The first trailer for Kate Dolan’s Soulm8te was released online this week, Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s erotic M3GAN spin-off. Originally meant for a cinematic release, it is now going to head straight to digital on 1st August.

Starring Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, and Claudia Doumit, Soulm8te is the story of a man who buys an AI android in an attempt to replace his late wife, but in the process of attempting to help it reach sentience, instead manages to unleash, we guess, a killer sexbot.

In the current environment of AI chatbots and virtual romantic partners, it should be no surprise that movies based around robotic sex partners have emerged, and there sure seem to be a lot of them. Movies like Companion, Subservience, and Wifelike have already explored the concept in recent years. Which is fine, but the fact that so many of these stories involving AI sexual partners ends in some kind of abuse in one direction or the other is a little more troubling. How about an up to date Mannequin remake, using an artificially intelligent robot android, with fun, frolics, and a happy ending instead?

The trailer for Soulm8te can be seen below –