Each year, Blumhouse releases countless impressive horror movies. In 2022, the production company came out withThe Black Phone, the adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story starring Ethan Hawke in the role of The Grabber. There is also the forthcomingHalloween Endsin October and Nikyatu Jusu’sNannywill be released in November. Blumhouse’s 2022 releases cover a returning killer from a slasher franchise, a nanny working for a creepy family, and the strong siblings who go up against a child abductor. This is exactly the entertaining variety that horror fans love.
In early 2023, Blumhouse will releaseM3GAN, which sounds like it will be an exciting movie that fans of the company will love. From some plot details to the cast, crew and release date, there are some things that fans should know about this upcoming movie.
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The Plot
There are manyBlumhouse horror/science-fiction moviesandM3GANis in that category, too. The movie is about Gemma (Allison Williams) who works for a company that makes toys. When she comes up with a robotic doll named M3GAN, she also becomes the guardian for her niece who has lost her parents. Gemma decides that her prototype for M3GAN can assist her with this situation and, of course, this being a horror movie, all hell breaks loose.
The movie’s premise will remind horror fans of theChild’s Playfranchise asChucky the evil doll is timeless. M3GAN, like Chucky, is meant to be a friendly, comforting toy for children but they are also supposed to be there for parents, which is a new, unique take.
The tagline on the poster says “Friendship has evolved.” It will be fascinating to see how this toy ruins Gemma’s and her niece’s life and how they are able to win against it (and if they even can).M3GANis definitely ahorror movie with a great titleas it gets to the point of the horrors of this doll.
The Cast And Crew
Allison Williams stars inM3GANas the main character Gemma. Williams played Rose Armitage in Jordan Peele’spopular Blumhouse horror movieGet Out(2018). Rose is in a relationship with Daniel Kaluuya’s character Chris Washington who goes with Rose to meet her parents and is horrified by what he finds there. Williams is also known for her portrayal of Marnie Michaels on the HBO seriesGirls.
Rounding out the case are Amie Donald, who plays M3GAN, and Jenna Davis, who is the voice of M3GAN. Previously, Donald played Maya Monkey in the TV seriesSweet Tooth(2021). Davis plays the role of Meg in an episode of Hulu’s comedy seriesMaggieand played Sienna on the rebootRaven’s Home(2017-2022).
Brian Jordan Alvarez plays the part of Cole and previously played Estefan Gloria on the reboot ofWill And Grace(2018-2020). Violet McGraw and Ronny Chieng also star in the movie. McGraw will be familiar to fans ofThe Haunting of Hill House(2018).Mike Flanagan fans are excited forThe Midnight ClubasHill Houseis such a brilliant show that is actually scary. McGraw played young Nell Crain, the child who isterrified by the Bent-Neck Lady. Chieng played Dr. Lee on the TV seriesDoogie Kamealoha, M.D.
While Blumhouse fans are curious aboutFive Nights At Freddy’s updates, it’s exciting to look forward toM3GANas the premise and cast look great. Jason Blum, James Van, Couper Samuelson and Michael Clear are co-producing the film.
Akela Cooper wrote the movie and Gerard Johnstone is the director. Cooper wrote the 2021 horror filmMalignant.Johnstone wrote and directed the 2014 filmHouseboundabout a woman on house arrest who encounters something scary. Even thetrailer forMalignantwas terrifyingand the movie is even more unnerving, which suggests that the script forM3GANwill be full of as many scares and surprises.
The Release Date
January is always an exciting time of year. People come up with resolutions or think about new habits… and horror fans are all about making a list of the scary films they want to see in the next 12 months. There have been somegreat Blumhouse 2022 horror moviesand that will definitely continue next year.M3GANwill be in theaters on January 13th, 2023.
Earlier in 2022, Jason Blum was interviewed byDeadlineand shared what the company is up to this year. Blum said, “I’m very excited aboutSpawn. I’m very excited aboutFive Nights at Freddy’s, which has been a long time coming, but we’re getting very close. As I tweeted the other day, dangerously close. And then we have three originals that we’re working on, which haven’t been announced yet but they’re all gonna go into production within the next 12 months.” Horror fans have a lot to look forward to.
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