Jacy Reynor is set to go toe-to-toe with the walking undead, as he has landed the lead in New Line Cinema’s “The Mummy,” from “Evil Dead Rise” director Lee Cronin and Atomic Monster and Blumhouse.
Production begins next week in Ireland, ahead of its April 17, 2026 release date. Plot details are being kept secret, although Reynor is reportedly a husband and father who goes up against the titular creep.
This will be the third modernized monster movie that producer Jason Blum and Blumhouse has tackled, after making “The Invisible Man” and “Wolf Man,” both directed by Leigh Whannell, for Universal Pictures, the studio most closely associated with the classic monsters.
The last time Universal unwrapped “The Mummy” it was for a big-screen action blockbuster in 2017 starring Tom Cruise. Before that there were a trilogy of films starring Brendan Fraser, which concluded in 2008.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing “The Mummy,” with James Wan, Blum and John Keville producing. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher are executive producing. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.
Reynor has previously appeared in everything from Hollywood blockbuster “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” to smaller gems like “Sing Street,” “Detroit” and “Midsommar.” On the small screen he has appeared in the Paramount+ series “Strange Angel,” along with Prime Video’s “The Peripheral” and more recently Netflix’s “The Perfect Couple.”
