Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Lands R Rating for Brutal, Adult-Focused Reboot

Overview

• Lee Cronin’s The Mummy was rated R on Wednesday for strong disturbing violent content, gore, language and brief drug use, according to the Motion Picture Association’s bulletin.
• The film follows a journalist whose missing daughter returns years later, with Cronin describing a domestic possession story with a maze-like pace and a hard‑boiled detective streak.
• Cronin said he turned down an Evil Dead Rise sequel to take a creative risk on this darker reimagining, which he likens to parts of Poltergeist and Se7en.
• The movie opens in theaters on April 17 under New Line and Warner Bros., with Blumhouse and Atomic Monster producing alongside James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville.
• Set up at New Line, this project is separate from Universal’s Mummy continuity, which is also developing new entries including a Brendan Fraser-led sequel.