For the primary time in firm historical past, A24 is moving into the novelization enterprise.
On Tuesday, A24 introduced that Ti West’s X movie sequence — X, Pearl, and MaXXXine — is receiving novelizations by acclaimed writer Tim Waggoner. X shall be revealed on September 24, 2024, with Pearl to observe on November 19, 2024. MaXXXine is scheduled to be launched in early 2025.
X costs $18 and is available in a pocket-sized paperback format. The novelizations will characteristic “grisly new particulars” from West’s screenplay.
“What made writing the novelization of X completely different was that Ti West was very hands-on all through your entire course of,” Waggoner stated in a press launch. “He learn varied drafts of the novel and supplied nice recommendations for enchancment, guaranteeing that my novelization portrayed his characters precisely and aligned along with his general imaginative and prescient for the movie, whereas on the identical time permitting me the artistic freedom to make X my story.”
Ti West’s X Trilogy, novelized.
• X – Sept 24, 2024
• Pearl – Nov 19, 2024
• MaXXXine – Early 2025 pic.twitter.com/GZnemtlNjp— A24 (@A24) August 6, 2024
X follows a gaggle of filmmakers in 1979 rural Texas who got down to make an grownup movie. The crew consists of grownup movie star Maxine (Mia Goth), producer Wayne (Martin Henderson), dancer Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow), actor Jackson (Scott Mescudi), director RJ (Owen Campbell), and RJ’s girlfriend Lorraine (Jenna Ortega). The group movies at a secluded farm owned by aged couple Pearl (Goth) and Howard (Stephen Ure). When Pearl and Howard discover out concerning the pornographic movie, it units off a lethal course of occasions.
Launched in March 2022, X grossed over $15 million on a $1 million finances. After filming X, West secretly filmed Pearl, a prequel origin story starring Goth because the titular villain in 1918. Premiering in September 2022, Pearl acquired primarily constructive evaluations, with critics spotlighting Goth’s dedicated efficiency.
West launched the ultimate movie of the trilogy, MaXXXine, in July. The movie picks up with Maxine’s try to develop into a film star in Eighties Los Angeles. Nevertheless, her plans for stardom are threatened by the arrival of a serial killer.
