Summary
- The official trailer for
MaXXXine
has been unveiled. It’s the third installment in Ti West’s horror trilogy with Mia Goth following
X
and
Pearl
. - Goth describes Maxine as a strong, determined survivor in
MaXXXine
, a Hollywood starlet facing a mysterious killer in the 1980s. - The final installment of the planned trilogy,
MaXXXine
features an impressive cast and is set to premiere on July 4, 2024.
The first trailer for MaXXXine has been revealed. Written and directed by Ti West, the film is the third installment of the A24 horror movie trilogy that first began with the release of X in 2022. That was followed up with the prequel movie, Pearl, which was filmed back to back with the original, and production began on MaXXXine in mid-May of 2023. The film brings back franchise star Mia Goth for more bloody violence in an all-new decade. She appears alongside co-star Halsey in the trailer shared Monday, which can be watched above. It’s been a long time coming; we’ve been waiting for this since A24 shared a first-look image on May 1, 2023.
The synopsis reads as follows:
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
MaXXXine
- Release Date
- July 4, 2024
- Studio
- A24, Bron Creative, Film New Zealand
“I see MaXXXine as a superhero movie – that’s how I read the script,” Goth has said of how she approached this third film in the X universe, via GamesRadar. “Maxine, as a character, has come a long way. She’s a survivor, she’s gone through a lot. When we meet her again, in this new world that she’s in, she’s really fought for everything that she has, and she’s not about to give that up.”
Goth added:
She’s going to fight for what she has. She’s a badass. There’s a strength to her. And she’s a really proactive, determined, focused woman. She goes after what she wants, and she’s not really going to take no for an answer.
Beyond this kind of teasing, there’s very little that’s been revealed about the movie in terms of plot. Of course, we know that it involves Maxine heading to Hollywood in the 1980s, and she will apparently run into some issues while pursuing her dream of finding fame. We also know that Maxine has been through way too much to let anyone stand in her way following the deadly events that occurred in X.
X Review: Ti West Dissects Horror in This A24 Masterpiece
X, the first scary movie from Ti West in nearly a decade, makes up for lost time with its very adult deconstruction.
Mia Goth Returns in the Third Installment of Ti West’s Trilogy
The film is the third and possibly final installment of a planned movie trilogy. The cast for MaXXXine has also been revealed, putting Goth with some great company. Along with Goth returning as Maxine, the film will star Halsey, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Kevin Bacon, and Giancarlo Esposito. Goth is serving as a producer on the film as well, alongside West, Jacob Jaffke, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss.
X is set in the late 1970s and tells the story of a small film crew producing an adult film on an elderly couple’s farm; the shoot is interrupted by the couple revealing themselves to be homicidal psychopaths. Its prequel, Pearl, dove back in time to 1918, following Goth as a younger version of the elderly killer in the first film. West had planned to make the prequel from the start and shot it secretly back to back with X before later announcing it to the public. That’s why Pearl was released in September of 2022, just months after the March 2022 release of its predecessor.
MaXXXine will hit theaters on July 4th weekend, fitting for the film’s themes of the American Dream and bombastic Hollywood fame. You can watch a previously released teaser trailer below.
