“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” casts Jack Reynor as film starts production
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has cast Jack Reynor as the Atomic Monster/Blumhouse production for New Line is set to begin filming in Ireland and Spain. Cronin’s Doppelgängers banner is also producing.
The film, which is still keeping its logline under wraps, is written and directed by Cronin, and marks the first collaboration for the recently combined companies, helmed by James Wan and Jason Blum, with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. The film will be released on April 17, 2026.
Jack Reynor is an award-winning Irish-American actor who recently starred in Netflix’s 2024 hit limited series, The Perfect Couple. His previous film credits include Ari Aster’s Midsommar, The Russo Brothers’ Cherry; Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did, for which he won the ITFA Award for Best Actor; John Carney’s Sing Street, for which he won the ITFA Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Carney’s Flora and Son; Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit. In 2015, he won the Sundance Film Festival’s Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting for his performance in Gerard Barrett’s film Glassland. Upcoming projects include the second season of Prime Video’s spy drama Citadel and John Carney’s musical comedy Power Ballad. Reynor wrote and directed a short film, Bainne, starring Will Poulter, which won the Best First Short Drama Award at the Galway Film Festival. For television, Reynor starred in Mimi Leder’s On the Basis of Sex, and in the CBS All Access series, Strange Angel, co-produced by Sailor Bear and Ridley Scott under his Scott Free banner. Additionally, he gained global recognition as the star of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, which grossed over $1B worldwide. Reynor is represented by WME, Range Media Partners, Sloane Offer, and 2PM Sharp.
Lee Cronin first garnered attention with his debut feature film, The Hole in the Ground, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019 to critical acclaim. His sophomore feature, Evil Dead Rise, was theatrically released through New Line Cinema in April 2023. The movie made a significant impact, debuting at SXSW and grossing $147 million worldwide, showcasing Cronin’s talent for creating intense and captivating horror films.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville are producers on the film. Michael Clear and Judson Scott are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.
About Atomic Monster
Visionary director James Wan, one of the most successful horror directors of all time, exploded on the scene with his 2004 debut Saw. The film re-energized the genre and earned more than $100 million at the box office, inspiring ten subsequent films. After then directing the worldwide hits Insidious (2010), and The Conjuring (2013), Wan launched his production company Atomic Monster in 2014.
Atomic Monster has consistently made some of the most popular and memorable horror films of our time. With Wan at the helm, the company is home to the two billion dollar Conjuring Universe – a cinematic playground which includes three Conjuring films and thriving spinoff franchises Annabelle and The Nun – and the instant global hit M3GAN. In addition, the company produced Osgood Perkins’ recent film The Monkey as well as Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot and Warner Bros’ Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to Wan’s billion-dollar Aquaman. Upcoming films include M3GAN 2.0, the next chapter in The Conjuring universe, Mortal Kombat 2 and SOULM8TE, a new film set in the M3GAN universe directed by Kate Dolan.
In television, Atomic Monster has executive produced several series across genres including MacGyver, Swamp Thing, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Archive 81, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles. Upcoming series include an untitled espionage thriller starring Simu Liu from writer Thomas Brandon, who serves as co-showrunner with Jennifer Yale for Peacock, and the Prime Video series Obsession.
In 2024, the company merged with Blumhouse, bringing together two powerhouse independent production companies into one home for horror.
About Blumhouse
Founded by CEO Jason Blum, Blumhouse is a film, television and gaming company regarded as the driving force in horror.
Following its merger with James Wan’s Atomic Monster in January 2024, the combined companies are responsible for nearly $9 Billion in worldwide box office, and have represented nearly 50% of the horror market in the last ten years.
Together the two companies have produced nearly 250 movies and television series, including the most successful horror franchise in history with the Conjuring Universe, making Blum and Wan the most prolific and successful independent producers of the last decade. The combined companies are home to the highest number of ongoing franchises of any studio, including Halloween, The Conjuring, The Purge, The Black Phone, Annabelle, Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, Insidious, The Nun, M3GAN, and Five Nights at Freddy’s, along with iconic films from cinematic visionaries including Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash and Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman.
In addition to film, Blumhouse produces provocative scripted and unscripted television series and documentaries, including the upcoming original series The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon and from creator Grainger David and showrunner Erik Oleson, for Prime Video; Worst Roommate Ever, and Worst Ex Ever for Netflix, which established Blumhouse Television’s first franchise, and The Jinx for HBO. The company also recently launched a games division and its first game, Fear The Spotlight was critically acclaimed.
Blumhouse was honored by Fast Company as one of its Most Innovative Companies in 2024 and one of its Brands That Matter in 2023. In addition, Jason Blum was named to the Annenberg Initiative’s first-ever Inclusion List as one of the Top Inclusive Producers from 2019-2022, with three films appearing on the list of Top 100 Most Inclusive Films. The company is investing in its brand development and connection with audiences through its consistent presence at Universal Studios’ annual Halloween Horror Nights, its first Halfway to Halloween Film Festival with AMC and its upcoming transformation of an exhibit space at the iconic Stanley Hotel from The Shining.
About Doppelgängers
Doppelgängers was formed in 2024 by filmmaker Lee Cronin and producers John Keville and Macdara Kelleher on the back of the box office success of Evil Dead Rise.
The company’s vision is to produce audience facing feature film and television created by distinctive and ambitious genre filmmakers. Doppelgängers has a first look deal with New Line Cinema.
