in North America and beginning Wednesday, April 15 internationally. Check out the first trailer below.<\/p>\n

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