Tom Cruise Fights Ancient Evil In New International Mummy Trailer

The Mummy is directed by Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote the first two Star Trek movies in the current reboot series. It also stars Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Annabelle Wallis (King Arthur), and Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson), plus Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll.

In a recent interview with Slashfilm, Kurtzman spoke about the tone of the movie. "I think that our goal is to make a movie that's full of suspense, full of adventure, that has moments of horror but that isn't defined as 'a horror movie,'" he said.

"This goes back to the requirement, I think, of having an unpredictable Tom Cruise in the movie. Because if you remove from the audience's mind, 'Oh I know he's going to save the day,' and in fact go, 'he really might not, he has no idea what to do here,' [it becomes] a situation where they're kind of scared for him because they don't know what he's going to do and they don't know what's coming."