A New M3GAN Trailer Is Here to Bring Pint-Sized Terror to Your Day

After reaching immediate meme-ability in her first trailer—which type of got here out of nowhere, and elevated an “ugh, not another killer-doll movie” scenario to “OMG WHEN CAN I SEE THIS” standing—M3GAN’s overprotective, alarmingly highly effective plaything has returned for an additional tease.

Yes, they introduced again the sinister dance scene for this one (how may they not?), however this new trailer offers us an excellent higher thought of what to anticipate, together with a supremely malevolent scene of M3GAN taking part in the piano. “It’s insane, right?”

Produced by James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring, Insidious) and Blumhouse (Halloween, The Black Phone, The Invisible Man), M3GAN is directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) and written by Akela Cooper (Malignant), from a narrative by Cooper and Wan. And what’s that story, precisely? Well: “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 eight-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.”

The forged additionally contains Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey, and Stephane Garneau-Monten. M3GAN hits theaters January 6, however is presumably starring in all of your nightmares tonight.

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