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By Lauren Sarner
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March 20, 2024, 12:53 p.m. ET
First look pictures of the “Beetlejuice” sequel.
Parisa Taghizadeh / Warner Bros.
It’s showtime.
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which is the long-awaited sequel to the unique cult hit Tim Burton film, has launched its first look pictures.
Thirty-six years after the unique “Beetlejuice” premiered in 1988, Michael Keaton is again because the ghoulish-looking, black and white stripe-wearing “bio-exorcist,” Betelgeuse.
Burton, 65, who returns to direct, advised EW that he and Keaton, 72, have mentioned a sequel for a few years, however, “Until it felt proper, he had no burning need to do it. I feel all of us felt the identical method. It solely made sense if it had an emotional hook.”
“Until it felt proper, he had no burning need to do it,” Tim Burton mentioned about “Beetlejuice” star Michael Keaton. Parisa Taghizadeh / Warner Bros.
The unique film adopted Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) who died and located themselves as new ghosts.
Their house was purchased by the Deetz household, together with Charles (Jeffrey Jones), his spouse Delia (Catherine O’Hara), and his goth daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), the one one who can see the ghosts.
For the reason that afterlife includes a sophisticated forms, the Maitlands enlisted the assistance of obnoxious “bio-exorcist” Betelgeuse (Keaton) to scare away the Deetz household.
The film ends with the Deetz and Maitland households each dwelling in the home, in uneasy concord.
The makers of the sequel haven’t revealed many particulars in regards to the plot, however Keaton, Ryder, and O’Hara will return, reprising their roles. Jenna Ortega will be part of the solid as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Justin Theroux has additionally joined the solid as a mysterious character named Rory. Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe spherical out the ensemble.
Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, and Justin Theroux within the sequel to “Beetlejuice.” Parisa Taghizadeh / Warner Bros.
The poster for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the lengthy awaited sequel. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Assortment
Burton advised the outlet that the sequel picks up many years later after a dying within the household.
“There’s one thing that occurs that units issues in movement,” he teased.
For Burton, the emotional hook of the sequel was Lydia rising up, and uniting along with her mom and her daughter.
Michael Keaton within the unique “Beetlejuice.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Assortment
Michael Keaton because the ghoulish Betelgeuse. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Assortment
“I so recognized with the Lydia character, however then you definitely get to all these years later, and you are taking your individual journey, going from cool teenager to lame grownup, forwards and backwards once more,” he advised the outlet.
“That made it emotional, gave it a basis. In order that was the factor that actually really bought me into it.”
Concerning watching Keaton get again into costume, Burton mentioned, “He simply bought again into it. It was sort of scary for anyone who was possibly not that overly eager about doing it. It was such a fantastic factor for me to see all of the solid, however he, type of like demon possession, simply went proper again into it.”
Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Jeffrey Jones within the unique “Beetlejuice.” ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Assortment
Burton mentioned that they tossed round many alternative plot concepts for the sequel.
“We talked about numerous various things. That was early on once we have been going, ‘Beetlejuice and the Haunted Mansion,’ ‘Beetlejuice Goes West,’ no matter. A number of issues got here up.”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” will hit theaters on Sept. 6, 2024.
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