Ti West has already shot a prequel for "X"

A prequel to Ti West's "X" film has already been filmed, shot in secret back to back with "X" in New Zealand during the pandemic. The prequel is titled "Pearl"and will give us the backstory for Pearl.

The surprise reveal now sets up West’s “X” and “Pearl” to launch the first horror franchise from A24, the home of art-house genre hits “The Witch,” “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.”

The ambitious feat was partly inspired by the unique demands of making "X" during COVID-19. Production on the R-rated horror picture was set to take place in early 2021 in New Zealand, where cases were low. Facing a mandatory two-week quarantine on arrival, West thought, why not use the time to pen a sequel?

"My plan was to write it there and see if I can convince A24 that we should make two movies," said West.

West wrote "Pearl" in quarantine, sent it off, and went back to prepping "X." By the time filming began in February, they had a greenlight. The prequel, which is not yet dated, marks Goth's first co-writer credit. Produced by A24, Jacob Jaffke, Harrison Kreiss and Kevin Turen, it is executive produced by Goth, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson, Ashley Levinson, Karina Manashil, Mescudi and Peter Phok.

[SOURCE: LA TIMEs]

Netflix's Live-Action 'Resident Evil' TV Series Release Date

"Resident Evil" is getting its first-ever live-action TV series and the release date has been set for July 14, 2022. Along with the date announcement, Netflix debuted three pieces of teaser art for "Resident Evil" on Thursday, which you can see below.

Netflix's new "Resident Evil" series picks up in 2036, after the confirmed timeline of the games, and 14 years after a deadly virus caused an apocalypse.

Per the series logline, it follows Jade Wesker - daughter of familiar "Resident Evil" character Albert Wesker - as she "fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father's chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie."

Lance Reddick will play Albert Wesker, alongside a cast that includes Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Nuñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti and Turlough Convery.

The series hails from Constantin Films. Showrunner Andrew Dabb ("Supernatural") co-writes with Mary Leah Sutton ("Tell Me a Story"). Executive producers are Dabb, Sutton, and Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film. Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz produces.