The bandages are coming off, but what’s underneath is far more psychological than we expected. Warner Bros. has officially dropped the first full trailer for The Mummy, writer-director Lee Cronin’s highly anticipated reimagining of the classic monster mythos. Set to haunt theaters in 2026, this isn’t your dad’s fun adventure flick. This is pure horror.
From Spectacle to Suspense
Fresh off the bloody success of Evil Dead Rise, Cronin is trading wide-scale desert battles for an intimate, suffocating psychological descent into terror.
The Mummy follows a journalist whose world was shattered when her young daughter vanished in the desert. Eight years later, the girl miraculously returns—but she isn’t the same and hasn’t come back alone. The trailer hints that her reappearance is tied to an ancient, unknowable force, suggesting that some things are better left buried.
A Powerhouse Horror Pedigree
Produced under the Blumhouse-Atomic Monster banner, the film unites the genre’s “Holy Trinity”: James Wan, Jason Blum, and Lee Cronin.
The cast is equally impressive, featuring a blend of prestige drama and horror veterans, including Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Laia Costa (The Wheel of Time), May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Natalie Grace (1923), and Verónica Falcón (Ozark).
Note: For those hoping for a quippy action hero, hold your horses. This film does not star Brendan Fraser. However, fans can still celebrate. A separate, traditional sequel featuring Fraser reprising his iconic role is also on its way.
Coming soon
The footage makes one thing clear: resurrection comes with a price. Cronin seems poised deliver a “creeping terror” that gets under your skin and stays there. Get wrapped up in The Mummy, which arrives in theaters on April 17, 2026. Brace yourself—this homecoming is going to be terrifying!
