Irish director Lee Cronin, who is known for horror films such as Ghost Train (2013), The Hole in the Ground (2019), and Evil Dead Rise (2023), will write and direct the film.
The Mummy is a franchise that screenwriters Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer created in 1932.
It revolves around a mummified ancient Egyptian priest accidentally resurrected, unleashing a powerful curse. The story follows the heroic efforts of archaeologists to stop him.
The film also stars Veronica Falcón, Jack Reynor, and Laia Costa.
Reynor and Costa were announced as members of the film's cast in March, whereas Falcón, Calamawy, and El-Ghety joined the cast in April.
El-Ghety, 26, appeared in numerous TV series, including The Minors (2013), Grand Hotel (2016), Don't Let The Sun Set (2017), Tayea (2018), Zodiac (2019), Every Week Has a Friday (2020), and Sultanet Al Moez (2020).
In films, she participated in Mohamed Diab's award-winning film Clash (2016). She was also cast in several films, including, among others, High School Girls (2020), Ritsa (2021), Full Moon (2022), and Sugar Daddy (2023).
El-Ghety starred in the short film Nada (2017), which earned her recognition in multiple international festivals.
Born in 1986, in Bahrain to an Egyptian father and a Palestinian-Jordanian mother, Calamawy completed her undergraduate studies in acting at Emerson College and continued her studies at William Esper Studio.
She is known for the award-winning Hulu show Ramy (2019), National Geographic's The Long Road Home (2017), NBC's The Brave (2017), CBS's Madam Secretary (2017), and FBI (2018).
In 2021, she joined the cast of the Disney+ series Moon Knight, which Diab directed.
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