Last week, a report came in that Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy” had been retitled “The Resurrected,” and was going to move away from the IP — judging by the promo material that’s just come out, that was mot true.
We have our first trailer for “The Mummy,” and Cronin, who earned positive reviews for “Evil Dead Rise,” is looking to bring fresh life to this endlessly recounted, and now mummified tale.
Here are the plot details:
The young daughter of a journalist disappears without a trace in the desert. The shattered family is stunned when the girl suddenly reappears eight years later. But what should have been a joyful reunion quickly turns into a true nightmare.
Cronin tells IGN the film is an “insane mashup” of “Poltergeist” and “Seven,” but put “through my lens and the way that I like to entertain people.”
‘Mummy’ movies have been a staple of cinema for decades, typically leaning either toward classic monster tales—like the bandaged-up seen in much of the Universal Monsters lineup—or action-adventure fare, such as the Brendan Fraser series and even the failed 2017 Tom Cruise reboot. However, a mash-up reminiscent of “Poltergeist” meets “Se7en”? That’s definitely something fresh.
Cronin’s film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Veronica Falcón. It’s currently slated to hit theaters on April 17 via Warner Bros.