'terrifying' New Take On The Mummy Coming From Evil Dead Rise Director In 2026

The Mummy is set for a horror reimagining in 2026.

Lee Cronin, writer and director of 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, is on board to write and direct this new take for horror film specialist Blumhouse Productions.

“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,” Cronin told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”

In a tweet, Cronin teased his new The Mummy movie will be "terrifying."

Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026. pic.twitter.com/i0djJYS63V

— Lee Cronin (@curleecronin) December 20, 2024

The Mummy movies began life in the 1930s long before the Brendan Fraser-starring The Mummy films sparked into life in 1999. The Scorpion King spin-off, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, followed in 2002.

More recently, Universal Studios rebooted the series with 2017’s The Mummy starring Tom Cruise. It was meant to set-up the Dark Universe, but The Mummy was such a critical and commercial disaster that all other Dark Universe films were canceled.

IGN's Evil Dead Rise review returned a 9/10. We said: "Evil Dead Rise is both a familiar and refreshing Evil Dead sequel that delivers all the gore you’d expect with a measured dose of the humor that makes this series a fan favorite."

Blumhouse’s The Mummy is due out April 17, 2026.

Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

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