After gracing us with “X,” and, especially, “Pearl” this past year, filmmaker Ti West will start production in April on his trilogy capper “MaXXXine.”
Mia Goth reprises her titular role. The film is said to take place in 1985, five years after “X,” as Goth’s Maxine sets out in Hollywood to find fame. Production is said to take around 7 weeks to complete.
A rumor has circulated about Kevin Bacon and Helena Bonham Carter joining the cast. Some much-welcomed additions, especially Bacon who is still this very underrated actor, even after all these years.
The question remains whether Maxine will inevitably turn into a murdering psychopath like her doppelgänger Pearl. I bet she does. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, West gave a little more details abour what fans can expect from the film.
“To round the whole thing out, MaXXXine as a sequel to X is fine. MaXXXine as part of a trilogy is infinitely more interesting, so that was part of the overall concept. I think what’ll be fun in MaXXXine, I’m not going to tell you what it’s about, but what’s fun is it is an evolution of the character, in the way that you met Pearl in X, but then you get to know a different side of her in Pearl. Yes, you have met Maxine. It is a continuation of Maxine, but she is at a very different point in her life. It’s going to be an interesting thing to catch up with her when we do, and to see Mia Goth in yet another way."
“MaXXXine” will, hopefully, be released later this year. A Venice launch is not out of the question.
“Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature.