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Your new best friend is back! After the viral success of M3GAN<\/em>, the horror movie is getting a sequel \u2014 and Allison Williams<\/strong><\/a> is set to return as her remorseful creator<\/a>.<\/p>\n M3GAN<\/em> became a viral hit months before its January 2023 release, in part because of a scene in the trailer that showed the robot doll pausing her murder spree for a dance break. One popular meme suggested that M3GAN<\/em> is a \u201cyassified\u201d version of Annabelle, the haunted doll from the Conjuring<\/em> franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the film was the brunt of many social media jokes, it quickly became a hit at the box office, earning more than $100 million in its first month of release and finishing its opening weekend in second place behind Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The movie follows Gemma (Williams), a roboticist who becomes the guardian of her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw<\/strong>), after Cady\u2019s parents die in a car crash. The career-focused Gemma has trouble connecting with Cady until she introduces her to her latest creation: the Model 3 Generative Android, or M3GAN, for short.<\/p>\n Cady and M3GAN hit it off right away, but Gemma soon realizes that her niece is getting too close to the robot girl for comfort, and authorities start to notice that bodies are piling up. When the film ends, M3GAN \u2014 spoiler alert \u2014 is seemingly dead, but the final shot reveals that her consciousness has taken over the camera in Gemma\u2019s smart home.<\/p>\n Though M3GAN is responsible for multiple deaths, Williams joked that the robot does have a few redeeming qualities. \u201cShe is very loyal. She is,\u201d the Girls alum told BuzzFeed<\/em><\/a> in January 2023. \u201cShe\u2019s a good diagnostician and analyst of vital signs. She is watchful, and she is a gifted performer.\u201d<\/p>\n On a more serious note, the Get Out<\/em> actress explained that the birth of her own son, Arlo, made portraying the semi-neglectful Gemma more difficult. The Yale University alum welcomed her first child<\/a> with fianc\u00e9 Alexander Dreymon<\/strong><\/a> in late 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of those scenes, like when [Gemma is] sort of quasi-manipulating [Cady] into going to the presentation, even though she\u2019s had an injury, that was one of the hardest scenes I had to film because it felt wrong. I felt terrible inside,\u201d Williams told Insider<\/em><\/a> in January 2023. \u201cBut Gemma has a different incentive structure than I do. And so that\u2019s just one of those moments that you have to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n