An ancient force is about to be unwrapped. The first trailer for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has just hit the internet ahead of its April debut.
The Mummy follows two parents still living in the shadow of the unexpected disappearance of their daughter. When she unexpectedly reappears, all signs begin pointing to something highly supernatural, and highly dangerous, about her return to them. The film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, and Shylo Molina.
As far as horror goes for Cronin, it’s where he’s built a name for himself. His most well-known project is 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, the latest installment in the iconic horror franchise, which he both wrote and directed. Many of his other works are also grounded in horror, such as 2019’s The Hole In The Ground and even a segment in 2016’s anthology film Minutes Past Midnight.
Screenrant noted that, although the latest in a long line of films centering on the topic, Cronin’s The Mummy is taking an unusual approach. While the titular mummies of prior films usually depict them as adults of the undead variety, Cronin’s take shifts gears completely and makes what seems to be the prominent mummy into a child, with the trailer already promising an unnerving atmosphere surrounding it.
The topic of The Mummy has actually been a fairly prevalent one in the headlines recently, but not strictly thanks to Cronin’s film. Collider notes that Brendan Fraser, who played Rick O’Connell in the 1999 take on The Mummy, has been in talks to return for fourth film in that series, alongside co-star Rachel Weisz. While Fraser hasn’t confirmed anything yet, he did tell RadioTimes that he’s “hopeful to have good news soon because I know how popular the films were.”
The Mummy hits theaters April 17th. Check out the trailer below from Blumhouse’s YouTube.
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