‘The Mummy’ And ‘Pirates 5’ TV Spots Are Here To Remind You Summer Is Almost Upon Us
The summer movie season hasn’t started yet, but afterThe Fate of the Furious' monster opening weekend at the box office, it almost feels like it’s already begun. Two other mega popcorn movies coming up areThe MummyandPirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. DirectorAlex Kurtzmanwill attempt to launch the monster universe, whileKon-TikidirectorsJoachim RønningandEspen Sandbergattempt to breathe new life into the Pirates franchise.
Below, watchThe MummyTV spot and a new look atPirates 5.
The fifth addition to thePiratesfranchise is followingPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a low-spirited adventure movie that made over a billion dollars. Five years later, after a series of disappointments starringJohnny Deppand the start of some bigger and better franchises, we’ll see if audiences are still as passionate about crafty Jack Sparrow next month.
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Talesand Depp may surpass expectations, though. The first reactions to the film are encouraging. “It’s a much better film than the last installment and has many improvements over the first two sequels in the original trilogy,” Peterwrote afterenjoying the movie at Cinema Con. The highest praise for the sequel is that it’s more character-driven, likeGore Verbinski’s original film.
Here’s a new TV spot for the latest Sparrow pic:
Two weeks afterPirates of the Carribeanhits theaters, one of the few great movie stars,Tom Cruise, will have to save the world again after possibly bringing about its destruction inThe Mummy. The actor stars in Kurtzman’s monster-heavy action movie, which features Cruise looking truly outmatched for the first time in years.
She’s unlike anything we’ve ever faced.#TheMummy– in theaters June 9.pic.twitter.com/BqmoVpBZrG
— #TheMummy (@themummy)June 27, 2025
The Mummyis a significant departure from Kurtzman’s first film, the shaggy but sincere and likablePeople Like Us. Kurtzman, known for co-writing theTransformersandStar Trekmovies, showed promise with his first effort. If he can bring some of the humanity of his first movie to a big popcorn movie likeThe Mummy, then maybe we’ll get some real scares and thrills from the first entry in the burgeoningUniversal Monster Universe.
Here’s the synopsis forThe Mummy:
Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
The Mummyopens onJune 9, 2017andPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesopens onMay 26, 2017.
