The Big Picture One of the early hits of 2023 was the AI-developed doll slasher M3GAN, which underscored that technology can also fuel horror stories. However, the conversation around artificially generated content has hugely evolved ever since M3GAN was made and released, which is why producer James Wan believes the upcoming sequel M3GAN 2.0 will be incredibly exciting.
“It’s early yet, but M3GAN is coming back in a big way. The first film came just at the right time , and we’re definitely leaning into that on the next one. We’re exploring the AI universe even further.” M3GAN didn't stray too much away from that: At its core, the movie told the story of a woman who is far too busy to look after a kid and decides to delegate the work of raising a child to a robot. Both the movie and the WGA/SAG-AFTRA protests boiled down to the same point: As efficient as AI can be, you need to use it as a tool and not the guiding principle of a project.