[This story contains spoilers for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.]
Lee Cronin was both flattered and frightened when Jason Blum suggested titling his The Mummy reimagining as Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
The Blumhouse CEO’s producing partner, James Wan (Atomic Monster), was the one who initially piqued Cronin’s interest in updating the property that dates all the way back to 1932. The Irish filmmaker — who was coming off of 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, the highest-grossing entry in Sam Raimi’s horror franchise — previously told The Hollywood Reporter that he was looking to do something original with his newfound cachet. But the freedom he was given to completely reinvent the classic monster became too tempting, and it eventually warmed him up to the idea of having the rare possessory movie title.
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