It’s official—we haven’t seen the last of M3GAN! A sequel to the new bonkers horror movie has been set for 2025. M3GAN 2.0 will see stars Allison Williams (Get Out) and Violet McGraw (The Haunting of Hill House) reprise their roles as Gemma and Cady. Screenwriter Akela Cooper will also return for the sequel which is set to be produced by horror masters James Wan and Jason Blum through Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Productions, Williams is also set to produce the sequel. No director has been announced yet for the sequel though it’s possible Gerard Johnstone could take up the mantle once more. M3GAN 2.0 is slated to hit theaters on January 17, 2025.
M3GAN stands for Model 3 Generative Android and follows the titular life-like doll which is programmed to be a child’s greatest companion. She can listen, watch and learn as it plays the role of friend and teacher, playmate and protector to its young companions. Gemma decides to give her niece, Cady, an M3GAN prototype, which leads to consequences filled with a lot of bloodsheds and campy violence. The movie was rated PG-13 and aimed toward a much younger audience, however, Cooper previously admitted to having written a much gorier version.
The rating though did not affect the movie’s reception. With wild viral marketing and a killer doll premise, M3GAN generated $91 million globally to date on a budget of $12 million. So it’s already minting money for its producers nonetheless, even before the movie became a box office sensation producers Jason Blum and Wan publicly expressed their desire to make another killer-doll movie. Blum previously admitted the possibility of the sequel saying
