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James Wan’s Child’s Play: Producing Killer Robot Doll Techno-Thriller ‘M3GAN’
Jason Blum and James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw, Insidious) are partnering for a techno-horror thriller titled M3GAN, reports THR.
Gerard Johnstone, who directed the Australian horror movie Housebound (pictured), is on board to helm the project, which has a script by Akela Cooper, a writer-supervising producer who has worked on “Luke Cage” and “American Horror Story”.
Sounding similar to what MGM is doing with their remake of Child’s Play:
“Cooper’s script tells of a brilliant toy company roboticist who uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll’s programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend…with terrifying results.”
There’s an interesting spin here in that the doll is protecting the child, which is sort of reminiscent of how James Cameron approached his Terminator sequel.
Part of the origin of the project lies at Wan’s Atomic Monster where he and his execs were kicking around film ideas and landed upon one about a killer doll, explains the site. Wan had already flirted with creepy and possessed dolls with movies such as Annabelle but this idea could resonate with audiences in a whole new way.
“The concept is about embracing technology too much and relying too much on it,” Wan says. “And what happens with technology runs amok. It’s a commentary on the world we live in and it feels relevant.”
Wan and Blum will produce the feature, which is aiming to begin shooting this fall. Michael Clear, of Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, will executive produce. Blumhouse’s Couper Samuelson will exec produce while Ryan Turek will oversee for the banner.
Watch for casting later this summer.
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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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