The upcoming M3GAN 2.0 will quickly be slicing its means onto the 2025 launch schedule. Thus far, plainly the titular killer doll is coming again in a giant means. At current, although, some followers of the horror-tech sensation might have already got massive query on their minds: is a 3rd movie within the works? Whereas nothing’s been confirmed simply but, star and producer Allison Williams is already sharing some trustworthy ideas on the matter, and her emotions are fairly clear.
Williams — who additionally serves a producer on M3GAN 2.0 — caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to debate the movie. The star mirrored on reprising her position as Gemma Forrester, a robotics engineer, as soon as once more pulled right into a lethal battle involving rogue AI. When requested how a lot planning had gone into a possible M3GAN 3.0, the Get Out star performed it coy however couldn’t conceal her pleasure for persevering with the saga. She advised the outlet:
We don’t wish to presume something, however I’d say so much [of forethought]. (Laughs.) That’s all I’m going to say. We like to dream; that’s why we’re all on this enterprise. We’ve massive aspirations of huge goals, and I actually don’t really feel like I’m achieved making these films with these individuals and this tonal panorama and the subject material. So, yeah, I’ve been dreaming of a 3rd, for certain.
M3GAN 2.0, which picks up two years after the occasions of the primary movie, ups the ante with new tech threats and what’s being described as much less an upcoming horror film and extra of an action-forward tone, drawing comparisons to genre-defining sequels like Aliens and, extra explicitly, impressed by Terminator 2. This time round, Gemma is compelled to resurrect the movie’s eponymous doll to cease an much more superior (and military-engineered) AI gone rogue.
Such a tonal shift looks like the precise transfer for this Blumhouse-produced franchise. There are solely so many instances you possibly can have a scary robotic making an attempt to kill its proprietor earlier than it turns into stale. A number of the best sequels in movie historical past are profitable exactly as a result of they took dangers and adjusted the system a bit.
Nevertheless, issues may get difficult once they transfer on to M3GAN 3.0; it is usually the third film in a trilogy that poses challenges for creators. Taking a look at you, Alien 3, Terminator 3, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, RoboCop 3, The Hangover Half III and… okay, you get the purpose.
The unique M3GAN turned a viral hit in 2023 and is now generally known as a lot for its knife-sharp wit and viral dance scenes as it’s for its horror chops. It earned practically $182 million globally on a $12 million price range and impressed fan edits, memes and even an SNL spoof.
Allison Williams, who has additionally executive-produced the upcoming M3GAN spinoff Soulm8te, clearly isn’t completed exploring the universe. Her feedback verify that the artistic crew is at the least considering in trilogies, a basic construction in horror franchises, and one that would cement M3GAN as a contemporary style staple.
Whether or not M3GAN 3.0 formally will get the greenlight or not, Williams’ ardour suggests there’s nonetheless loads of gas within the tank. For now, M3GAN 2.0 hits theaters on June 27 and, if audiences prove the best way they did final time, don’t be shocked if the killer doll makes one other encore. If you happen to’re taken with doing a little prep work earlier than 2.0 lands in theaters, you possibly can all the time try the OG movie with a Starz account or via VOD companies.