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It’s (nearly) showtime! Over 30 years after Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice got here out, a sequel movie is lastly within the works. Jenna Ortega, one among Hollywood’s brightest younger stars, is about to play the daughter of Winona Ryder‘s character, Lydia Deetz, whereas Winona will reprise her iconic position. Michael Keaton is suiting up as Betelgeuse as soon as once more. The movie, which is formally titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, will likely be launched in theaters on September 6, 2024.
For people who haven’t seen it, Beetlejuice follows deceased couple Adam and Barbara Maitland, performed by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, who attempt to scare away a household now dwelling of their home. They make contact with an over-the-top bio-exorcist named Betelgeuse, however his antics solely complicate issues.
Beetlejuice 2 was formally confirmed in February 2022, per Deadline, with Brad Pitt‘s Plan B Leisure producing alongside Warner Bros. From the discharge date to the solid and crew, Hollywood Life has rounded up every part to know in regards to the highly-anticipated sequel.
‘Beetlejuice 2’ Solid & Crew
The unique Beetlejuice stars Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Jones as Delia and Charles Deetz, who transfer into the Maitland’s previous home and change into terrorized by Betelgeuse. Winona Ryder performs their goth teenage daughter, Lydia Deetz, who turns into associates with the pleasant Maitland ghosts.
To this point, Michael Keaton, Winona, Geena, and Catherine are the solid members who’re set to return for Beetlejuice 2. The movie wouldn’t be attainable with out Betelgeuse himself, so thank goodness Michael’s coming again!
“Beetlejuice is probably the most f***in’ enjoyable you may have working. It’s so enjoyable, it’s so nice. And you recognize what it’s? We’re doing it precisely like we did the primary film,” Michael advised Empire.
The actor continued, “[Burton] and I had been speaking about it years and years in the past, by no means telling anyone. We’ve each mentioned we’re doing it many instances. We each agreed, if it occurs, it must be accomplished as near the way in which we made it the primary time. Making stuff up, making stuff occur, improvising and riffing, however actually handmade stuff like individuals creating issues with their palms and constructing one thing.” He added, “It’s probably the most enjoyable I’ve had engaged on a film in I can’t let you know how lengthy.”
Winona, who at the moment stars in Netflix’s Stranger Issues, beforehand expressed curiosity in starring in a Beetlejuice sequel. “I like Lydia Deetz a lot. She was such an enormous a part of me,” Winona advised The Each day Beast in 2013. “I’d be actually excited by what she is doing 27 years later.”
Different solid members’ returns have but to be introduced. Alec’s return is questionable because of the controversy from the Rust capturing incident. Geena Davis’ return can also be unclear, however she advised PEOPLE in 2022 that she “would, after all, wish to revisit” the character.
In March 2023, it was reported by The Hollywood Reporter that Wednesday breakout star Jenna Ortega was in talks to affix the sequel. Her casting was confirmed in April 2023 at CinemaCon. Jenna will play Astrid within the film.
“I don’t understand how a lot I’m allowed to say, however I’m Lydia Deetz’s daughter, so I’ll give that away,” she advised Vainness Truthful. “She’s bizarre, however differently and never in the way in which you’d assume, I’d say. The connection between Lydia and Astrid, my character, is essential. And it’s additionally actually unusual as a result of it’s a variety of catching up and placing the items collectively of what’s gone on in Lydia’s life since, which is good, I feel, for anyone who loves the character and is happy to see her once more.”
The sequel marks Jenna’s second undertaking with Burton, who directed the Beetlejuice sequel. The well-known filmmaker has been requested about having Johnny Depp star in Beetlejuice 2 and didn’t deny something when he spoke to MTV in regards to the chance in 2012. Tim and Johnny get pleasure from working collectively and have already introduced unbelievable movies to the display, equivalent to Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hallow, Charlie & The Chocolate Manufacturing facility, and Sweeney Todd. Nonetheless, Johnny’s attainable position could also be in jeopardy due to his defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard, which has impacted his profession.
Tim is listed because the movie’s director per IMDb, and he has confirmed his curiosity prior to now. In 2015, he advised Collider he would signal on to direct a sequel if it made sense. “That is the factor, it’s one thing that I’m excited by, however there’s so many tales [online], dumping Michael Keaton for Johnny Depp and this or that, and I’ve talked to those individuals they usually didn’t wanna hear this so they only made up a narrative,” he pressed.
“However the truth of it’s I’ve talked to Michael and I’ve talked to Winona, I’ve talked to a couple individuals,” he continued. “It’s one thing that I actually want to do in the best circumstances, however it’s a kind of movies the place it must be proper. It’s not a type of a film that cries out [for a sequel], it’s not the Beetlejuice trilogy. So it’s one thing that if the weather are proper — as a result of I do love the character and Michael’s superb as that character, so yeah we’ll see. However there’s nothing concrete but.” That’s actually promising!
Michael shared an identical sentiment when he spoke in regards to the potential sequel in 2016. “It’s attainable that ship has sailed,” he advised Selection. “The one strategy to do it’s to do it proper. A lot of it was improvised, and a lot was fantastically handmade by the artist that’s Tim Burton. If you happen to can’t get near that, you allow it alone.”
Moreover, Geena revealed that she “would after all wish to revisit” Beetlejuice in an October 2022 chat with PEOPLE, but additionally mentioned she has no details about the sequel and has not but been contacted about it. “I need to play each character I’ve ever performed once more,” she added. As talked about earlier than, Plan B Leisure and Warner Bros. will produce Beetlejuice 2.
‘Beetlejuice 2’ Filming Information
Manufacturing started on Beetlejuice 2 in Might 2023 amid the continued writers’ strike. Winona Ryder was seen again in character as Lydia Deetz on Might 18 in Hertfordshire, England. After 35 years, Lydia’s nonetheless received her spiky hair and vampy make-up look.
On July 5, Jenna and Winona had been noticed filming what seems to be a marriage scene for the sequel. Jenna was in full wedding ceremony apparel, together with a white tulle robe with some added pink coloring, a marriage veil, and extra. Winona was coated up in a black parka as she ready to movie a scene. Filming wrapped in November 2023.
The primary have a look at the movie dropped in March 2024, per Leisure Weekly. The scene nonetheless confirmed Michael, Jenna, Winona and Justin Theroux.
The Hyperlink To The Authentic ‘Beetlejuice’
Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren wrote the screenplay for the unique Beetlejuice, whereas Tim directed. The film was a large hit after its 1998 launch and even gained the Academy Award for Greatest Make-up in 1999. Its success spawned quite a few offshoots, beginning with an animated TV collection of the identical identify that ran on ABC, after which Fox, from 1989 to 1991. Tim produced the undertaking. Then, a number of Beetlejuice video video games had been launched, beginning in 1990. The favored movie was additionally tailored right into a Broadway stage musical that opened in April 2019. The present closed in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic however reopened on the Marquis Theatre in April 2022.
No plot particulars have been revealed for Beetlejuice 2. It could make sense for the sequel to happen a few years after the occasions of the primary movie. Spoiler alert: Beetlejuice ends with the Deetzes and Maitlands dwelling within the house harmoniously, whereas Betelgeuse results in the afterlife ready room and will get his head shrunk by a witch physician.
Manufacturing Trivia
It’s been a protracted street to Beetlejuice 2. Plans for the sequel started in 1990 when Tim employed Jonathan Gems to jot down a second film known as Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, per ScreenRant. It could’ve targeted on the Deetzes transferring to Hawaii, the place they’re haunted by a spirit. Michael and Winona agreed to the sequel, nonetheless, Tim grew to become distracted with directing Batman Returns, which starred Michael as the long-lasting caped-crusader. Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian was finally shelved completely by 1997.
Plans for a special sequel began up in 2011. Warner Bros. employed Seth Grahame-Smith, who labored with Tim on Darkish Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, to jot down and produce the undertaking. Winona even gushed in regards to the sequel in a 2013 interview with The Each day Beast. “I’m type of sworn to secrecy however it sounds prefer it could be taking place. It’s 27 years later,” she confirmed. “And I’ve to say, I like Lydia Deetz a lot. She was such an enormous a part of me. I’d be actually excited by what she is doing 27 years later.” Nonetheless, that sequel was additionally canceled.
In 2021, Seth himself spoke in regards to the canceled sequel. “It’s humorous, after I had met with Tim about it final, and we’re speaking about 5 years in the past at this level, the explanation that it’s so laborious to get going is as a result of so many individuals like it and since there are 10 million methods to get that sequel mistaken and 4 methods to get it proper,” he defined to Collider in Oct. 2021. “It’s such a really advantageous needle to string that I actually like didn’t get it there, on the script aspect. I didn’t thread the needle. There are issues that had been cool and a few fascinating concepts. I’ve actually emotionally moved on from it and simply mentioned, ‘If it occurs sometime, it occurs.’”
