Mind Behind New A.I. Thriller Is the Hottest Screenwriter in Horror
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The screenwriter of the new artificial intelligence thriller M3gan is a Black woman, Akela Cooper.
She’s one of the hottest screenwriters in horror right now, having also written Hell Fest, Malignant, and the upcoming The Nun 2.
In a new interview with Los Angeles Times, Cooper spoke about writing a much gorier version of the movie.
“There should be an unrated version at some point. … I heard it is on the books. But yes, it was way gorier.”
Cooper further explained:
“Her body count in the script was higher than in the movie. It wasn’t a Gabriel [in Malignant]-scale massacre, but she did kill a bunch more people…. a couple of characters whom James was like, ‘I like what you did with those people, but I want them to live. I was merciless, but again, that is me. My humor is extremely dark.”
Vulture:
The trailer for M3gan went viral because of the child-size robot for which the movie is named — Model 3 Generative Android, a blonde-tressed killer dolly in a pussy bow dress who performs an instantly memeable dance.
— Aidan (@aidanthereup) October 11, 2022
M3gan itself is a perfectly diverting if unambitious release from the recently combined forces of horror megaproducers Jason Blum and James Wan (who has a story credit). To wish it tried to be anything more feels pointless when it’s so clearly aware that it’s giving all it needs to. It’s a little Chucky, a little Orphan, a little Demon Seed, and while it makes vague gestures toward too-much-technology panic with mentions of screen time and our overreliance on devices, it doesn’t try especially hard to be about anything larger.
M3gan is in theaters now.
