M3GAN was an entertaining horror comedy a couple of extremely superior computerized toy that seems to be evil. (I hate when that occurs.) Successful with critics and audiences, the little movie became an enormous hit, grossing over $181 million worldwide in early 2022.
A sequel (M3GAN 2.0!) is already in growth, however at present Common introduced they’re “increasing the M3GAN universe” with an “erotic thriller” referred to as “SOULM8TE.” Oh boy.
Primarily, it imagines the identical darkish riff on A.I. know-how, solely as an alternative of a children’ doll coming to life and egging slightly child on to do dangerous stuff, this can now be a narrative a couple of man who will get into severe bother with a “lovebot.” (Once more, I hate when that occurs.)
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Kate Dolan is directing the movie; she wrote the newest draft of the film, following work by Rafael Jordan, James Wan, and Ingrid Bisu.
An erotic thriller spinoff of this know-how makes loads of sense, sadly. And admittedly it’ll in all probability really feel far more authentic than M3GAN did. We get numerous horror motion pictures today about killer A.I. We don’t get too many erotic thrillers of any sort. In order that could possibly be fairly attention-grabbing.
Right here is the official description of the venture:
On this erotic thriller, a person acquires an Artificially Clever android to deal with the lack of his just lately deceased spouse. In an try and create a very sentient companion, he inadvertently turns a innocent lovebot right into a lethal soulmate. The movie is within the custom of the 90s home thrillers however with a contemporary, technological twist.
SOULM8TE is scheduled to open in theaters on January 2, 2026. M3GAN 2.0 is on observe to debut in theaters on June 27, 2025. In order that’s two killer bot motion pictures in six months.

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