‘Evil Dead Rise’s Lee Cronin To Direct ‘The Mummy’ For New Line
deadline.comBuzzy genre filmmaker Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise) will write and direct The Mummy, a new film in the horror subgenre for New Line, Deadline has confirmed.
Plot details are under wraps. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse will co-finance and produce alongside Cronin’s Doppelgängers for release on April 17, 2026.
Producers include James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Exec producers are Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher.
Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster. Blumhouse corroborated THR’s initial report today on a new Mummy movie in a post to its official Instagram page, writing, “Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026.” Mummies have been a staple for horror filmmakers dating back to the 1930s, when Universal Pictures introduced The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff as the iconic Imhotep.
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