Teaser Trailer For LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Hints at a Chilling, Unsettling New Take on The Universal Monster
The first teaser trailer has been released forLee Cronin’s The Mummy, and it sets the tone for something genuinely creepy and unsettling. This isn’t a globe-trotting adventure or a swashbuckling throwback. This looks like a disturbing horror story that’s ready to crawl under your skin.
The film centers on a family living with an unthinkable loss. Their daughter vanished years ago, presumed gone forever. Then, eight years later, she suddenly returns.
Physically present, but clearly not the same. The teaser leans into the question plastered across the poster: “What happened to Katie?” Whatever the answer is, it doesn’t look good.
Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, and Universal Pictures debuted the teaser trailer and poster, giving fans their first real look at this new incarnation of the classic Universal Monster. Alongside the image came a cryptic message from Lee Cronin, which reads:
“In ancient Egyptian civilization, dark spirits and visions of the dead were never an illusion. Some that passed over were gone forever, but an unlucky few were consumed by a darkness far more evil than anyone could have ever imagined.Today it begins.”
I love the ominous tone, and it lines up with what Cronin has been saying about the project since it was announced. He’s made it clear that this version of The Mummy isn’t interested in familiar beats.
As he previously put it, it will “be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before.” He added, “I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”
Cronin also shared early images with IGN, where he offered a clearer sense of the film’s DNA. According to the director, The Mummy is “one part Poltergeist and one part Se7en, but put through my lens and the way that I like to entertain people.” He followed that up by saying, “This is a very different kind of Mummy movie.”
This might be a female Mummy whose story is rooted in personal tragedy rather than ancient curses unleashed by explorers. The implication is that whatever happened to her wasn’t just death, but something far worse, involving ritual, imprisonment, and a transformation.
The cast is led by Jack Reynor from Midsommar and Laia Costa of The Wheel of Time. They’re joined by May Calamawy from Moon Knight, Veronica Falcón from Ozark, May Elghety, Natalie Grace from 1923, Shylo Molina of The Afterparty, and Billie Roy from Spirit Halloween: The Movie.
The tomb opens in theaters on April 17, 2026, and if this first look is any indication, this monster is coming back in a way we haven’t seen before.
