James Wan Knows You’re Dying for Details About That R-Rated ‘M3GAN’ Sexbot Spin-Off

Everyone’s favorite kill-crazy toy not namedChuckyis back in theaters June 27, and ifM3GAN 2.0captures audiences like the 2023 original did, a third film seems all but guaranteed. But before a trilogy might happen, another film in M3GAN’s universe will arrive:SOULM8TE, the previously announced R-rated spin-off that will examine the dangers of AI from a more grown-up perspective.

In new interviews, producer James Wan andM3GANstar Allison Williams (an executive producer onSOULM8TE) spilled a few beans on what to expect.

Both Wan and Williams toldEntertainment WeeklythatSOULM8TEcame from the inevitable questions raised by a world with the means to create an eerily lifelike AI doll.

“We will give you a different person and a different story and an R-rated world to do this in. Let M3GAN be M3GAN, and leave her out of this completely,” Williams said. “It felt irresistible to then say, if a M3GAN existed in our world, someone would take that tech and put it in the form of a female-bodied person whose sole purpose on the planet is to pleasure a person. We extrapolate from there.”

Wan saidSOULM8TEis “basically set in the same AI world but seen through a more grown-up perspective, one that embraces all the great erotic thrillers from the ’90s. It’s likeFatal Attractionbut with robots.” There will be humor baked in, but not on the level of “sassiness” as what theM3GANfilms bring to the table.

Look forSOULM8TE—directed by Kate Dolan(You Are Not My Mother)and starringEvil Dead Rise‘s Lily Sullivan as the terrifying AI companion—to spice up theaters January 2, 2026.

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