‘Ahsoka’s Ivanna Sakhno To Co-Star Opposite Allison Williams In Atomic Monster And Blumhouse’s ‘M3GAN 2.0’

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role as Shin Hati in the hit Star Wars series Ahsoka, Ivanna Sakhno has found her next big role as sources tell Deadline she has landed a major role in M3GAN 2.0a sequel to the hit film from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse in association with Divide/Conquer. She joins a cast that includes Allison Williams and Violet McGraw, who were previously announced.

The sequel’s script is penned by Akela Cooper, who wrote the first film, and Gerard Johnstone, who directed the first film. James Wan, Jason Blum and Allison Williams are producers on the hit film’s follow-up. Johnstone and Mark Katchur are executive producers. Michael Clear and Judson Scott, of Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, will executive produce. Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek is an executive producer. Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath, from Divide/Conquer, are also executive producers.

The original film revolves around a life-like AI doll of the same name that is programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams), M3GAN can listen, watch and learn as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector, for the child she is bonded to.  That film would go on to make $180 million at the global box-office on a $12 million budget with a sequel quickly going into development. Plot details on the sequel are unknown at this time.

As for Sakhno, stars as the antagonist Shin Hati in the critically acclaimed series Ahsoka for Disney+, a spinoff from the popular series The Mandalorian. She rose to prominence in films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and The Spy Who Dumped Mewhere she captivated audiences alongside co-star Mila Kunis, and the lead role in the Lionsgate film Let It Snow.  In television she performed opposite Zoe Kravitz in HULU’s High Fidelity and a lead role in the French, MGM International TV limited series The Reunion which was shown at the Cannes TV Festival. Sakhno has been an outspoken advocate for her homeland of Ukraine and serves as an Ambassador of United 24, the official fundraising platform launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sakhno is repped by represented by Gersh, United Agents, MJ Management, Sloane Offer Weber Dern.