If ever a movie cried out for a Paul Verhoeven, a Brian De Palma or even an Adrian Lyne at the helm, it’s Soulm8te. An offshoot of the “M3GAN-verse,” the film initially was slated for theatrical release in January. That misconceived rogue-robot sequel to the campy 2022 treat diluted the original’s cheeky horror comedy by overloading on messy espionage elements. After briefly shopping Soulm8te to other distributors, Universal opted to release directly to digital platforms, debuting this past weekend. Ben buys up boutique software firm Centa, where recently widowed coding specialist David (David Rysdahl, Alien: Earth) is employed, putting an end to his WFH privileges.