One of 2024's most anticipated horror sequels finally gets a promising update, as director teases "weird idea" for fourth movie
Feb. 26, 2024More MaXXXine, anyone?
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MaXXXine director Ti West has offered fans a much-needed update on the eagerly anticipated sequel to hit horror moviesXandPearl– and teased his “weird idea” for a potential fourth movie.
“I don’t mind telling you some stuff, but at the same time, it’s sort of like, the less people know… I feel like so many movies now, you know everything about them,” he went on. “Surely whenever the trailer comes out for this movie, they always give away too much. There’s something kind of nice about not knowing a lot about it.”
When asked whether there’s any chance of a sequel to the sequel, West added: “There is this one weird idea that I have that is kind of… if I explained it, it would make sense. But we’ll see what happens. Let’s get this movie done first, see if people like it. Then we’ll go from there.”
In MaXXXine, Mia Goth, who led both X and its prequel Pearl, is set to reprise her role from the former; the titular adult film actress-turned-final girl, as she pursues fame and fortune in Hollywood. Having survived a jealous onlooker’s murderous attack during her boyfriend’s porn shoot in rural Texas six years earlier, Maxine vows to do whatever it takes to achieve her dream of becoming a legitimate movie star. Halsey, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon star.
In X, Goth played both Maxine and wizened villain Pearl, before portraying a much younger version of the latter in its follow-up. Set on the same isolated farm as its predecessor, it explores how Pearl’s wish of escaping her town didn’t work out. (In X, Pearl was so bitter over Maxine’s youth and rising stardom, she offed all of her friends before trying to kill her, too). We can onlyimaginewhat kind of wacky and wonderful things West is concocting foranothermovie…
While we wait for more news on MaXXXine, check out our picks of thebest horror movies of all timeand all theupcoming horror moviesheading our way.
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