• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
M3GAN creators admit making their own memes before the doll went viral

Home> Film & TV

Published 17:22 18 Dec 2022 GMT

M3GAN creators admit making their own memes before the doll went viral

A clip of M3GAN dancing went viral on social media

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

The creators of the science-fiction horror movie M3GAN have admitted to creating memes to try and drum up interest.

The movie, which is set to hit cinemas next month, centres on Gemma (played by Allison Williams) who creates an AI-powered robotic doll M3GAN that is designed to protect its owner. You can see the trailer here:

When Gemma unexpectedly becomes the legal guardian of her niece Cady (played by Violet McGraw), after her parents die in a car accident, she decides to enlist the help of a M3GAN prototype hoping that it will make a new companion for Cady.

Things soon take a sinister turn when M3GAN becomes self-aware and is dead set on protecting young Cady at any cost.

Advert

The movie, which was produced by James Wan, has already garnered plenty of attention online, with one particular scene - showing M3GAN dancing - going viral.

Talking about the scene to Entertainment Weekly, director Gerard Johnstone said: “It was one of those crazy, sleep-deprived, 3am thoughts. Wouldn’t it kind of be funny if the soundtrack suddenly became real and M3GAN ended up busting a move to whatever music was playing. It was just something that everyone embraced and loved.”

M3GAN the doll in all her creepy glory.
Blumhouse

Star and executive producer Williams went on to add that they had initially created their own memes to get horror fans interested, but it turned out they needn’t have bothered as the trailer went viral all on its own.

Advert

She said: “We had internally come up with memes to distribute, but we didn’t end up needing to deploy them, because people started making their own. You can’t even dream that big when you’re doing something like this. That was just such an exciting day. It was proof of concept.”

Talking about the movie during a recent interview with Empire, Wan, who is also the guy behind fellow demonic doll Annabelle, joked that M3GAN was ‘Annabelle meets The Terminator’.

Revealing a little more about why he wanted to make the movie, he added: “I’m fascinated by things that are meant to be innocent, but become more… malign.”

M3GAN in action.
Blumhouse

Advert

Akela Cooper, who wrote M3GAN alongside Wan, admitted that she wasn’t a big fan of dolls herself but hoped she’d managed to create an ‘iconic monster’ in the deadly robot.

She told the publication: “My thing was ventriloquist dummies. I saw the Anthony Hopkins movie Magic at a really young age and that cemented the creepiness in my brain. I was a big Child’s Play fan, too. It was always my dream to create an iconic monster of my own.”

M3GAN hits cinemas on January 13.

Featured Image Credit: LANDMARK MEDIA / Alamy Stock Photo / Universal Pictures

Topics: Film and TV

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at UNILAD who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

6 hours ago
18 hours ago
22 hours ago
  • 6 hours ago

    Amazon Prime series with near-perfect RT score is labeled 'one of the best' by Stephen King

    The series starring Titus Welliver has been branded 'one of the most underrated TV shows'

    Film & TV
  • 6 hours ago

    Furious Netflix fans have theory about sequel with horrific RT score they ‘waited five years for’

    Viewers said they would've preferred the creators never made a sequel at all

    Film & TV
  • 18 hours ago

    Secret Netflix code reveals ultimate 'Watch in One Weekend' collection including 'amazing' show people are 'surprised is allowed'

    Fans have said you're 'seriously missing out' if you don't watch the series created by Shane Gillis

    Film & TV
  • 22 hours ago

    Netflix viewers defy critics over comedy sitcom which has left them ‘wheeze laughing constantly’ and demanding a third season

    The sitcom dropped on Netflix eight years ago, with a second season following two years later

    Film & TV
  • Scarlett Johansson breaks silence after red carpet 'kiss' with co-star goes viral
  • Netflix viewers urge Ozark fans to add 'absolute must-see series' to their watchlist
  • Director of movie so controversial the government stopped production had genius idea to show it to audience
  • People are saying this notable film has 'one of the most horrifying plot twist in the history of cinema'