The Boys star is switching heroes for horror as she joins Blumhouse's upcoming M3GAN spin-off
Aug. 20, 2024Claudia Doumit has been cast alongside David Rysdahl and Evil Dead Rise’s Lily Sullivan
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Claudia Doumit has been cast in SOULM8TE, the upcoming spin-off of Blumhouse’s hit horror movieM3GAN.
The actor, who’s best known for playing head-popping politician Victoria Neuman in Prime Video seriesThe Boys, joins David Rysdahl andEvil Dead Rise’s Lily Sullivanin the erotic thriller, which has a seriously Black Mirror-sounding premise.
Directed by Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother), it’s set to follow a man (Rysdahl) who purchases an artificially intelligent android (Sullivan) to help him cope with the death of his wife. Unsatisfied with the machine’s level of sentience, though, the man starts tinkering with her programming – and inadvertently turns her intoquitethe deadly companion.
“Screaming (in a good way),” Doumit said of the news, as sheposted Deadline’s write-up on her official Instagram. Her role remains under wraps.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Blumhouse’s Jason Blum are producing the movie, which is reportedly “more risqué” than the film in which its based.
Speaking of… while we aren’t expecting M3GAN to show up in SOULM8TE, the blonde-haired bot is set to return in M3GAN 2.0, whichkicked off production in New Zealand on July 16. With plot details yet to be revealed, fans have been speculating that it might be M3GAN’s answer to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in that it’ll see the titular tech protect her former enemies Cady (Violet McGraw) and Gemma (Allison Williams) from an even more menacing threat.
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