Canceled 'Soulm8te' Spin-Off Goes Digital After M3GAN Sequel Flop
The direct-to-digital drop of 'Soulm8te' after the franchise's sequel underperformed indicates the studio is cutting losses on the theatrical rollout.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Universal Pictures will release the erotic spin-off 'Soulm8te' digitally on August 1, after canceling its theatrical release. The film was originally scheduled for January 2026 but was dropped following the box office failure of 'M3GAN 2.0', which earned $39 million worldwide against a doubled budget. Lily Sullivan stars as the android Sara, with Kate Dolan directing.
The first M3GAN film earned $180 million worldwide, but its sequel M3GAN 2.0, which had double the budget, brought in only $39 million at the box office. That failure led Universal to cancel the theatrical release of the spin-off Soulm8te, which is now headed to digital on August 1. The film follows a grieving engineer who tests an AI android named Sara, played by Lily Sullivan. When he tries to program her as a soulmate, she develops her own desires and goes on a killing spree. Director Kate Dolan called the film a satirical, unrestrained work about desire and control, and suggested watching it with friends and a drink.
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- Cinema Today 公開中止の『M3GAN／ミーガン』官能スピンオフ、予告編が初公開 全米でデジタル配信へ