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'The Mummy': Unwrap Tom Cruise's new monster movie

Check out Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella and Russell Crowe in the first "Dark Universe" monster mash-up.

Richard Trenholm
Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene to Europe's refugee camps to the Sundance film festival.
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The Mummy returns... in a new all-action take on the classic movie monster.

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Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis take on an ancient evil in "The Mummy."

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Sofia Boutella, who you may remember from "Kingsman" and "Star Trek Beyond", is the Mummy

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Annabelle Wallis is the expert who knows the Mummy's secrets.

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"The Mummy" is the first in a series of new movies based on Universal's classic monsters, such as Frankenstein's monster, the Invisible Man and Dracula. The "Dark Universe" series is also set to resurrect the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera.

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Russell Crowe appears as Dr Jekyll, the link between the Dark Universe movies.

 

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Jake Johnson is the comedy relief.

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Tom takes his sarcophagus for a spin.

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A spectacular zero gravity stunt sequence was filmed in a real-life "vomit comet" plane.

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Tom Cruise takes a dip in one of the film's rip-roaring action sequences.

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Tom Cruise wants his mummy, in movie theatres from 9 June.

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