Taglines: Friendship has evolved.
M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Get Out’s Allison Williams), M3GAN can listen and watch and learn as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector, for the child she is bonded to.
When Gemma suddenly becomes the caretaker of her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady (Violet McGraw, The Haunting of Hill House), Gemma’s unsure and unprepared to be a parent. Under intense pressure at work, Gemma decides to pair her M3GAN prototype with Cady in an attempt to resolve both problems—a decision that will have unimaginable consequences.
From the most prolific minds in horror—James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, and Blumhouse, the producer of the Halloween films, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—comes a fresh new face in terror. M3GAN is the first great horror film of the new year 2023.
Produced by Jason Blum and James Wan, M3GAN is directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerard Johnstone (Housebound), from a screenplay by Akela Cooper based on a story by Akela Cooper and James Wan. The film also stars Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey and Stephane Garneau-Monten.
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present an Atomic Monster production in association with Divide / Conquer. The film’s executive producers are Allison Williams, Mark Katchur, Ryan Turek, Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath.
M3GAN was theatrically released in the United States on January 6, 2023. It was originally scheduled to be released on January 13, 2023, before being moved up a week in order to avoid competition with House Party and the wide expansion of A Man Called Otto, which were also scheduled for the January 13 release date.
In November 2022, it was announced that it was rated PG-13 for “violent content and terror, some strong language and a suggestive reference”, making it the first Blumhouse horror tentpole to receive this rating since Black Christmas, released three years earlier in 2019.
M3GAN (2023)
Directed by: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Jenna Davis, Amie Donald, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey, Stephane Garneau-Monten, Michael Saccente, Arlo Green as Ryan
Screenplay by: Akela Cooper
Production Design by: Kim Sinclair
Cinematography by: Peter McCaffrey, Simon Raby
Costume Design by: Daniel Cruden
Set Decoration by: Vanessa Cole, Sean Keenan
Art Direction by: Simon Barker, Ben Milsom
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent content and terror, some strong language and a suggestive reference.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: January 6, 2023
