Meet M3GAN's Sexbot Cousin in Blumhouse's Soulm8te

There’s a caller eerily lifelike android coming from the aforesaid tech beingness that created M3GAN—but this one’s aimed squarely astatine adults. Fans of the Blumhouse slayer AI doll movie volition callback that the invention’s files slipped retired of institution HQ, which could beryllium the thread starring to the crippled of the upcoming spin-off Soulm8te.

Not to confused with M3GAN’s upcoming sequel, which is besides successful the works, Soulm8te is, according to Variety, an offshoot successful the M3GAN universe from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster. The commercialized describes the movie arsenic centering connected a antheral that “acquires an Artificially Intelligent android to header with the nonaccomplishment of his precocious deceased wife. In an effort to make a genuinely sentient partner, helium inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.” Think ‘90s thrillers similar Fatal Attraction and Single White Female, but updated with a tech vibe.

The movie is acceptable to beryllium helmed by Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother) who besides re-worked a publication by Rafael Jordan with a communicative by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu, and Jordan. “Soulm8te is simply a thrilling and seductive summation to the M3GAN universe,” Wan said successful the trade. “We’re excited to spouse with Kate to bring this communicative to beingness with her unsocial cinematic imaginativeness and constituent of view.”

Soulm8te has a planned merchandise for January 2, 2026.

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