Somebody call Brendan Fraser, a new Mummy is emerging from its tomb. THR first reported, and since it has been confirmed by Blumhouse, that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin will direct The Mummy for New Line, a fresh take on the classic Universal Monster. The film is expected to hit theaters on April 17th 2026.
Blumhouse had been holding that date for a “mystery Lee Cronin film”, and now we know what the big secret was. Cronin will direct and also write the screenplay. James Wan is a producer through his Atomic Monster label. Plot details are under wraps, of course, but don’t expect it to be a sweeping global adventure like the Fraser movies were.
The confirmation from Blumhouse was on their Instagram, captioned “Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026.”
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The Mummy will mark the third of Blumhouse’s revival of classic Universal Monster movies. The first, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, was a critical and box office hit in 2020, earning $144M on a $7M budget. The next one, Wolf Man, opens in January 2025 and is also directed by Whannell.
Universal has been making mummy movies since the 1930s, with famous actors such as Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. starring in the franchise. Fraser and Rachel Weisz then starred in a series of Mummy adventure movies that became big blockbusters in 1999 and the early 2000s. Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella starred in a failed reboot in 2017 that was meant to launch an entire cinematic universe.
Cronin was Sam Raimi’s handpicked choice to direct Evil Dead Rise, which he did to tremendous success in 2023. He preceded that with the buzzy indie horror The Hole in the Ground. He’s also attached to Thaw, a horror-thriller also at New Line. It’s unclear what the status of that is but one assumes The Mummy will take priority.
