The murderous doll who captivated pop culture in 2023 is back. And this time…she’s not alone. The first trailer for the sci-fi horror sequel,M3GAN 2.0, has now been released during the Super Bowl, and transforms the titular artificially intelligent doll with a penchant for dancing from thesadistic villain into the reprogrammed hero. The original creative team behind that first phenomenon, and led by horror titans James Wan for Atomic Monster, Jason Blum for Blumhouse and director Gerard Johnstone, reboot an all-new chapter in A.I. mayhem withM3GAN 2.0.And you can check out the trailer below.
Directed by acclaimed returning filmmaker Gerard Johnstone,M3GAN 2.0co-stars returning cast members Brian Jordan Alvarez and Jen Van Epps as Gemma’s loyal tech teammates, Cole and Tess, and new characters played by Aristotle Athari (Saturday Night Live, Hacks), Timm Sharp (Apples Never Fall, Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and Grammy winner and 11-time Emmy nominee Jemaine Clement (Avatar: The Way of Water, What We Do in the Shadows). Director Gerard Johnstone has teased the “ambitious” plans for the follow-up, with M3GAN 2.0 promising to further reflect real-worldconcerns and growing terror about A.I.
“It was really important that the sequel is a response to what people really loved about the first movie, but also this evolving conversation and fear that we’re having about how A.I. is changing us and changing our children and changing society. In a way, M3GAN is a personification of all of those fears. It is very ambitious. I felt that the story should be bigger and increase in scale and scope, but it’s still a minuscule budget [compared to] the Marvel movie scale.”
‘M3GAN 2.0’ Is Due To Hit Theaters on June 27
The richly detailed synopsis forM3GAN 2.0was released recently, and it reveals that the horror sequel willtake inspiration from one of the greatestsci-fi action sequels ever made -Terminator 2: Judgment Day- transforming the titular doll from the villain into the hero. Alongside the new footage, you can check out the synopsis below.
‘M3GAN’ Filmmakers Tease ‘Fatal Attraction’-Style ‘SOULM8TE’ Spinoff
Yeah, but will there be a rabbit involved?
Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous (and impeccably choreographed) rampage and was subsequently destroyed, M3GAN’s creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady (Violet McGraw), now 14, has become a teenager, rebelling against Gemma’s overprotective rules.
Unbeknownst to them, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno; Ahsoka, Pacific Rim: Uprising), the ultimate killer infiltration spy. But as Amelia’s self-awareness increases, she becomes decidedly less interested in taking orders from humans. Or in keeping them around. With the future of human existence on the line, Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN (Amie Donald, voiced by Jenna Davis) and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal. As their paths collide, the original A.I bitch is about to meet her match.
