‘The Mummy’ Teaser & Poster: Tom Cruise Uncovers An Ancient Evil
After a false start withDracula Untold, the Universal Monsters franchise is ready to get going for real with its first big release,The Mummy. Directed byAlex Kurtzman, the film starsTom Cruiseas the hero who gets mixed up in some kind of trouble involving an ancient, wronged, andverypissed-off princess (played byStar Trek Beyond’sSofia Boutella).
Today the firstThe Mummyposter has arrived, along with a littleThe Mummyteaser for the trailer arriving this weekend. See it all after the jump.
The Mummy Teaser
There’s been some question of whether these new Universal Monsters movies would feel more like action-adventures or like proper horror movies, and the firstMummyteaser seems to lean toward the former. That said, a film can certainly be both — something likeJurassic Parkcomes to mind — and there are some creepy moments here. (Plus, for what it’s worth,Russell Crowehas promised the movie will"scare the shit out of you.") Hopefully the full trailer will offer a better idea of the tone, and the film itself is able to hit on a combination that satisfies both old-school Universal Monsters fans and interests newcomers to the franchise.
Oh, and if you’re wondering what Crowe is doing here, he’s playing Dr. Jekyll, presumably as a prelude to his own spinoff standalone adventure.
There’s also aThe Mummyposter which is kind of hideous.
The Mummyis in theatersJune 9, 2017. Also starring areAnnabelle Wallis,Jake Johnson, andCourtney B. Vance.
Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella ofKingsman: The Secret ServiceandStar 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 Mummybrings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
