'The Mummy' director Lee Cronin wants to make a rom-com

Newsweek · May 22, 2026 · 392 words · By Austin Boyd

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What to know about 'The Mummy' director Lee Cronin wants to make a rom-com

Lee Cronin has been a rising star in the horror ranks with films like "The Hole in the Ground" and "Evil Dead Rise." He didn't find the same amount of success with the recent "The Mummy" film, which received underwhelming critical reviews, but did do solid…

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Why it matters

Every feature Cronin has done has been in the horror genre.

Common ground

Oftentimes, horror directors get pigeon-holed into only making horror films.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: 'The Mummy' director Lee Cronin wants to make a rom-com?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that He didn't find the same amount of success with the recent "The Mummy" film?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He didn't find the same amount of success with the recent "The Mummy" film”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other movie reviews, confirm Lee Cronin directed a version of 'The Mummy' (2026) and that it received mixed reviews regarding its length and success.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(brand)

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https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramen…

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Claim 2: “recent films like "Anyone But You" and "The Materialists" have shown that there's still an appetite for those types of films.”

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Multiple sources (The Ringer, TikTok, IMDb) refer to 'Anyone But You' and 'The Materialists' in the context of romantic comedies.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 13, 2025 ... The 'Materialists' Trailer Is a Liar ... He was a boy, hoping to fall in love with a romantic comedy. She was a movie, who dressed like a romantic ...
https://www.theringer.com/2025/06/13/movies/materialists-tra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Anyone But You. Watch options. Me Before You. 7.4. Me ... Connections. Featured in Amala Ekpunobi: So I Watched The Materialists...This Movie Sucked. (2025).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253473/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2025 ... “Anyone But You” was HORRIBLE. ... original sound - A24 · Materialist Movie Trailer · Dakota Johnson Style The Materialists · The Materialists ...
https://www.tiktok.com/@jstoobs/video/7514110395187989791

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Claim 3: “Every feature Cronin has done has been in the horror genre.”

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All mentioned feature films by Lee Cronin ('The Hole in the Ground', 'Evil Dead Rise', and 'The Mummy') are explicitly described as horror or supernatural horror films in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Cronin, an Irish film-maker who has made just two films to date (The Hole in the Ground and Evil Dead Rise ), is an undeniable visual talent but his Mummy is also absurdly, watch-checkingly overlong (…
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/16/the-mummy-revie…

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web search NEUTRAL — The biggest release: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Why you should maybe skip it: If you're wondering why a director you've never heard of is getting title billing, consider how many times Blumhouse has twee…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/article/new-movie…

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web search NEUTRAL — Movie review of Lee Cronin's The Mummy. It lurches, then lunges.That push and pull is the film in a nutshell. It lurches, then lunges. Not a masterpiece, not even close, but as a foul, corpse-breath r…
https://www.reelreviews.com/intheaters/lee-cronins-mummy-rev…

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Claim 4: “the first thing I ever sold was a romantic comedy years and years ago.”

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The provided evidence does not contain any external sources confirming that Cronin's first sold screenplay was a romantic comedy; the search results for 'romantic comedies' are general lists or unrelated to Cronin's personal history.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Cronin's The Mummy The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a j…
https://www.moviesjoytv.co/watch-movie/lee-cronin-s-the-mumm…

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web search NEUTRAL — Critics Consensus: In the first romantic comedy pairing of Tracy and Hepburn, the stars' chemistry is off to a working start and the film's sparkling comedy smooths out any rough patches. Synopsis: Te…
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-romantic-com…

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web search NEUTRAL — What sold Cronin’s vision to the producers was, ultimately, the story of a child gone missing and then found in a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. Where the story goes from there is full of unrestrained bo…
https://dailydead.com/interview-lee-cronin-breaks-down-the-p…

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Claim 5: “Lee Cronin has been a rising star in the horror ranks with films like "The Hole in the Ground" and "Evil Dead Rise."”

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Wikipedia and IMDb both confirm Lee Cronin directed 'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Evil Dead Rise'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Cronin (born 24 January 1982) is an Irish filmmaker. He is best known for directing horror films such as The Hole in the Ground (2019), Evil Dead Rise ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cronin_(director)

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web search NEUTRAL — Evil Dead Rise is a 2023 supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. It serves as the fifth installment in the Evil Dead film series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_Rise

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Cronin. Director: Evil Dead Rise. Lee Cronin is an award ... His debut feature film, The Hole in the Ground (2019) premiered at Sundance ...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091846/

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Claim 6: “I am spec-ing out an R-rated pretty racy romantic comedy at the moment.”

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There is no independent evidence in the search results confirming that Lee Cronin is currently writing a spec script for an R-rated romantic comedy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lee Cronin's The Mummy is a 2026 supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. A reimagining of The Mummy franchise, the film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cronin's_The_Mummy

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web search NEUTRAL — For dust you are. #LeeCroninsTheMummy only in theaters April 17.Hot off the record-setting resurrection of EVIL DEAD RISE, writer/director Lee Cronin turns t...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0uv-phsDk

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