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On January 4, M3GAN, the new horror film produced by Blumhouse, whose story was created by James Wan and Akela Cooper under the direction of Gerard Johnstone (Housebound, Terry Teo), landed in theaters in U.S.
M3GAN plot tells us the story of Cady, a girl who has recently lost her parents in an accident and is taken in by her aunt, Gemma, who is currently developing the perfect toy prototype so that children will never sit alone.
To this end, he has designed M3GAN, a realistic doll programmed to be the best companion for children, the greatest ally for parents, and capable of listening, observing, and learning while becoming a friend, teacher, playmate, and protector of the child at the same time.
Finding herself unexpectedly as Cady's legal caretaker, Gemma doesn't know what to do or feel prepared to be a mother. Under intense work stress, Gemma decides to link her M3GAN prototype to Candy to solve both problems. Still, it takes a little while for Gemma to discover the unimaginable consequences of her decision.
Given the success of the film (and waiting for its sequel to be confirmed), Blumhouse and the team behind M3GAN have already established what their next horror feature film will be.
As reported by Deadline, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse have announced that their next collaboration will take place with Night Swim, a new horror film based on the short film of the same name by Bryce McGuire, who will direct the feature film.
As an expansion of the short, the little known about its plot is that the film will revolve around a supernatural threat located in a suburban swimming pool.
The cast of Night Swim will include the presence of actors Wyatt Russell (Thunderbolts, By Heaven's Mandate, The Woman in the Window) and Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin, Dreamland, Heartbeats in the Dark).
The movie Night Swim will be released in theaters on January 19, 2024. In the meantime, here we leave you what have been the best horror and fear movies of 2022, according to the editorial staff of Hobby Consolas.
The enormous success that 'M3gan' has achieved during its first weekend in theaters -only in the United States, it has raised 30.2 million dollars in just three days, earning even better data than 'Avatar: The Sense of Water' during the Friday - has led to Blumhouse already launching a sequel to the film directed by Gerard Johnstone. Of course, it is still in a very early development phase, as clarified in the Deadline.
It is a logical decision for Blumhouse since 'M3gan' has already become the first great horror film phenomenon of the year and a very profitable production since its budget was barely 12 million dollars.
It's also worth noting that 'M3gan' has achieved the best data for a January opening since 2018, narrowly surpassing the 30 million Scream did last year. And it has reached it without the support of being part of a saga much loved by the public, betting on a more comical approach than many expected and reducing violent content to a minimum.
In addition, 'M3gan' has also gained the support of the specialized press, as it currently has 93% positive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, something very unusual for a horror film. For example, 'Smile' was at 80% a few months ago, which was already considered a success.
The question right now is knowing if they will be able to find the right keys again so that 'M3gan 2' lives up to its predecessor. A priori, it seems complicated, but I still remember that 'Devilish Doll 2' is better than the first installment, so I prefer to be cautious about it.
One of the keys to the huge success of 'M3gan' has been its clever promotional campaign, which has had an especially big impact on TikTok, where the killer doll dance has gone viral, following in the footsteps of Jenna Ortega. on Wednesday,'.
It is undoubtedly the hit horror movie of 2023. With a combination of science fiction and horror and a budget of only 12 million dollars, it beat Avatar 2: The Way of Water on its opening day at the box office, although later, James Cameron's film returned to the number one position. Where to watch online, M3GAN or Megan?.
In its opening weekend, the film achieved sales of 45 million dollars in global collections.
M3GAN or Megan got an excellent reception from critics and the audience. According to the Metacritic.com portal, the film received 72% approval from the press, while it reached 7.9 points out of a maximum of 10 from the site's readers. Meanwhile, on IMDb.com, the score was not so positive: 6.7 points out of a maximum of 10.
The film comes from the hands of the most prolific minds in the world of 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.
M3GAN is the name of a robot doll similar to a human being programmed with artificial intelligence to be the best company for a child and the best ally for parents. Designed by a toy company roboticist, M3GAN can listen, watch and learn as she becomes a friend and teacher, companion, and protector, to the boy or girl to whom she is attached to.
When Gemma becomes the caretaker for her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady, Gemma feels insecure and unprepared to be a mother. Under a lot of pressure at work, Gemma decides to use her M3GAN prototype with Cady to fix both problems, a decision that will have terrifying consequences for the family.
The film is a Universal Pictures production. The online broadcast rights are from NBC Universal, whose streaming platform in the United States is Peacock so that it can be seen online after that, it has passed through theaters. Although it has yet to be confirmed in Latin America, it is expected to follow the same sequence as other Universal titles, and it will do so on HBO Max.
In the wake of the blockbuster Smile and Black Phone, the new horror film M3GAN has become the moment's sensation. The killer robot doll has conquered international audiences, raising 45 million dollars in its first opening weekend and becoming a figure many ask for new misadventures.
Based on the story written by Akela Cooper and James Wan, Gerard Johnstone has been commissioned to direct the film. A title that has presented us with the terrifying image of M3GAN, an android whose identity behind it has aroused enormous interest. An automaton that was not played by a single actress but by two.
Behind her childhood image, we find the actress and dancer, just 12 years old, Amie Donald (Sweet Tooth: The deer boy), who has been in charge of the impossible pirouettes and rhythmic movements behind M3GAN. However, the character's original voice is that of Jenna Davis (Vampirina), in the search for the doll to sound more creepy and have a more adult tone.
A curiosity that became viral on social networks, thanks to videos like the one by TikTok user cocoons.
In a behind-the-scenes video posted by FilMonger, we can witness Donald getting into the doll's costume, preventing special effects from colonizing the film.
M3GAN tells the story of an engineer from a robotic toy company responsible for building a hyper-realistic doll. A technological advance that coincides with the unexpected custody of her orphaned niece that she will be one of the first to experiment with the prototype, designed to protect the little ones in the house, and that will soon get out of control.
Allison Williams completes the cast (Let me out), Violet McGraw (The Curse of Hill House), Ronny Chieng (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and Brian Jordan Alvarez (Will & Grace), among other performers.
M3GAN, the new Blumhouse film, has become one of the protagonists of TikTok. The film, directed by Gerard Johnstone and about a killer doll, already went viral when its first trailer was released, and the devilish villain danced in it. Now that the film has reached theaters, another moment has begun to run through the famous social network.
In the film, Gemma (Allison Williams) is a roboticist who must care for her niece, who has lost her parents. To help her, she decides to use her creation: a girl-like robot. The objective of this invention, whose name is Megan, is to accompany and protect the girl. However, the robot becomes overprotective and performs unimaginable actions.
At one point in the film, Megan sings a song to her protégé before going to sleep, and the theme chosen is 'Titanium' by David Guetta and sung by Sia. It is a scene that has caused mixed feelings among film viewers, and they have not hesitated to share their reactions on TikTok.
It seems impossible, and it will rarely be repeated the following weekend, but a film has managed Seemingly Sweet doll to stop the collection spiral of Avatar 2. We are talking about M3GAN, the particular horror film from Blumhouse Productions that the last Friday it was released achieving figures above those collected by the story of the Navi by James Cameron.
Although Avatar: The Sense of Water has already grossed 1.7 billion dollars at the international box office, becoming (so far) the seventh highest-grossing film in cinema history, it seemed obvious that that streak sooner or later would have to be cut short.
Some time and this has happened at the North American box office, a space in which M3GAN has reaped 11.7 million dollars compared to 11.4 for the sequel to Pandora. In addition, a small defeat has been by a fairly close distance, as their numbers indicate. A difference that demonstrates the power that Avatar 2 wields. Let's remember that the sequel has not even been in theaters for a month and has already made history as the sequel that has raised the most in the Hollywood industry, even above last year's phenomenon, Top Gun. : Maverick.
Internationally, M3GAN has managed to win 45 million. In our country, its premiere has not caught on so much, but it has been placed as the third most watched feature film, facing strong competition such as the second part of the family of Jake Sully and Neyriti and the sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. The official synopsis of M3GAN is as follows.
The merit of this horror story, directed by Gerad Johnstone, is even greater if we consider that it only has a budget of 12 million dollars. Akela Cooper signs the script from an original story by filmmaker James Wan.
Horror movies are usually a good hook for the public to attend movie theaters and receive a good supply of jumps, screams, and scares. It is also a genre that, if not well done, can inadvertently fall into comedy. Sometimes even though critics trash movies, audiences love them, and vice versa. In the case of M3GAN, it has pleased both sectors, and the numbers it has generated at the box office have surprised everyone.
The recent horror film from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse exceeded expectations at the US box office, earning more than $30.2 million in its debut. This is a good number, understanding that the first week of the year is always difficult since viewers begin to recover after the December holidays, and it is also a time for film awards.
With these numbers, the James Wan-produced film became the first release to raise that kind of money in more than a decade. Since The Devil Inside was released in 2012, the feature film has become the most successful opening for an original story since Nope! (Nope) by Jordan Peele, another Universal production, which debuted at $44 million in July of last year.
None of these box office milestones surprise anyone who has recently been on Twitter or TikTok. With its chaotic dance moves and pithy one-liners, the robotic doll has instantly become iconic in the age of social media and marketing. Before its release, M3GAN released numerous viral memes when its first trailer dropped in October, causing great anticipation to watch this work.
In addition to being the first major horror release of 2023, the film is one of the biggest theatrical releases since James Cameron's Avatar: The Waterway opened on December 16. Said film quickly overtook Top Gun: Maverick, the highest-grossing production released in 2022. While M3GAN's film debut was nowhere near the Avatar sequel, the horror film was able to hold its own.
A few days after its release, Megan exceeded its creators' expectations by becoming a resounding success upon its theatrical release.
The horror film written by Akela Cooper surprised all those who were assured at some point that Avatar 2 would remain in its number one position at the box office for several weeks after its recent release.
This week after its release in the United States, the film by M3gan or better known as Megan, managed to beat one of the most anticipated films of 2022 at the box office, yes, we mean Avatar 2: The Way of Water and only In its debut last Friday, the film managed to gross $11.7 million compared to $11.4 million for Avatar 2.
M3GAN is a human-like doll programmed to be a child's best companion and parent's best ally. Designed by a robotics specialist from a toy company, M3GAN can listen, watch and learn as she becomes a friend, teacher, supporter, partner, and even protector of the child assigned to her.
The film centers on Gemma, a woman who becomes the caretaker for her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady. However, faced with this responsibility, Gemma feels insecure and prefers to ask for help to raise her niece.
Faced with the pressure of caring for her orphaned niece and her overwork, Gemma decides to unite her M3GAN prototype with Cady to solve both problems, a decision that will negatively affect her life.
Although Internet users have found many similarities with other horror movies, such as Chucky or Annabelle, the truth is that a different film inspires Megan's story.
Through an interview, Akela Cooper, the film's screenwriter, revealed that to write Megan's story, she was inspired by the ventriloquist Fats doll from the 1978 film Magic.
'My thing was ventriloquist dummies. I saw the movie Magic with Anthony Hopkins at a very young age, and that certain consolidated concerns in my brain," confessed the also fan of Chucky, the devilish doll, to which she also added: "It was always my dream to create an iconic monster of my own."
Magic is based on the novel by William Goldman that presents the story of the magician Corky (role played by Anthony Hopkins), who manages to achieve success thanks to his routine with the Fats doll.
Unfortunately, this triggers the envy and fury of the puppet, who clings to control the magician who used to own it, even if she has to end his life to achieve it.
Megan's film was released in Mexican theaters on December 29, while in Spain, it was released on January 4, two days before Canada and the United States.
Allison Williams - Gemma
Violet McGraw-Cady
Amie Donald - M3gan
Jen Van Epps - Tess
Brian Jordan Alvarez - Cole
Jack Cassidy-Brandon
Ronny Chieng-David
Lori Dungey - Celia
Stephane Garneau - Mount is Kurt
Arlo Green-Ryan
Kira Josephson - Ava
Michael Saccente - Greg
Jaya Beach-Robertson
Samson Chan-Boon
Chelsie Preston Clayford-Nicole
Director James Wan, known for "Saw" and "The Conjuring," returns to horror with "M3GAN," a film that will reinvent the concept of "Chucky: The Evil Dolls" for a new generation. Since the release of his first trailers, we can see that horror and technology will come together in an unorthodox way.
The film tells the story of a real doll with artificial intelligence programmed to be the best companion and ally for children. Said robot is built by Gemma, a roboticist who faces being the new guardian of Candy, her orphaned 8-year-old niece.
When the challenge of being a mother gets too big, Gemma pairs her M3GAN prototype with Candy to take a load off her shoulders. However, she soon realizes that her decision is much deadlier than she realizes.
The film is scheduled to be released in theaters in Peru on January 5, 2023, and fans couldn't be more excited to see the terrifying story on the big screen. As for its launch via streaming, it has yet to be known which platform it will be available on.
The movie "M3gan" is available in the main cinema chains in Peru, including Cinemark, Cinépolis, UVK, Cineplanet, and Cinestar. At the moment, the tape is not available on any streaming platform.
On Rotten Tomatoes, "M3GAN" has achieved an approval rating of 80% from critics. Next, we share with you some of the appreciations that raised the expectations of horror fans.
