“I see MaXXXine as a superhero movie – that’s how I read the script. Maxine, as a character, has come a long way. She’s a survivor, she’s gone through a lot.”
That’s one way of putting it. Those words are from X and Pearl star Mia Goth, talking with SFX Magazine about how she sees the third and final chapter in Ti West‘s horror trilogy, MaXXXine, which is shooting now. The previous films, both released last year, saw Goth taking on multiple roles. In X, she played Maxine, an aspiring actress who saw her entire group of friends slaughtered by Pearl, with Goth playing a younger version in the prequel.
Recently, it was revealed that West had gathered an all-star group to surround Goth in MaXXXine, a direct sequel to X that finds the titular actress doing ANYTHING to make it big in Hollywood. Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon are part of the cast, but in the first image debuted today, we see Goth alongside pop star Halsey.
MaXXXine doesn’t currently have a release date, but West is a speedy filmmaker and we should see it by year’s end. The cool thing is that each film has been vastly different than the other. The first was a Texas Chainsaw-style slasher, with the sequel a wistful, classic Hollywood musical drama…with lots of murder. Expect West and Goth to pull out some funny tricks with this one, too.
The life she deserves #MaXXXine pic.twitter.com/8u5uH58PVx
— A24 (@A24) May 1, 2023
