It’s one of those projects that’s been reported on for years, but at some point it’s hard to believe it’s actually going to happen: the sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 cult film Beetlejuice. But belated sequels have gotten really popular now, man take just Top Gun 2: Maverick as an example, and then almost exactly a year ago that was confirmed That “Beetle juice 2actually comes after decades of waiting. And director Tim Burton has his eye on one of the hottest newcomers of the moment for one of the leading roles: Jenna Ortega from “Wednesday.”
This would mark a reunion for Burton and Ortega after working together on Wednesday. And for Jenna Ortega, it would be the following role in an iconic horror comedy franchise: In the Netflix megahit “Wednesday,” she played the eponymous daughter of the Addams family in a genre mix of horror, fantasy, and comedy — and “Beetlejuice” is very similar tonally and has a high cult factor as well.
“Beetlejuice 2” with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder again?
How reports that Jenna Ortega is currently in negotiations to play Lydia Deetz’s daughter in Beetlejuice 2. Lydia Deetz was played by Winona Ryder in the original movie – Back then the daughter of a couple who moved into a house haunted by the ghosts of the homeowners who died in a car accident. claims to have learned from insiders at Warner Bros. that Winona Ryder will return in this role in the sequel – but this assumption has been around for a long time and we consider it very likely.
And of course Michael Keaton, the actor of the eponymous poltergeist and bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, cannot be missed. It is currently believed that Michael Keaton will also be a part of “Beetlejuice 2”. Tim Burton returns to direct.
Production is scheduled to start in late May or early June 2023 in London. This means that “Beetlejuice 2” could then be released as early as 2024 – maybe by Halloween?
In the cult film “Beetlejuice”, the couple Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are killed in an accident shortly after moving into their new home. The mansion is up for sale again – and Charles (Jeffrey Jones) and Delia (Catherine O’Hara) move in with daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder). To the ghosts of the Maitlands still in the house, these are clearly intruders to get rid of. You can’t manage to scare the newcomers yourself. So they enlist the help of drooling ghost Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a bio-exorcist who specializes in getting rid of the living…