 Horror fans everywhere have been patiently waiting on A24 to announce the release date to the hotly anticipated sequel to Ty West's X which came out in 2022. Mia Goth will reprise her role as Maxine Minx from X in the new film entitled Maxine and it is said to follow Maxine in Los Angeles during the 80s as she continues to yearn for fame. Before we begin, don't forget to give this video a like and subscribe for more horror content. Well, horror fans can finally breathe and have a solid release date to look forward to because this week A24 slated Maxine for release on July 5th 2024. This holiday weekend is usually a big one for movie going so I'd say A24 feels pretty confident that they have a hit on their hands. Maxine of course is the third entry in this franchise after both X and its prequel Pearl were released back in 2022. With a modest $1 million budget, X was a relative hit making just over $15 million worldwide. Pearl was slightly less successful making $10 million against its identical budget of $1 million but it's fair to say that a lot of these two films' reverence and appreciation came after both of those films runs in theaters, at least to some extent. So it will be interesting to see how much of an audience this film series has gained in the last two years. The budget for Maxine has not been reported yet but I imagine it will be a significant bump from the first two movies budgets. With this July 5th release date and what I presume to be an increased budget and a larger fan base, I'd be shocked if Maxine makes less than the first two. And the last time that A24 released a horror film for 4th of July weekend was 2019's Midsummer which was a big hit for them, grossing $48 million worldwide. Like I said before, Mia Goth will be reprising her role as Maxine and she also co-wrote and produced the film with Ty West according to Deadline. Last year in 2023, Mia Goth actually gave an interview where she discussed Maxine where she said, quote, it's the best script of the three by far. It's going to be the best movie of the three. It's the biggest story with the highest stakes and Maxine has gone through so much at this point. So when we find her in this new world, she's just a force to be reckoned with and she goes through some pretty wild adventures. Also in the film is musician Halsey who you see here in the only officially released image from the film so far. Maxine also stars Elizabeth DeBicchi, Moses Summony, Michelle Monahan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon. Now those are the basics of what we know about the production and I did go into a little bit more detail about the cast and the characters in my last Maxine video so be sure to check that out if you missed that one. But for the rest of this video I actually want to unpack a lawsuit that has come out of the production of Maxine because it was very shocking to me and not a lot of people have been talking about it. Before I jump into this lawsuit of course this still needs to go to trial and I'm waiting on a verdict from a judge to jump to any conclusion as this is just one side of the story. That being said let's get into what the plaintiff is claiming occurred on the set of Maxine. So there was an extra on the film shoot of Maxine who I will not be naming but their name is public information in this lawsuit if you look it up or use my sources in the description but to me it's not relevant to the story considering he is not a public figure. But an extra who was hired for the film has filed a lawsuit against Mia Goth, Ty West and A24 for claims of battery and wrongful termination. According to the lawsuit which was made public by deadline this extra had to act as a dead body lying in dirt during a scene where Mia Goth had to essentially run past him as he was lying on the floor. And during one take Goth almost stepped on this extra and this extra told the second AD on the film about the incident and then Goth was informed to be careful of this extra. However in the next take the lawsuit alleges that Mia Goth then intentionally kicked the extra in the head which resulted in a concussion. The extra then informed that same second AD about the injury who then allegedly informed both Mia Goth and Ty West who like I said earlier both have producer credits on this film alongside Ty West being the director and co-writer and Mia Goth being the leading actress and also co-writer. The lawsuit goes on to allege that Mia Goth then invaded this extra's privacy in a bathroom where she mocked him and dared him to do anything about the alleged kicking incident. This extra was also not provided with any medical care on or offset and was allowed to drive himself home despite having just experienced head trauma. The lawsuit also says that the next morning this extra was informed through an email that he was essentially fired from the shoot and he would no longer be needed to come in for filming. Like I said before lawsuits can be tricky territory so I encourage us to wait for a verdict from a judge because as you can see I'm only working with one side of the story. And famously there are always two sides to every story. At the end of the day I hope that truth and justice eventually come to light on the situation and if this intentional assault and the bullying tactics described by the plaintiff did in fact happen of course he deserves compensation for being treated so horrendously in a professional environment. All right while there seems to be a lot of drama on and off the screen when it comes to Maxine without a trailer being released just yet I know I am just eager to see how this film will stack up against the first two films which are some of my favorite horror films of recent years. But let me know what you guys think about Maxine, this new release date, and any other thoughts regarding this budding franchise in the comments below. And just before I go I want to remind you guys that I released part one of my Scream Queen series in which I am breaking down the production history of Scream Queens and now that we're kind of out of the pre-production realm. We're taking it episode by episode and breaking it down scene by scene injecting all the crazy promotional material and any behind the scenes facts we have about the production of Scream Queens. It's a lot of fun, part one is out now, part two is going to be out to members very soon. 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