Yesterday, A24 promised they would be releasing a trailer for director Ti West’s Pearl, a prequel to his film X (which was released earlier this year, and now you can watch it HERE) online today. True to their word, A24 has officially unveiled the trailer – and now you can see it in the embed above. The distributor has also announced that Pearl will be given a theatrical release on September 16th!
X was set in 1979. Written by West and star Mia Goth, Pearl turns the clock back to 1918 to tell the following story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
Goth, who was buried under old age makeup to play Pearl in X, ditches that makeup to reprise the role in this prequel. She is joined in the cast by David Corenswet (The Politician), Matthew Sunderland (The Nightingale), Tandi Wright (Alibi), and Emma Jenkins-Purro (The Brokenwood Mysteries).
Pearl was produced by A24, Jacob Jaffke, Harrison Kreiss and Kevin Turen, with Goth, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson, Ashley Levinson, Karina Manashil, Scott Mescudi, and Peter Phok serving as executive producers.
I thought X was a blast, and count it among my favorites of the movies I have watched this year. Judging by the trailer, it looks like Pearl is going to be a lot of fun as well. I’m really looking forward to this movie.
Will you be watching Pearl? What did you think of the trailer? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Ti West shot X and Pearl back-to-back. He has hinted that there’s an idea for a third film in this series as well, but it has not been filmed yet.