Mia Goth reprises her role as Maxine Minx, starring alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon.

After sharing the news with her friend Leon and colleague Amber James, the latter invites Maxine to a party in the Hollywood Hills, which she declines.

The leather-clad figure leaves a police evidence VHS tape containing the adult film Maxine and her now-deceased friends had attempted to make six years prior.

On the set of The Puritan II, Maxine meets the star of the first film, Molly Bennett, who mentions a similar party in the Hollywood Hills.

Soon after, Labat, angered by Maxine attacking him the previous day, chases her across the Universal Studios Lot with a gun before being caught and escorted away by security.

She finds Molly's dismembered body inside a suitcase and learns the murders have been committed by her estranged father, a televangelist named Ernest Miller, with the assistance of the fundamentalist members of his ministry.

In June 2022, executive producer Peter Phok confirmed that a third film was officially in development, with West attached to the project.

Taking place in 1985 and titled MaXXXine, the plot was confirmed to centre around Maxine, the only survivor of the "Massacre of X," as she continues to pursue her future in Hollywood.

The actress stated that many of the previous production team members would return, with principal photography scheduled to commence later that year.

[11] In April 2023, it was announced that Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon had been added to the cast.

[16] In January 2024, it was reported that Goth was being sued by background actor James Hunter, who played a corpse on set, for allegedly kicking him intentionally in the head and then taunting him about it.

[17] On September 13, 2022, a teaser trailer announcing a sequel to X, titled MaXXXine, was released shortly following the premiere of Pearl at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

[21] Glenn Rowley of Billboard noted Goth's dramatic costume shift from her "Little House on the Prairie–esque look" to a "tousled blonde mane and iridescent green windbreaker.

The film also uses several songs from its time period as its soundtrack, such as "Gimme All Your Lovin'" by ZZ Top, "Obsession" by Animotion, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr, and "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes.

The website's consensus reads: "Intoxicating with its maxxximal style, MaXXXine is an uneven but vibrant pastiche that drives a stiletto through Hollywood's heart.