Everything We Know About Ti West's X Prequel Pearl
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Ti West's X.
Director Ti West already has an X sequel in the works — here's everything we know about the Pearl movie to date. First released domestically on March 18th, 2022, Ti West's erotic horror X has opened to highly positive reviews, with critics noting X's desire to return to a well-trodden slasher formula that firmly acts as a poignant homage to classics such as John Carpenter's Halloween and Dario Argento's seminal Tenebre. X's immediate success has given rise to talk of a follow-up movie, with West's movie's bleak ending leaving ample room for a sequel or spin-off story.
Yet despite Sheriff Dentler (James Gaylyn) finding RJ's tape at the end of X, director Ti West has stated (per LA Times) that he has already written a prequel for his new slasher movie titled Pearl. In the same interview, West outlines his intentions for Pearl, saying that the prequel will "will be a melodrama meets the Technicolor style of Mary Poppins… made as a demented Disney movie." West goes on to say that the majority of Pearl has already been filmed, with the X prequel in editing as of March 2022.
Related: X Movie Cast & Character Guide
As a result, director Ti West has already confirmed that Pearl will act as a prequel for X by following the titular antagonist in her younger years. Set during World War I in 1918, the prequel will explore the origins of Pearl and shed light on how the cabin where the majority of X's violence takes place was once used as a boarding house during the war. With this in mind, here's everything we know about Ti West's X prequel to date, including when Pearl could see a theatrical release.
Although X ends in finality for Pearl's (Mia Goth) character as her head is squashed by a
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