The newest Mummy film has recruited one of the stars from the Transformers franchise as its new lead, but it doesn’t sound like he will be the titular Monster. In December 2024, shortly before the release of Nosferatu and Wolf Man, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin was set to make TheMummy reboot for the newly combined Blumhouse and Atomic Monster. However, Cronin’s take on the character would not be an official Universal Monster: instead, a version was created for New Line Cinema, the same studio behind Evil Dead Rise.
2026’s ‘The Mummy’ has cast a ‘Transformers’ actor in the lead role, but don’t expect them to wear the mummy wraps. Read More