WATCH: First Trailer Unveiled For The Mummy, Directed By Irish Filmmaker Lee Cronin

The first official trailer for The Mummy, directed by Irish horror filmmaker Lee Cronin, has been released ahead of the film’s cinema release on Friday, 17 April 2026. The new horror reimagining of the classic monster story signals a darker, more unsettling entry in the long-running franchise.

The Mummy stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Verónica Falcón, with additional cast members including May Elghety, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy and Hayat Kamille. The film is being produced by genre heavyweights Jason Blum and James Wan through their respective production banners Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster, alongside Cronin’s own company, Wicked/Good (formerly Doppelgängers), in partnership with New Line Cinema.

Studio New Line Cinema describes the plot as centering on a family torn apart when the young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace, only to reappear eight years later. What should have been a joyful reunion quickly descends into a terrifying nightmare as supernatural forces emerge from the shadows.

The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, only in theaters and IMAX in North America on April 17, 2026, and internationally beginning 15 April 2026.

Cronin — best known for the critically acclaimed horror films The Hole in the Ground (2019) and the global hit Evil Dead Rise (2023) — is writing and directing the movie. Born in Dublin in 1982, he has steadily built a reputation as one of Ireland’s most distinctive voices in modern horror filmmaking.

When the news of his involvement first broke in 2024, Cronin made clear his intention to take the Mummy mythos into a territory unlike recent adaptations. “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,” he said, adding that he was interested in “digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”

This latest reboot marks a significant evolution from earlier big-screen versions of The Mummy. The franchise, which began with the 1932 Universal Pictures classic starring Boris Karloff, was reinvented in the 1990s with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in a more action-adventure style, and again in 2017 with Tom Cruise in a reboot that failed to launch a new series. Cronin’s version, by contrast, promises to lean fully into horror and atmospheric dread rather than blockbuster spectacle.

Principal photography for the film took place in Ireland and Spain, beginning in March 2025 and wrapping in June 2025, marking one of the most ambitious horror shoots on European soil in recent years.

Early reactions to the trailer suggest The Mummy will stand apart from previous franchise entries, with its eerie visuals and emphasis on psychological terror drawing comparisons to classic supernatural thrillers. The film’s marketing has also featured hidden details — including an encrypted message in Morse code shared by Cronin on social media — which hinted at ancient, malevolent forces tied to Egyptian lore.

With its April release just months away, expectations are high among horror fans eager to see how this bold reimagining performs both critically and at the box office. As Cronin himself has said, his approach blends respect for the genre’s roots with a fresh creative vision — one that may redefine what audiences expect from The Mummy on the big screen.