Burlesque show owner and developer Wayne Gilroy decides that he will produce the project under his own conception, and hires a young and inexperienced director, RJ Nichols, whose reserved girlfriend Lorraine Day assists with the technical needs during the photography.

While on the road trip to rural Texas the group have their differences, but ultimately put these aside as Wayne believes that they will attain riches and fame with this project's innovation.

When they arrive at their remote location, an isolated cabin that Wayne rented from its elderly owners Howard and his ailing wife Pearl, they immediately begin production.

Unbeknownst to the owners, they continue their sexual debauchery while Lorraine, at the discomfort of RJ, decides to take part in the climactic final scene as well.

Though her husband is away in the military during World War I, she stays at the home of her parents, must abide by their reserved and strict expectations, and attend to their farm.

Her German mother Ruth discounts her aspirations, disapproves of their exploitive nature, and orders that she complete chores while she lives in their home.

Despite these restrictions, Pearl often sneaks away to the local movie theater where she can escape the cares of her day and fantasize her dreams of a future different from the life she's living.

As she commits to becoming a serial killer through murderous acts, she inadvertently seals her fate in order to avoid a criminal homicide investigation.

She struggles to come to terms with the reality that she will never achieve her goals, never reach her dreams, and always have to remain anonymous at the family farm she inherits as a consequence of her actions.

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

[22] 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.

[25] In July of the same year, West stated that after completing the trilogy, he plans to determine whether the fourth movie or another story will be his next project, after first taking a short break from filmmaking.

[31] The filmmaker created the project with the intention of its being a mix between Douglas Sirk melodramas and Technicolor films, described as "a demented Disney movie".