Step aside Brendan Fraser and Tom Cruise, it’s Jack Reynor‘s turn to fight mummies.
The Transformers: Age of Extinction and Midsommar actor has been cast in Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy for New Line Cinema, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Reynor will be playing “a husband and father who runs afoul of supernaturally sinister forces.” So far, he is the only announced actor for the hotly-anticipated reboot, although with filming already underway more actors should be revealed soon. THR has also reported that The Wheel of Time star Laia Costa has joined the cast as the wife of Reynor’s character. The married couple will also have a daughter, who remains uncast at this time.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing and producing The Mummy, with Cronin’s Doppelgängers banner also producing. Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum dropped a behind-the-scenes look at the start of production on the monster movie on X, sharing an image of the clapperboard. The caption simply read, “Day 1.”
Day 1. pic.twitter.com/tuxdha4gOQ
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) March 24, 2025
“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,” Cronin revealed in December 2024, when the reboot was first announced. “I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”
The Mummy is scheduled to hit theaters on April 17, 2026.
What do you think about Jack Reynor leading The Mummy? Are you excited for a fresh, non-Universal take on the iconic monster?
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