‘M3GAN' director reveals if he'd do a third film after ‘challenging' experience making the sequel
M3GAN is just getting started.
Gerard Johnstone, the director of the horror franchise starring Allison Williams, has confirmed that there are already conversations about making 'M3GAN 3.0.'
'Yes, absolutely. It makes sense for there to be more of these movies,' Johnstone exclusively told the Post. 'To what extent I'll be involved in, I don't know.'
7 Gerard Johnstone attends the 'M3GAN 2.0' premiere in New York City.for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse
But Johnstone noted that he needs a break from work before he tackles a potential third film.
'I'm really looking forward to a holiday, quite frankly,' the filmmaker shared, admitting that making 'M3GAN 2.0' was 'really challenging' for him.
7 M3GAN (voice: Amie Donald) in 'M3GAN 2.0.'
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'It was like two years of really intense work and I put everything I had into this movie,' he said of the sequel.
'So it's hard for me to think of anything beyond this moment. But I hope that the movie is good enough that people will really want to see more of her in the future.'
7 Gerard Johnstone in his interview with The Post.
While 'M3GAN 3.0' has yet to be officially announced, Universal Pictures is making a spinoff, 'SOULM8TE.'
The project, set for release in 2026, is about a man who buys an android to cope with his wife's death. Kate Dolan is directing while Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, Claudia Doumit and Oliver Cooper are set to star.
Johnstone confirmed that he's not involved in the spinoff.
7 Violet McGraw, M3gan (voice: Jenna Davis and Allison Williams in the first film.
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'I haven't actually seen it yet to be quite honest, so no, I'm not involved,' he stated. 'But yeah, it's hugely gratifying to be part of a movie that generates spin-offs.'
Johnstone also wants the 'M3GAN' franchise to include a TV show eventually.
7 Gerard Johnstone speaks at the 'M3GAN 2.0' premiere on June 24.for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse
'I'd love to see a Japanese 'M3GAN' anime series,' he told the Post. 'And then you're sort of not bound by the limits of technology. I think it would be really fun to see.'
'M3GAN 2.0,' the follow-up to the 2023 original, follows the iconic robot being rebuilt to help Gemma (Williams) and her niece Cady (Violet McGraw) defeat a dangerous humanoid military robot.
7 Gerard Johnstone on the set of 'M3GAN 2.0.'
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Johnstone gushed over Williams, 37, to The Post, calling her 'a very talented actress' and 'a very intelligent person.'
'She is very knowledgeable on things and well researched and so she kind of brings that to her character,' the director said. 'She really is the perfect person to play Gemma in that way. You believe that even though she's the toy creator, she is smart enough to have also cracked more of X Paradox and figured out how to make this incredible robot that has all AI capabilities.'
7 Violet McGraw, Allison Williams in 'M3GAN 2.0.'
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'She's a great teammate and colleague and as a producer of the film, she really gets involved in all the nitty-gritty creative problem solving things,' Johnstone continued. 'She has complete trust in me and my tone and where I'm going, so she's a really great collaborator.'
'M3GAN 2.0' is in theaters now.
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