Early reactions from the April 9 Los Angeles premiere of Lee Cronin's The Mummy have fueled trader optimism, with critics hailing it as a "gleefully nasty ride" packed with gore and body horror in the vein of the director's Evil Dead Rise (85% Tomatometer). Produced by James Wan and Jason Blum for New Line, the supernatural chiller—centering on a journalist's daughter returning mummified after vanishing in the desert—positions as a grim reimagining unbound by Universal Monsters tropes. No Rotten Tomatoes score exists yet with zero reviews logged, but the film's R-rated intensity and 134-minute runtime signal genre appeal. Wide theatrical release tomorrow (April 17) will lift review embargoes, rapidly populating the Tomatometer amid strong presales and IMAX rollout, potentially mirroring Blumhouse horror frontrunners like M3GAN.