This Sunday Universal Pictures will release the trailer for The Mummy, the first (or second, if you include Dracula Untold) of the revived Universal Monsters universe that’s set for release on June 9, 2017.
If you can’t wait until then, Bloody Disgusting has a sneak peak teaser that shows our new female Mummy tossing around some sand, and Tom Cruise confirming she’s in fact real. I do love the shot of Cruise investigating a tomb underwater, which looks like it’s going to be a really cool set piece. The score, well, they ripped off Alien and Prometheus – but damn is it effective.
Check out the trailer below to go along with the first teaser poster, which packs up and ships out The Mummy and its tagline: “Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters…“
“Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy.
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Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.”
Cruise is joined by a cast including Annabelle Wallis (Annabell, King Arthur, Peaky Blinders), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Russell Crowe and Courtney B. Vance (TV’s American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson).
The creative team on this action-adventure event is led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years—with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on. Sean Daniel, who produced the most recent Mummy trilogy, produces alongside Kurtzman and Morgan.
