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Margot Robbie Hijacks a Body in ‘Augmented’
Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey) is putting on her producing hat for Augmented, a long-gestured project that Warner Bros. previously acquired back in 2017.
Now, Grant Sputore, who helmed the incredible sci-fi horror I Am Mother, is set to direct from a screenplay by Mark Townend that’s currently being rewritten by Michael Lloyd Green, Variety reports.
They’re hiding the plot, but a deep dig on Google turns out this terrifying question:
“There are smart phones and smart televisions, but can you imagine having that technology inside your own body?”
Basically, the film is set in a future where people are enhancing their lives with smart technology implants. Augmented follows a successful criminal defense attorney who has her body hijacked by an anonymous hacker and struggles to prevent him from using her to commit a series of proxy murders. (source)
It’s unclear if Robbie will star, but it’s possible she could jump into the role at a later date.
It sounds like there’s a body horror component, although it sounds more sci-fi than hard genre. With that said, I Am Mother is pretty dark and I could see Townend’s rewrites heading in a horrific direction. Social commentary does call for it…
South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan, “Human Vapor“) is back this summer with a new outbreak nightmare in Colony, and new key art warns that surviving the infected hive won’t be easy.
Look for the infection horror movie in theaters on August 28, 2026.
The South Korean horror movie follows Professor Se-jeong as she is thrust into a terrifying hellscape when a mutating virus is unleashed during a biotech conference, forcing authorities to seal the facility to contain the outbreak. Se-jeong and a group of survivors must fight to stay alive as the infected undergo horrific transformations and threaten to spread the virus.
Colony marks Gianna Jun’s (Blood: The Last Vampire, “My Sassy Girl”) first feature film since 2015’s Assassination. She stars alongside Koo Kyo-hwan (Peninsula, Escape from Mogadishu).
“With Colony, [Sang-ho] takes the intensity and scale even further, delivering a bold and terrifying new vision for fans,” teases Doris Pfardrescher, President and CEO of Well Go USA.
Ji Chang-wook (“Healer”) and Shin Hyun-been (“Hospital Playlist”) also star.
Colony is presented by Showbox and produced by Wowpoint and Smilegate.
The viral outbreak horror movie is rated ‘R’ this week for “bloody violent content and some language.”
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