M3gan’s serving Small Wonder with a side of murder in its first trailer

Akela Cooper and James Wan co-produced the book. M3gan Gemma (Allison Williams), who is a roboticist, finds herself in a difficult situation when her niece Cady’s (Violet McGraw), is suddenly orphaned following a car accident. Though Gemma’s not exactly keen on raising a child herself, in Cady, she sees an opportunity to test out M3gan (voiced by Jenna Davis), a sophisticated android she and her fellow engineers built to be the ultimate friend and companion to lonely children.

Though M3gan very much becomes that for Cady in the new trailer, it isn’t long before the robot’s pleasantries are overridden by her prime directive to protect her human charge and she starts acting more like one of Boston Dynamics’ mechanical dogs swears it’ll never weaponize. M3Gan’s definitely got the whole creepy doll thing down, and it looks like the movie’s sense of humor’s going to contrast well with the sheer amount of gore it’ll feature. But we won’t know just how M3gan It is comparable to true legends such as Annabelle Until the movie is released in theaters next January 6, 2013. It was originally supposed to be released on the 13th. DeadlineIt has been reported that it has been moved up by one week.

Updated October 19, 7:30 PM ET: Updated to include a new release.