Overview
- The film, which opens Friday, April 17, teams writer-director Lee Cronin with producers James Wan and Jason Blum for a standalone release from Warner Bros.
- The story follows parents played by Jack Reynor and Laia Costa after their daughter, played by Natalie Grace, reappears eight years after vanishing in the Egyptian desert.
- Interviews this week describe an R rating, heavy practical effects, and graphic set pieces built around mummification and skin removal that early screenings called deeply unsettling.
- The production shot in Ireland and Spain, with key work at Ardmore Studios in Wicklow, showcasing Irish crews and Cronin’s grounded, tactile style.
- Producers have underscored that Brendan Fraser is not in this film, and coverage notes a separate Fraser-led sequel is planned for 2028 as a different continuity.