{"id":476701,"date":"2026-02-18T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/476701\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:16:08","slug":"lee-cronins-the-mummy-reveals-its-creepy-premise-in-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/476701\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy\u2019 Reveals Its Creepy Premise in New Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One question going into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/mummy-being-written-directed-evil-170000761.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy<\/a>: how will it distinguish itself from all the other, unrelated Mummy projects of the past?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There is now an answer, with the new trailer revealing that the film centers on a family who has been grieving the disappearance of their daughter eight years earlier in Cairo. Suddenly, they get a call from officials revealing she has been found \u2026 but is different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s very important you fully prepare yourself for what you are about to see,\u201d a doctor tells the parents before they are reunited. \u201cNo sudden moves. No loud noises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It turns out, Katie has spent the past eight years in a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus and has been transformed into a living mummy-like creature. \u201cDon\u2019t worry grandma, it\u2019s fun to be dead,\u201d she says at one point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Veronica Falc\u00f3n star in the New Line feature, which Cronin wrote and directed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cronin revived the Evil Dead franchise with Evil Dead Rise, which grossed 147 million globally in 2023. He came on the scene with the 2019 feature The Hole in the Ground, which bowed at Sundance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville produced The Mummy along with Cronin, who was joined on the movie by director of photography Dave Garbett, production designer Nick Bassett, editor Bryan Shaw, costume designer Joanna Eatwell, composer Stephen McKeon and casting directors Terri Taylor and Sarah Domeier Lindo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Mummy has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/2026-new-horror-movie-releases\/the-mummy-april-17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:April 17 release date;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">April 17 release date<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:THR&#039;s Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">THR&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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