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First Teaser Unwraps Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Sets April 17 Release

Cronin frames the reboot as a mystery-horror blend he likens to Poltergeist meets Seven.

Overview

  • New Line and Warner Bros. launched the first teaser, poster and title treatment, confirming an April 17, 2026 theatrical and IMAX release in North America.
  • The official logline follows a journalist’s daughter who returns eight years after vanishing, turning a reunion into a nightmare, with marketing anchored by the question, “What happened to Katie?”
  • Cronin describes a horror‑first, puzzle‑box reimagining that emphasizes domestic dread and investigative tension over adventure tropes.
  • Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Verónica Falcón lead the cast; James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville produce, and Cronin highlights authentic Egyptian casting and Arabic-language elements.
  • The project is distinct from Universal’s separate Mummy revival, and media claims of disastrous test screenings or a title change have been disputed by studio-aligned sources.