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The list of suspects is growing bigger for the sophomore season of Apple TV+’s crime drama, Presumed Innocent, as Deadline reveals that Jack Reynor is the latest to join the cast. The Midsommar star, who was recently revealed to be leading Lee Cronin’s upcoming take on The Mummy, will appear in the series opposite Rachel Brosnahan, who is still up in the clouds thanks to the massive success of James Gunn’s Superman. From what we know so far about the next set of episodes, the title will follow an anthology format, meaning there won’t be any crossover from the debut installment, which featured leading performances from Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Lily Rabe, and more.

The debut season of Presumed Innocent followed the familiar path of Scott Turrow’s 1987 bestselling novel of the same name and marked the second time the story received an on-screen telling, the...

According to Deadline, Jack Reynor is set to join Rachel Brosnahan (Superman) in the second season of Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent.

The first season of the legal thriller was based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow, but the second will be based on Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray, which will be published next year. Although the logline for the series remains under wraps, the synopsis for the novel reads: “When Leila Reynolds is handed her first murder case, she’s shocked at how high-profile it is: the murder of a well-respected, well-known judge. This shouldn’t be the kind of case she’s leading; it’s way beyond her expertise. But the defendant, Jack Millman, is clear. He wants her, and only her.“

Related Lee Cronin’s The Mummy adds May Calamawy, Veronica Falcón, and May Elghety to the cast

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Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026, and while producer Jason Blum confirmed on social media that production had started back on March 24th, Cronin took to his own social media account to announce that production wrapped a few weeks ago. But we’re still getting cast news, as it was recently revealed that Hayat Kamille...

Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy just pulled off a resurrection of its own, hitting No. 8 on AMC+’s U.S. Top 10 list, 26 years after its release, per FlixPatrol. However, behind the film’s cult status lies a chilling memory: Fraser said it “nearly” killed him. During a now-infamous hanging scene, the rope around his neck was pulled too tight, cutting off his air and knocking him unconscious, via a THR report published in February 2023. So, what started as a crowd-pleasing adventure almost became a real tragedy.

Released in 1999, The Mummy wasn’t a critical darling (62% on Rotten Tomatoes), but fans embraced its mix of swashbuckling action and supernatural thrills. With its return to the charts, it’s clear the love hasn’t died, and Fraser’s comeback in the 2022 melodrama film The Whale has only reignited interest. For viewers discovering (or rewatching) it now, there’s a whole new layer...

Brendan Fraser has finally spoken out about why Tom Cruise’s The Mummy crashed and burned, and it’s just in time because a brand new reboot is on the way with Lee Cronin at its helm. We still remember Fraser’s 1999 classic fondly because it was such a thrilling adventure.

But the 2017 reboot featuring Cruise was widely considered an infamous misfire. So, now as we gear up for the next chapter, it’s worth digging into why Fraser’s movie worked while the Top Gun star’s didn’t, and what the upcoming version is promising to bring us.

Brendan Fraser Weighs In On Why Tom Cruise’s The Mummy Flopped Tom Cruise in The Mummy (2017) | Credits: Universal Pictures

During a panel moderated by Collider, Brendan Fraser reunited with The Mummy cast members like John Hannah, Patricia Velasquez, and Oded Fehr. But during the nostalgic get-together, the infamous 2017 reboot...

Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy wrapped production a couple weeks ago, but Deadline just learned that Hayat Kamille (“Vikings: Valhalla”) is part of the cast.

Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”) star in the fresh take on the classic monster, opening April 17, 2026 via Warner Bros.

May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), Veronica Falcón (“Ozark”), May Elghety (Clash), Natalie Grace (“1923”), Shylo Molina (“The Afterparty”), and Billie Roy (Spirit Halloween: The Movie) round out the cast.

Cronin directs from his own script, reuniting with Evil Dead Rise director of photography David Garbett.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Cronin previously said, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”

The project is the first under the recent Blumhouse-Atomic Monster merger, with the companies producing and co-financing for New Line Cinema.

Exclusive: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy has cast Hayat Kamille in the Atomic Monster/Blumhouse production for New Line with Warner Bros Motion Picture Group.

The Wild Cherry and Vikings: Valhalla actress joins the already set cast of Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy, Veronica Falcon and May Elghety.

The plot is under wraps (no pun intended). The movie will hit theaters on April 17, 2026.

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is produced by James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville, with writer-director Cronin also serving as executive producer under his Doppelgängers banner. Michael Clear and Judson Scott are also executive producers.

Kamille recently shot the series-regular role of Maryam in Nicôle Lecky’s Wild Cherry for BBC One. She currently stars as one of the series regular roles Mariam in the latest series of Vikings: Valhalla, created by Jeb Stuart for Netflix.

Her feature credits...

After Wonder Woman was largely absent from James Gunn's January 2023 unveiling of the Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters slate (Paradise Lost is set long before Wonder Woman is born) things are now picking up pretty rapidly for the Themysciran princess.

Over two years later, things are picking up as this past May, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav named Wonder Woman as one of the Dcu's four pillars, along with Batman, Superman, and Supergirl.

Then in June, James Gunn announced that a Wonder Woman movie was officially in development.

Around this timeframe, many actresses have all suddenly expressed interest in the role, including Moon Knight's May Calamawy, Scream's Melissa Barrera, and Andor's Adria Arjona.

It's the latter who James Gunn addresses in a recent interview with ExtraTV as the DC Studios co-ceo addresses the prevaling online theory that Gunn wants Arjona for the role because he's following the actress on Instagram.

The Mummy is set to rise from its tomb once again, with director Lee Cronin taking the helm of a new movie from Blumhouse/Atomic Monster. Now, the Evil Dead Rise filmmaker has announced that principal photography is "all wrapped up.".

Cronin also shared the first behind-the-scenes photo from the movie's set. Although it's not particularly revealing, it does give us a look at the project's official logo on the back of a director's chair along with what appears to be the titular monster's resting place.

The Mummy reboot is set to star Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy, and May Elghety. No details on any of the characters they'll play have been disclosed.

Coming off the success of his thrillingly nasty Evil Dead Rise revival (check out our review here), Cronin was announced as director of an untitled horror project with a release date of April 17, 2026. Blumhouse,...

Filming is done on The Mummy, a new horror movie from director Lee Cronin. The movie will be released in theaters on April 17, 2026. Cronin, who directed Evil Dead Rise, is now taking on a fresh version of the famous movie monster. This film is being made by New Line Cinema, with help from Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster.

Jack Reynor is leading the cast. He’s joined by Laia Costa, Verónica Falcón, May Calamawy, May Elghety, and Natalie Grace. Cronin gave fans an update on Instagram after filming wrapped. He posted a photo of a set wall covered in hieroglyphics, giving a small look at the movie’s style.

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So far, the story is being kept secret. But back in December, Cronin gave a hint about what to expect. “This will be unlike any Mummy movie...

Filming has officially finished on The Mummy, a new horror movie from director Lee Cronin. The film is set to hit theaters on April 17, 2026. Cronin, who made a big splash with Evil Dead Rise, is now taking on one of the most well-known monsters in film history. The project is being made by New Line Cinema, with Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster also producing.

Jack Reynor from Midsommar stars in the movie, along with Laia Costa, Verónica Falcón, May Calamawy, and May Elghety. Natalie Grace is also in the cast. Cronin shared the filming update himself, posting a photo on Instagram that shows a wall covered in hieroglyphics, giving fans a small peek at the look of the film.

Right now, plot details are still a secret. But Cronin did share a little hint about what kind of movie this will be. Back in December, he said, “This...

One of the most iconic movie monsters of all time is getting rebooted and the man behind the film just gave us a major update on its progress: Horror auteur Lee Croninhas announced that filming on his upcoming horror film The Mummyhas wrapped. The New Line Cinema film is set to hit theaters in less than a year, so the fact that filming is complete is good news for fans of the classic monster.

Cronin announced the news on his Instagram page, sharing a photo of his director's chair with a caption stating simply, "All wrapped up." Details on the film are still slim, but we know that it is set to star Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Verónica Falcón, and May Calamawy, with Reynor presumably playing the titular mummy (though this hasn't been confirmed). But what is clear is that this film will pick up the legacy of the Mummy films before it,...

A classic monster returns to the big screen next year in Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy, a fresh take on the screen icon from the director of Evil Dead Rise that’s sure to breathe new life into the classic tale. We don’t know much about the movie at this time, but director Cronin has promised that it’ll “be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before.”

“I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,” a statement from Cronin continued before production began. On that note, production has now officially wrapped on The Mummy, announced by Cronin himself on Instagram this week.

Check out Cronin’s status update below and expect more soon.

The Mummy unwraps in theaters on April 17, 2026 from Warner Bros.

The cast includes Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”), May Calamawy (“Moon Knight...

Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026, and while producer Jason Blum confirmed on social media that production had started back on March 24th, Cronin has now taken to his own social media account to announce that production has wrapped!

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Recent weeks have seen DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn provide some long-overdue updates about where things stand with the Dcu's Wonder Woman reboot.  

A script is being written, and the character appears to be a priority for the Superman director. We're likely still a long way off casting news given where things stand, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate about who should suit up as Diana Prince.

You may recall that we first looked at some possible actors who could play the Dcu's Wonder Woman back in January. We stand by those choices, but have more names to add to the list, all of whom we believe would be just as capable (and perhaps even better). 

To check them out, you just need to click the "Next"/"View" List buttons below. 

5. Melissa Barrera

Melissa Barrera's breakout role was as Sam Carpenter in the Scream franchise, and she'd later deliver...

It’s unclear whether or not Marvel Studios' Moon Knight was well-received or not. The show had some issues, and they were noticeable. However, Oscar Isaac (Marc Spector and all his personalities), Ethan Hawke (Arthur Harrow), F. Murray Abraham (Khonshu), and May Calamawy's (Layla El-Faouly) amazing performances can’t be denied. The initial response was positive, but fans have since pointed out issues with it in the years since its debut on Disney Plus.

However, it sounds like there some ideas planned for the show that never came to fruition in the finished product - that includes a certain Moon Knight villain who was pitched, but sadly didn't make the cut thanks to their similarity to Black Panther's Erik Killmonger. And, if this writer is being honest, it could have changed the trajectory of the show and its characters.

During a conversation with ComicBook.com, the creator of Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight,...

Eternals star Gemma Chan's period drama with a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is about to make its Hulu debut. The Actor, in which Chan co-stars with Chan co-stars with American Horror Story's André Holland, will start streaming on Monday, June 30.

The Actor combines mystery and thriller elements within its story of a New York actor (played by Holland) who becomes stranded in a 1950s Ohio town with no memory of how he got there or his past life. The movie is based on iconic crime writer Donald E. Westlake's novel Memory, which was written in 1963, but not published until 2010.

Duke Johnsonadapted Memory into The Actor from a screenplay he co-wrote with Stephen Cooney. Speaking to Collider, Chan explained why she signed on for the movie. "I watched and really loved the stop-motion animation film [Johnson] did, Anomalisa. And then I read the script and spoke to him...

June! It’s always such a refreshing chunk of Gregorian real estate, the promise of summer looming in its most ideal form, not yet curdled into the desultory, bedraggled blast-furnace blood factories of late August and September. It’s also when cinema begins to stretch her legs again after an invariably prolonged awards season hangover. And yes, this means a lot of sweaty studio would-be blockbusters. But it also means Don’t-Miss Indies. So! Seek out your local art house and keep those summertime blues at bay.

The Actor

When: Now

Where: Theaters, VOD

Director: Duke Johnson

Cast: André Holland, Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Asim Chaudhry

Why We’re Excited: Somehow it’s been a full decade since Charlie Kaufman’s melancholic stop-motion feature Anomalisa left audiences both dazzled by its technical brilliance and disconsolate by its gutting existential questioning. Kaufman of course has gone on to direct 2020’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things...

Exclusive: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx has boarded Egyptian filmmaker Sarah Goher’s directorial debut Happy Birthday as a producer under his banner Foxxhole Productions with producing partner Datari Turner.

The film is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival today as part of the International Narrative Competition. Goher’s Egyptian narrative feature is the only Arab film in the festival, as well as the only film in the Arabic language.

Happy Birthday is described as a reflection of class disparities in Egypt and tells the moving story of Toha, a child maid, who goes against all odds so that Nelly, her best friend and the daughter of the family she works for, has a birthday party. Her mother Laila, caught in a pending divorce, is reluctant to make it happen but with Toha’s determination, Nelly’s wish for a birthday party comes true.

Goher co-wrote Happy Birthday with...

Only Pedro Pascal can turn an on-set injury into an Oscar-worthy monologue. The Gladiator 2 star recently spilled the beans on how he ended up battered and bruised on set and hilariously pointed the finger at none other than Dakota Johnson. Yup, according to Pascal, she’s the reason he landed the role that wrecked his body.

While chatting on LadBible, instead of blaming his fate or his aging bones, Pedro Pascal dramatically blamed Dakota Johnson for his torn psoas and popped shoulder—joking that she sent him straight to his doom. Buddy, she also helped you land the role of Marcus Acacius in the film—but maybe poking fun is Pascal’s way of expressing gratitude.

Pedro Pascal jokingly blamed Dakota Johnson for his on-set injuries Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal on LadBible | image: YouTube

We all have that one friend who hypes us up for something really hard, only...

When Moon Knight hit Disney+ in 2022, no one was ready for how unhinged it was going to be. Forget your typical Marvel superhero origin story. This show dove headfirst into identity crises, ancient Egyptian gods, brutal hand-to-hand combat, and… a goldfish with one fin? Yes, Moon Knight was weird, wonderful, and unlike anything else in the MCU.

Oscar Isaac gave a tour de force performance playing not one, not two, but three personalities — Steven Grant, the anxious British museum clerk; Marc Spector, the brooding ex-mercenary; and Jake Lockley, the surprise chaos agent we met in that post-credits twist. Fans were obsessed. Memes were made. Twitter exploded. And suddenly, the MCU had a new cult favorite.

With Ethan Hawke as the morally twisted Arthur Harrow and May Calamawy bringing serious power as Layla, who literally transformed into a winged goddess by the finale, Moon Knight didn’t just stick the landing,...

Natalie Grace (“1923”), Shylo Molina (“The Afterparty”), and Billie Roy (Spirit Halloween: The Movie) have been cast in Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy, Deadline reports.

Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”) star with May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), Veronica Falcón (“Ozark”), and May Elghety (Clash).

Production is currently underway in Spain and Ireland on the fresh take on the classic monster, which opens on April 17, 2026 via Warner Bros.

Cronin is directing from his own script and reuniting with Evil Dead Rise director of photography David Garbett.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Cronin previously said, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”

The project is the first under the recent Blumhouse-Atomic Monster merger, with the companies producing and co-financing for New Line Cinema. James Wan,...

Exclusive: We hear that 1923 actress Natalie Grace has joined the cast of Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy along with young thespians Shylo Molina and Billie Roy.

The pic, which stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy and May Elghety, is currently lensing in Spain and Ireland. Cronin is at the helm as both writer and director, and producing under his Doppelgängers banner. Pic’s logline is under wraps (ba-dum chsh!).

The New Line movie hits theaters April 17, 2026.

James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville are producers on the film. Michael Clear and Judson Scott serve as executive producers.

Grace starred opposite Brandon Sklenar in Paramount+’s Taylor Sheridan series 1923 in the role of Hildy. She also plays the The Princess in Adrien Boubil’s fantasy medieval movie Raymar. Grace is represented by Carol Shaginaw Talent Agency and DreamScope Entertainment.

Shylo Molina

Molina is...

DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have many plans for the rebooted DC Universe, which kicks off this summer with the highly anticipated Superman. The first phase, Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, has a series of films and television shows planned, but the two are working on building the world further.

Before Gunn and Safran took over, there were plans for a third Wonder Woman movie starring Gal Gadot. With the rebooted universe, plans for a Gal Gadot-Patty Jenkins reunion fell through. However, the character is a vital part of DC Comics, and Gunn acknowledged there are plans to bring her to the Dcu in a new reply post on Threads.

Among the comments about the recently released Superman official trailer, one fan asked, "Do you have any updates on Wonder Woman?" The filmmaker gave a positive response, teasing, "Not to be shared publicly yet but yes.

There’s something about treasure hunting movies that just hits differently. Maybe it’s the dusty maps, ancient traps, or the characters who clearly have no plan but still survive it all. These movies have it all, booby traps, secret caves, double-crossing sidekicks, and the occasional cursed artifact. Some go full Indiana Jones mode, while others mix in comedy, mystery, or even a little romance, because why not fall in love while dodging death?

The best ones make you feel like you’re right there, sneaking through jungles or deciphering clues on a centuries-old scroll. And let’s not forget the over-the-top villains who always monologue too long. Whether it’s gold, lost cities, or something weirdly glowing in a box, treasure movies serve drama, chaos, and adventure in one messy, glorious ride.

So, grab your (pretend) fedora and scroll through this list of the best treasure-hunting flicks to ever grace our screens.

Another actor with franchise experience has just expressed interest in playing Wonder Woman for James Gunn's DC Universe. With Gal Gadot not expected to reprise the superhero role from the DC Extended Universe, Moon Knight star May Calamawy has thrown her name in the hat.

Appearing as a special guest at the recent Comic-Con France, Calamawy was asked during the fan Q&a portion whether she was interested in portraying Princess Diana of Themyscira in the Dcu. "If they want me to play Wonder Woman, I’ll play Wonder Woman," Calamawy responded (via ComicBookMovie). "I wouldn’t want to take anything from [Gadot’s] or, like, anyone else’s performance," she added, going on to mention that she's only seen a few snippets of Gadot's performance from Wonder Woman 1984. "…I don’t even know, I haven’t really thought about what I would do as Wonder Woman."

Calamawy is best known...

It's no secret that the role of Wonder Woman is one of the most coveted in Hollywood, and it seems another talented actress has thrown her hat (or perhaps tiara?) into the ring.

It seems Egyptian-Palestinian actress May Calamawy, can be counted among the many Hollywood stars who would likely jump at the chance to don the legendary god-forged Bracelets of Submission.

The revelation came recently at Comic-Con France, where Calamawy was a special guest. During a fan Q&a session, she was directly asked about her interest in portraying the Princess of Themyscira.

"If they want me to play Wonder Woman, I’ll play Wonder Woman," shared Calamawy.

She also added that she hasn't seen Gal Gadot's performance, only catching a few snippets of Wonder Woman 1984.

“I wouldn’t want to take anything from [Gadot’s] or, like, anyone else’s performance,” she said. “…I don’t even know, I...

Marvel Studios' Moon Knight premiered on Disney+ in 2022 and, unfortunately, was largely overshadowed during what proved to be another jam-packed year for the MCU both in theaters and on streaming.

The series, while not perfect, received a largely positive response, but the character hasn't been seen since.

Doing press for Moon Knight, lead star Oscar Isaac confirmed on multiple occasions that he only signed up for a single season, meaning a new deal will need to be negotiated if the story of Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley is to continue.

There are rumblings that Isaac is being lined up to reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday, but what of Layla Abdallah El-Faouly, a.k.a. the Scarlet Scarab?

May Calamawy recently appeared at Comic-Con France, and according to a fan who attended a panel with the Moon Knight star, she strongly hinted that something is in the works for...

Everyone loves Tom Cruise’s running sequences. The actor has a particular style that has now become iconic and is a staple in most of his movies, especially the Mission: Impossible franchise. While the action franchise has seen him do death-defying stunts, the one truly impossible mission that he pulled off was not even in the films.

Cruise’s film Vanilla Sky features a particular scene where his character enters a deserted Times Square in New York and runs along the popular tourist destination. The film crew reportedly got permission to shut down the whole of Times Square for the sequence, a feat that has not been achieved since.

Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky shut down Times Square just for him to run A still from Vanilla Sky | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky was Inception before Inception. The mind-bending thriller was a remake of director Alejandro Amenábar...

From charming us as a hotshot pilot to saving the world over and over again, Tom Cruise has done it all. He is the literal definition of a superstar, and there is no one who has come close to his level in the industry. Unfortunately, despite being one of the biggest and most well-known names around the world, Tom Cruise’s love life hasn’t been kind to him. After his highly-publicized divorce from Katie Holmes, the actor was never confirmed to be in a serious relationship, but, of course, there have been rumors here and there.

After reports of him dating Hayley Atwell and Shakira, it looks like another actress has been added to the list – Ana de Armas. That’s right; if the rumors were to be believed, the Ballerina actress might have found herself in Tom Cruise’s line of sight.

Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell in...

The Mummy is set to rise from its tomb once again, with director Lee Cronin taking the helm of a new movie from Blumhouse/Atomic Monster. With production now underway in Ireland, the studio has announced that three new cast members have been added to the project.

Joining the previoulsy announced Jack Reynor and Laia Costa in the lead roles will be Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy, and May Elghety.

Falcón recently appeared in Blumhouse’s supernatural thriller Imaginary, directed by Jeff Wadlow, and also played “Trader Sam” opposite Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson in Disney’s Jungle Cruise. Other notable film credits include The Starling, Days of Grace, Voyagers opposite Colin Farrell, and The Forever Purge.

Calamawy will be best-known to Cbm fans for playing the “Scarlet Scarab” in Marvel's Moon Knight Disney+ series, and has also appeared in Hulu's Emmy-winning comedy series Ramy.

We're not sure if Calamawy...

For a brief, horrifying moment in 2017, it seemed like The Mummy franchise had been buried for good, sarcophagus slammed shut, cursed, and yeeted into the abyss of cinematic letdowns. Tom Cruise’s ill-fated reboot of the beloved action-horror adventure was meant to launch an ambitious Dark Universe of classic monster flicks.

Instead, it crash-landed with all the grace of a collapsing pyramid. Critics winced. Fans mourned. Brendan Fraser’s stans rightfully rioted. Like Imhotep rising from the desert sands, hope has returned, and it has two names, May Calamawy and May Elghety. Egyptian and Egyptian-Palestinian actresses leading a Mummy remake? Say less.

Tom Cruise in The Mummy | Credits: Universal Pictures

Suddenly, the idea of rebooting the franchise no longer feels like Hollywood trying to sell sand to Cairo. Someone, somewhere, has finally rolled the ancient dice and summoned an actual Egyptian cast for a movie about, wait for it, ancient Egypt.

After being unceremoniously cut out of Gladiator II, MCU star May Calamawy is now getting the chance at the spotlight in New Line Cinema's upcoming reimagining of The Mummy. Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin is set to helm The Mummy, a new take on the iconic movie monster that has no relation to the previous Universal Monster franchises. Filming is currently underway in Ireland and Spain, and the film is set for release on Apr. 17, 2026.

Deadline reports that May Calamawy has joined the cast of The Mummy. Calamawy previously played Layla El-Faouly / Scarlet Scarab in Moon Knight. In addition, Veronica Falcón and May Elghety have joined the cast of The Mummy. Falcón is best known for her roles on television shows like Why Women Kill and Perry Mason, alongside films such as Jungle Cruise and Imaginary. May Elghety is an Egyptian actress whose credits include the Cannes Film Festival-selected film,...

The cast of Lee Cronin's The Mummy continues to expand. Moon Knight star May Calamawy is one of three new actors to board the hotly-anticipated Blumhouse horror movie.

According to Deadline, Veronica Falcón and May Elghety have also been cast in The Mummy. The actors join previously announced cast members Jack Reynor and Laia Costa, who are believed to be playing a married couple who run afoul of supernaturally sinister forces. Production is currently underway in Ireland and Spain on The Mummy, which is being produced by Atomic Monster and Blumhouse for New Line Cinema.

First announced in December 2024, the new Mummy movie hails from Cronin, who is set to direct the monster movie from his own screenplay. The Evil Dead Rise filmmaker teased last year that his Mummy movie will take a different approach to the well-known story. "This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,...

The upcoming Mummy film from Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, and New Line Cinema has added three talented actresses to its cast: Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy, and May Elghety. They join previously announced cast members Jack Reynor and Laia Costa. The movie is currently being filmed in Ireland and Spain.

Plot details are being kept secret, but it is known to be a new take on the Mummy story, with a tomb likely involved. The film is produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, with John Croinin producing under his Doppelgängers banner.

Veronica Falcón, known for her roles in Imaginary and The Forever Purge, has also appeared in Jungle Cruise with Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson. She is recognized for her TV roles in Queen of the South, Ozark, and Perry Mason.

May Calamawy gained fame as Scarlet Scarab in Marvel’s Moon Knight and also stars in Hulu’s Ramy.

Last June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and in December, we found out what that mysterious project is, as it was revealed that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026, and today Deadline has broken the news that May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Veronica Falcón (Queen of the South), and May Elghety (Clash) are in the cast.

Calamawy, Falcón, and Elghety join previously announced cast members Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (Victoria).

Details on their Mummy characters have not been revealed.

May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), Veronica Falcón (“Ozark”), and May Elghety (Clash) have been cast in Lee Cronin‘s The Mummy, Deadline reports.

They join the previously announced stars Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”).

Cronin is directing from his own script. He’s reuniting with Evil Dead Rise director of photography David Garbett.

Production is currently underway in Ireland and Spain on the fresh take on the classic monster, which will open on April 17, 2026 via Warner Bros.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Cronin previously said, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.”

The project is the first under the recent Blumhouse-Atomic Monster merger, with the companies producing and co-financing for New Line Cinema. James Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville are producing...

Exclusive: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster has added three in Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy, and May Elghety.

The trio joins previously announced cast members Jack Reynor and Laia Costa.

Production is currently underway in Ireland and Spain on the Atomic Monster and Blumhouse film for New Line Cinema. Cronin is also producing under his Doppelgängers banner. Plot details remain under wraps — but it is about a Mummy, and I’m sure a tomb is involved.

A native of Mexico City, Falcón starred in Blumhouse’s supernatural thriller Imaginary, directed by Jeff Wadlow as well as The Forever Purge. She played Trader Sam opposite Emily Blunt & Dwayne Johnson in Disney’s Jungle Cruise. She starred in A Million Miles Away alongside Michael Peña and starred in the film adaptation of the global bestseller book Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda,...

“The Actor” (2025) feels like a Charlie Kaufman script directed by Damien Chazelle. It is bittersweet, charming, and immersive like a Chazelle film that lingers in your mind long after, but it follows a dreamlike logic and revels in its inherent absurdity like a Kaufman script. Somehow, their distinct styles coalesce in Duke Johnson’s surrealistic mystery film to offer a captivating confusion. It constantly puts its protagonist, Paul Cole (André Holland), at odds with himself. After waking up from an accident, he learns that he was beaten up for sleeping with a married woman. He loses most of his memories.

The husband shows no mercy to this man and throws him out. Suddenly, he finds himself stranded in a small town with no one to call his own. He enters with no recollection of the life he had led till then. He only vaguely recalls someone calling him ‘an actor’ in the hospital.

When Duke Johnson was making the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Anomalisa” with Charlie Kaufman, Kaufman suggested Johnson read “Memory,” a lost Donald Westlake novel that had recently been published. (Kaufman had heard about its resurrection on NPR.) The novel, about a man named Paul Cole, who finds himself stranded in a small town with a head injury after being attacked by the jealous husband of Paul’s lover, had been completed in 1963 and shopped around by Westlake, with no takers. An attempt was made in the 1970s to shop it around again but Westlake, one of the great American crime fiction writers, declined. After his death in 2008, it was finally published by Hard Case Crime two years later.

“[Kaufman] was telling me that he really liked it, because what was interesting about it is that it’s by this famous crime novelist and that it was in the guise of a noir thriller,...

When director Duke Johnson sat down and watched Federico Fellini’s 1954 classic “La Strada,” he was immediately drawn to the iconic clown costume worn by Giulietta Masina. Now in his newest film, “The Actor,” a similar outfit is adorned by Edna (Gemma Chan) while out on an intimate date with Paul (André Holland).

“It’s these two people that feel like maybe they don’t fit into the world,” Johnson tells Variety. “With these two oddballs finding each other, the possibility of connection was the driving force. They’ve really hit it off.”

The moment takes place on Halloween night when Paul, still trying to piece together who he is after waking up with amnesia, goes out with Edna after the two meet at the cinema. Despite it being Halloween, you’d hardly be able to tell by looking at the men’s synonymous coats, making Edna’s hand-stitched blue clown costume immediately stand out.

It can be difficult to step out of the shadow of a creative collaborator, which Duke Johnson does fitfully with “The Actor,” his first live-action theatrical feature. Though Johnson has had a steady career for close to two decades, principally in stop-motion animation for television, he is perhaps best known for co-directing “Anomalisa” with Charlie Kaufman. A full decade later, Kaufman (who serves as an executive producer on “The Actor”) still has a marked influence on Johnson’s solo directorial debut, though it is awkwardly grafted onto a noir-inflected tale — based on the novel “Memory” by Donald E. Westlake — of a man recovering from amnesia and attempting to rediscover who he is.

That man is Paul Cole (André Holland), a member of a New York City theater troupe on the last leg of a Midwest tour. As the film begins, he is preparing to bed a married woman before her...

Ramy Youssef is back on television, and he's not steering clear of controversial subject matter. The acclaimed creator and star of Hulu's Ramy is getting a bit more, uh, animated in his next outing, via the comedy #1 Happy Family USA for Prime Video. Because, frankly, it's about time someone made an adult animated series following a Muslim family living in New Jersey in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.

As the official synopsis puts it:

"From creator Ramy Youssef comes '#1 Happy Family USA,' an adult-animated series following the maniacally upbeat Husseins — the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 "Amreeka." With satire and absurdity, it redefines finding humor in hardship as they navigate the early 2000s under the watchful eyes of their terrified neighbors."

And we now have a release date — April 17, 2025 — and an official trailer for the series; the latter of...

Those expecting a second season of the Disney+ miniseries Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac as the titular Marc Spector/Moon Knight and Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow, shouldn’t hold their breath. However, per ComicBook, Marvel does have plans for the character to return at some point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“So I think Marvel Television has happened in waves, and I think Moon Knight happened in a wave of shows that were going to establish characters that would tie-in to the future,” Marvel Television head Brad Winderbaum told the outlet. “And moving forward, our priorities have shifted. We’re making shows as shows that can exist as annual releases, more like television,” he said.

Winderbaum continued, “I would love to see a Moon Knight Season 2, but there are plans for Moon Knight down the road.” The character returned at the end of 2024 when Isaac reprised his role as...

Moon Knight will return to the MCU, but it might not be in the way fans expected. The titularly titled Moon Knight debuted on Disney+ on March 30, 2022, and was the first MCU Disney+ show not based on a previously established character, kicking off a wave of new heroes being introduced on the small screen, like Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. But it doesn't look like we'll be getting another season of the Oscar Isaac starring show anytime soon.

Speaking with Comic Book, Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation at Marvel Studios, Brad Winderbaum revealed that Marvel does have plans for Moon Knight in the future, but it doesn't include the hero getting a Season 2, at least right now. "So I think Marvel Television has happened in waves, and I think Moon Knight happened in a wave of shows that were going to establish characters that would tie-in to the future,...

"There's something wrong me, Edna. I don't know who I am!" Neon has unveiled an official trailer for an intriguing new film titled The Actor, starring Andre Holland as actor Paul Cole. Neon already has this set for release in March - even though it hasn't shown up at any festivals before then. It's the latest feature film made by the filmmaker who made the stop-motion animation film Anomalisa back in 2017. When New York actor Paul Cole is beaten and left for dead in 1950s Ohio, he loses his memory and finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town where he struggles to get back home and reclaim what he's lost. Without a sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer. As bits & pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can't be trusted,...

“The Actor”, the new live-action ‘crime-mystery’ feature, based on the 2010 novel “Memory” by Donald E. Westlake is directed by Duke Johnson, starring André Holland, Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Olwen Fouéré, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, Joe Cole, Tracey Ullman, Tanya Reynolds, Asim Chaduhry, Youssef Kerkour, Edward Hogg, Thomas Dominique, Fabien Frankel and Scott Alexander Young, releasing March 14, 2025 in theaters:

“…’Paul Cole’ (Holland) finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here.

“Without a sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer ‘Edna’ (Chan).

“As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can’t be trusted, and it’s unclear which of his identities is real…”

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Neon and Anomalisa director Duke Johnson are bringing something twisty and mysterious this Wednesday with a trailer for The Actor, a bizarre amnesiac tale filled with mischief, misinformation, and malcontents. It stars André Holland as a man with no memory surrounded by suspicious characters and a beautiful stranger who wants to help him solve the mystery of his past and become a part of his future.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Actor courtesy of Neon:

“Based on the novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake, The Actor finds Paul Cole (Holland) stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. Without a sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer (Chan). As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery,...

Neon has unveiled the official trailer and teaser poster for “The Actor,” an upcoming noir drama directed by Duke Johnson, known for co-directing the animated film “Anomalisa.” This marks Johnson’s live-action directorial debut. The film is set to hit theaters on March 14, 2025.

Based on Donald E. Westlake’s 2010 novel “Memory,” “The Actor” stars André Holland as Paul Cole, a man who finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no recollection of his identity or how he arrived there. As he starts anew, he forms a relationship with local costume designer Edna, portrayed by Gemma Chan. As fragments of his past gradually surface, Paul endeavors to uncover his true self, navigating a reality where time is elusive and appearances are deceptive.

The supporting cast includes May Calamawy, Olwen Fouéré, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, Joe Cole, Tracey Ullman, Tanya Reynolds, Asim Chaudhry, Youssef Kerkour, Edward Hogg, Thomas Dominique, Fabien Frankel,...

Neon is behind a new memory thriller titled, “The Actor,” from director Duke Johnson and the studio has unleashed a trailer for the upcoming pic based on the novel “Memory” by Donald E. Westlake with a script penned by Stephen Cooney and Johnson. The studio has sent along a trailer for the pic and gives audiences some insight into what to expect ahead of the film’s release on March 14.

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