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Joe Cornish and John Boyega Met to Talk ‘Attack the Block’ Sequel
It’s no secret that both director Joe Cornish and star John Boyega have previously discussed the possibilities of a sequel to Attack the Block, their cult sci-fi horror film from 2011 that followed a teen gang in South London who must defend their block from an alien invasion.
Last February, Boyega stoked the flames once more when he reminded fans that he’d be up for reprising the role of Moses if he was asked. Boyega posted a screen grab from the film to IG, and when asked about a potential sequel replied, “If the supporters want it then I’ll have to get back to Peckham ASAP.”
In more recent news, Cornish appeared on the ScriptApart podcast where he once again brought up the possibilities of an Attack the Block sequel, but added that he’s had fresh conversations with Boyega a few months ago!
“We’ve got ideas. I met with John a couple of months ago to talk about it,” he told the podcast.
“We’ve always had ideas after the first one. But obviously we’ve both been busy doing different things.”
When Cornish spoke about a sequel to Attack the Block back in 2011 (with IFC), he noted that Boyega had lots of ideas rattling around in his head for the potential return of Moses.
“He has this image of a bigger alien attack on London, as if the attack we saw in Attack the Block was just the [first] wave and there’s another wave of bigger creatures,” Cornish relayed at the time. “And he described to me this image of Moses leading a whole army of hood kids across the Thames, next to the houses of Parliament. He had an image of Moses on a police horse. You know the police in London who have those horses they use in riots…somehow Moses has got onto one of those horses. So he’s on a horse leading this army of South London kids across the river to take on this bigger wave of aliens.
“So yeah it’s really fun to think of stuff like that and what we could do.”
After multiple delays, Blumhouse Atomic Monster finally launches the newest android that is sure to light your fire while keeping you on the edge of your seat: SOULM8TE is set to release soon.
SOULM8TE arrives on Digital on August 1, 2026, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise, Monolith) stars alongside Claudia Doumit (“The Boys”). The spinoff is described as a ’90s-style erotic thriller with a “new technological twist.”
David Rysdahl also stars in the upcoming SOULM8TE.
The film follows “a man (Rysdahl) who acquires an Artificially Intelligent android (Sullivan) to help him cope with the recent loss of his wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, the man inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.”
Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother) directs. The filmmaker rewrote an original draft from Rafael Jordan (Salvage Marines), based on a story by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu and Jordan.
“When Blumhouse Atomic Monster first approached me about an erotic thriller set in the M3GAN-verse, I thought, are you insane? But something drew me in. We exist in a bizarre time where companies sell us ‘connection’ through apps, algorithms, and AI. Yet those are the same forces pulling us apart. The lonelier we get, the more dependent we become on the tools doing the pulling,” states Dolan. “SOULM8TE is a movie about that vicious cycle. It is a satirical, unhinged movie that explores desire, obsession, autonomy, and control. It’s a movie that knows how ridiculous it is, and I’d argue it’s best watched the way you’d watch Basic Instinct or Showgirls now, with friends, a drink in hand, and zero shame about shouting at the screen.”
Producer and Blumhouse Atomic Monster CEO, Jason Blum says, “Kate Dolan has expertly blended tech paranoia with erotic thriller in SOULM8TE, which is just as fun as that sounds, but also has more on its mind than you might think.”
Watch the new trailer below that unleashes a new killer AI bot, this time for an older demographic. SOULM8TE is rated “R” for “Strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.”
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