Netflix has released the first trailer for Vladimir, a provocative limited series led by the star of The Mummy 4. Blending dark humor with academic obsession, the show follows a professor whose fixation on a younger colleague spirals into fantasy and turmoil.

That’s the central question in the first teaser for director Lee Cronin’s “The Mummy,” a twisted reboot of the classic horror franchise. This take on the undead follows the daughter of a journalist (we assume that’s the Katie in question, though ...