The new year has arrived, which means the very first premiere will take place on Friday 2023 with the arrival of Blumhouse Productions and Atomic Monster. M3GAN. From the first trailer - no, from the first mention of the producer. James Wanparticipation - fans have been eagerly awaiting the debut of the new AI horror. Lee M3GAN become a new icon of the genre is yet to be determined, but the camp is undeniable, and according to Wang, she may already be eyeing her own sequel.

From the same author of 2021 runaway success Malignant, Akela Cooper, M3GAN sci-fi horror film starring Allison Williams as Gemma, the roboticist responsible for designing a brand new AI doll designed for a child. When Gemma’s sister and brother-in-law die in an accident, her niece Cady (Violet McGraw) is transferred to the care of the engineer. Busy with work and hoping to ease Cady’s grief, Gemma gives her niece a prototype M3GAN (Amy Donald/Jenna Davis), which stands for the Generative Android Model 3 tasked with protecting Cady. Unfortunately, M3GAN takes this directive to the extreme, ready to kill if it deems it necessary.

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Ahead of Collider’s movie release Alice Wax was able to talk to the cast and crew members M3GANincluding director Gerard Johnston (chained to the house) and Van. During his interview with Johnston, when asked what his next project might be, the director said, “Oh, well, there’s talk of a sequel, but we’ll have to wait and see.” Later, although the producer did not directly confirm this exciting piece, Wang explained how many of his projects could grow into franchises, saying:

“What I will say to this is that in any of my films, whether spell Universe or Had seenor Malignantor M3GAN here we like to think about the bigger world. For me, it’s about creating a world and knowing the characters where the story could potentially go, and then building that larger world and then diving into it and deciding, “OK, I’m telling this particular story, but I know other things that are going on.” So if we’re lucky enough to get a sequel, we’ll have an idea of ​​where we want to go.”

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His world-building foresight may be why Wang has been responsible for shifting the horror genre since the early 2000s. His offspring Had seen (2004) ushered in a mainstream era of gore that gave way to a franchise that still produces torture films to this day. Before he established himself as a mainstay of the genre with his haunted house masterpiece, insidioushowever, Wang’s visual style in 2007 Dead silence paved the way for such vibrant franchises as spell. Between Wang’s penchant for planning ahead and Blumhouse Production’s rather low-budget filmmaking with impressive turnover, M3GAN A sequel is a pretty safe bet if the movie does well this weekend. As fans, the best thing we can do is fill in the spaces and continue to let the creators know how much we appreciate their films.

M3GAN pirouettes to cinemas on January 6, 2023. To learn more from Van, here’s what he told us about spell 4 and his partnership with Blumhouse.