Here’s a first behind-the-scenes look at Blumhouse and Atomic Monster’s M3GAN 2.0 and it features the return of the murderous doll, who manages to find a new body.
Producer James Wan previously teased the return of the killer robot doll in the sequel, saying: “It’s early yet, but M3GAN is coming back in a big way.
“The first film came just at the right time [when concerns about AI were mounting], and we’re definitely leaning into that on the next one. We’re exploring the AI universe even further.”
Akela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN), who wrote the first film will once again write the sequel with Gerard Johnstone also returning to direct.
During a previous interview, Johnstone opened up about the sequel and when asked if he would try to replicate the viral aspects of the first movie, he said: “I think if you do that, you are kind of setting yourself up to fail, and the audience will smell that a mile away.”
He continued: “I think for me, what works about the movie and what I think people are responding to is that it’s fun and absurd and full of lots of pleasant surprises.”
Johnstone went on to say: “And so looking at the sequel, those are my sort of paragons that I’m just trying to follow is like, how can we continue to be fun, absurd, surprising, but at the same time make sure that we continue to be part of the cultural conversation, I guess.”
He added: “In addition to the dance, we’re not too heavy-handed about it, but there are themes about co-parenting in the age of A.I. and things like that. So it’s important to have some substance to hang all of those dance sequences onto.”
Allison Williams and Violet McGraw are set to return to star in the film and they will be joined by Ahsoka star Ivanna Sakhno.
M3GAN 2.0 is currently scheduled for release on June 27, 2025.
