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Halsey, Lily Collins, Bobby Cannavale and Kevin Bacon are among the victims actors that will join Mia Goth in the upcoming slasher flick MaXXXine, the sequel to the A24 cult favorites X and Pearl.
Elizabeth Debecki, Giancarlo Esposito, Michelle Monaghan, and singer Moses Sumney are also in the cast of the third installment of writer-director Ti West’s trilogy, which follows the events of the 1979-set X by following Goth’s porn star Maxine — that horror film’s lone survivor — continuing her journey toward becoming a famous actress in 1980s Los Angeles.
A24 announced the cast via a VHS-quality teaser soundtracked by Animotion’s fitting 1984 hit “Obsession”:
MaXXXine — which begins filming this month — marks Halsey’s second big-screen appearance following their “stunning” debut in the crime film Americana, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW.
“That Halsey more than holds her own amid such a talented cast is a good sign of what’s to come,” Rolling Stone wrote of Halsey’s acting. “Their performance doesn’t strike a false note, even when the story takes some unexpected twists and hairpin turns. And anyone who’s seen her music video work was already well-aware that the ‘Without Me’ chanteuse can hold a close-up.”
Halsey and their Americana co-star (and friend) Sydney Sweeney are also starring together again in a small-screen adaptation of the young adult novel They Wish They Were Us. (Halsey also previously voiced a character in Sing 2 and cameoed as herself in A Star Is Born.)
Sumney — who last released Grae in 2020, making Rolling Stone’s Best Albums list that year —will make his acting debut on HBO’s upcoming, troubled Weeknd-led drama The Idol.
X (and its companion piece Pearl) ranked Number One on Rolling Stone’s list of the Best Horror Movies of 2022. “Tons of films pay tribute toThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre; this was one of the few that felt like you might have caught it on a Forty-Deuce double bill with Tobe Hooper’s masterpiece back in the day,” Rolling Stone wrote of the slasher flick.
