After the breakout success of M3GAN, a Blumhouse film about an AI doll with killer dance moves and murderous predilections, it’s no surprise that a sequel, M3GAN 2.0, was rapidly approved.
We don’t know much about the upcoming film, however, other than the fact that Allison Williams would reprise her role as M3GAN’s creator, Gemma, and Violet McGraw would once again play the young girl that M3GAN became violently protective of.
Until today, when Deadline broke the news that Ivanna Sakhno has joined the cast for the sequel. If you watched Star Wars: Ahsoka, then you’re familiar with Sakhno’s work: She played Shin Hati, the apprentice of former Jedi Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson).
Saknho got deserved attention for playing Shin, and it seems that the creatives behind M3GAN 2.0 took notice. Those creatives include writer Akela Cooper, who penned both M3GAN and the sequel, as well as director Gerard Johnstone, who is also helming both films. James Wan (The Conjuring and Saw franchises, as well as the Aquaman movies), Jason Blum, and Williams are also producing the sequel.
Details on the plot of M3GAN 2.0 aren’t yet known, and we also don’t know anything about what role Sakhno is taking on in the film. We do know, however, that the movie is set to premiere in theaters on January 17, 2025.
