Soulm8te: M3GAN Spinoff Skips Theaters, Drops Digitally With a Lethal Android Romance
The M3GAN spinoff Soulm8te moves forward as a straight‑to‑digital release after being pulled from Universal’s theatrical calendar. The erotic thriller, directed by Kate Dolan from a story by James Wan, Ingrid Bisu and Jordan Wan, will hit digital rental platforms on August 1 via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. It follows a grieving engineer testing a tech giant’s new AI android whose attempt to program a true soulmate leads to a brutal spree. The cast includes Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, Claudia Doumit and Arty Froushan, with Wan and Blumhouse producing.