‘The Mummy’ Plot: Will Tom Cruise Save The Day? First Photo Of Movie Released Online

Tom Cruise always saves the day. All movies featuring the 54-year-old actor show him figuring out how to beat the odds and save the world. However, that may not be the case of “The Mummy.”

The movie’s director, Alex Kurtzman, told Entertainment Weekly that Cruise’s character may not save the day, unlike his character Ethan Hunt from the “Mission: Impossible” movie franchise. “I won’t tell you too much more than that, other than to say: One of the things that I think has defined Tom Cruise movies, for 30 years, is that Tom Cruise always saves the day. You know whenever you’re in a Tom Cruise movie that he’s gonna figure out a way to save the day. And that’s great, and it’s why I pay my money to see his movies.”

Kurtzman added, “However, in the context of a monster movie, it’s challenging, because monster movies are about characters who are often very out of control, and don’t know how to save the day. The first thing I said to Tom [Cruise] was, ‘It’ll be scarier if we can take away the fundamental knowledge that you’re gonna solve the problem.’”

Cruise plays an amoral person named Nick Morton who accidentally resurrects an evil Egyptian Goddess. While trying to stop this Goddess from wreaking havoc, he encounters Dr. Henry Jekyll who is played by Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe. Entertainment Weekly shared the first photo of the movie which shows Dr. Jekyll talking to Morton. The two certainly don’t seem cordial.

Check out the photo below by following the link in the tweet.

“The Mummy” is a reboot of the original franchise that starred Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. The official trailer was released earlier this year. Sofia Boutella stars as the evil Princess and Annabelle Wallis stars as Jenny. Famous TV stars Courtney B. Vance and Jake Johnson also star in film.

“The Mummy” hits theatres on June 9, 2017.