Biography Flash: Mummy Reboot Rises, Dust Storm Stirs, Merch Unwraps | Marc Ellery

The Mummy Biography Flash a weekly Biography.

All right folks, strap in and wrap up—no, not in bandages, unless that’s your thing—because it’s time for “The Mummy Biography Flash,” the only podcast segment where I—Marcus “Marc” Ellery—try to condense the latest on an undead icon without falling asleep halfway through my own script.

So, what’s the latest from the tombs, figurative and otherwise? Big news, possibly the only thing dustier than my college diploma: there’s a new *The Mummy* movie confirmed and actually in production, which, as you may recall, is Hollywood’s favorite way to say “someone wrote a script and we haven’t lost it yet.” Lee Cronin is at the helm, known for making horror movies that actually make you jump and not just roll your eyes. He promises this reboot will be “unlike any Mummy movie” we’ve ever seen, though I feel like every director says that right before rebooting a franchise that’s already been rebooted more times than my podcast mic settings. The cast has some fresh faces: May Calamawy—yes, from Moon Knight—has signed on. Jack Reynor and Laia Costa are in, too. Details about who’s playing what are still buried deeper than the lost city of Hamunaptra, but shooting’s underway in Ireland of all places. Cronin says he’s aiming for something ancient and scary—like my refrigerator leftovers—with an April 2026 release date on the horizon, assuming no one reads from the Book of the Dead and delays it all again, Universal-style, like after the Tom Cruise version tanked Hard[IMDb, Collider].

Meanwhile, social media had fun last week after a massive Arizona dust storm got dubbed “a scene straight out of The Mummy” by the Times of India. Because apparently now any event involving sand requires a Brendan Fraser reference and obligatory meme. Speaking of which, Fraser’s 1999 classic? Still getting love on streaming. It just hit #1 on Peacock’s chart, presumably watched by nostalgia-thirsty millennials reliving their high school movie nights while their kids ask them why everyone’s so pale and dirty[Collider].

On the merchandise front, Collider reports new *Dracula* and *The Mummy* collectibles are rolling out just in time for the season when dressing as a reanimated corpse is both festive and only mildly concerning to your neighbors. Franchise synergy, people!

As always, remember: The Mummy is fictional—the tweets are real, the movies are occasionally real, and the sense of danger you feel after watching one is probably indigestion. That’s it for this edition of The Mummy Biography Flash. Thanks for tuning in. If you want to stay undead—I mean, up to date—subscribe now and search the term “Biography Flash” for more legendary lives and, yes, more sarcophagus-grade updates.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
All right, folks, strap in and wrap up. No, not
in bandages unless that's your thing, because it's time for
the Mummy biography flash. The only podcasts Mark Ellery's Mark
Larry try to condense the latest on an undead icon
without falling asleep halfway through my own script. So what's
the latest from the tunes? Figurative and otherwise big news,

(00:31):
possibly the only thing dustier than my college diploma. There's
a new The Mummy movie confirmed and actually in production, which,
as you may recall, is Hollywood's favorite way to say
someone wrote a script and we haven't lost it yet.
We Cronin is at the Helm, known for making horror
movies that actually make you jump and not just roll
your eyes. He promises this reboot will be unlike any

(01:04):
Mummy movie we've ever seen, though I feel like every
director says that right before rebooting a franchise that's already
been rebooted more times than my podcast Mike settings. The
cast has some fresh faces. May Kalamaway Yes from Moonnight,
has signed on, Jack Rayner and Layah Costa A into
details about who's playing what are still buried deeper than

(01:24):
the Lost City of Hamu Natra, but shootings underway in Ireland,
of all places. Cronin says he's aiming for something ancient
and scary, like my refrigerator Leftovers, with an April twenty
twenty six release date on the horizon, assuming no one
reads from the Book of the Dead and delays it
all again universal style, like after the Tom Cruise version

(01:44):
tanked hard. Meanwhile, social media had fun last week after
a massive Arizona dust storm got dubbed a scene straight
out of the Mummy by the Times of India, because
apparently now any event involving sand requires a Brendan Fraser
reference and obligatory mean. Speaking of which, Frasier's nineteen ninety
nine classic still getting love on streaming. It just hit

(02:06):
number one on Peacock's chart, presumably watched by nostalgia thirsty
millennials reliving their high school movie nights while their kids
ask them why everyone's so pale and dirty Collider On
the merchandise front, Collider reports new Dracula and the Mummy
collectibles are rolling out just in time for the season.
When dressing is a reanimated corpse is both festive and

(02:26):
own mildly concerning to your neighbors. Franchise singerie people. As always,
remember the Mummy is fictional, the tweets are real, the
movies are occasionally real, and the sense of danger you
feel after watching one is probably indigestion. That's it for
this edition of the Mummy Biography Flash. Thanks for tuning in.
If you want to stay undead I mean up to date,

(02:49):
subscribe now and search the term Biography Flash for more
legendary lives and yes, more Sarcophagus grade updates. And that
is it for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe
button and never miss an update on the Mummy. Thanks
for listening. This has been a quiet please production quiet,
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