Beetlejuice is lastly again, though, in a approach, it seems like he by no means left. Maybe it is as a result of we have been speaking a few attainable movie sequel because the ’90s, at a time when Burton had his eye on making a follow-up titled “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” (which sounded quite a bit like a sendup of Elvis Presley’s seaside motion pictures). Burton would attempt to launch a sequel once more years later by becoming a member of forces together with his “Darkish Shadows” scribe Seth Grahame-Smith, nevertheless it wasn’t till his “Wednesday” collaborators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar got here alongside that Burton lastly cracked that nut to his satisfaction.
Talking of “Wednesday,” the dancing queen herself, Jenna Ortega, is starring in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” as Lydia’s teen daughter Astrid, with Ryder additionally returning because the now-grown-up Lydia and Catherine O’Hara as soon as once more enjoying her eccentric sculptor mom Delia. (Jeffrey Jones will not be again as Lydia’s father Charles; you may learn concerning the infamous scandal that derailed his profession right here.) Different new additions embrace Willem Dafoe as a ghost detective and Monica Bellucci as, reportedly, the B-man’s spouse, with Burn Gorman and Justin Theroux additionally enjoying roles.
As we realized within the authentic film, you must say Beetlejuice’s title 3 times in a row to convey him again into the world of the dwelling. Will saying it twice be sufficient for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” to revive our religion in Burton? All shall come to gentle when the movie hits theaters on September 6, 2024. Its official synopsis reads as follows:
Beetlejuice is again! After an sudden household tragedy, three generations of the Deetz household return to Winter River. Nonetheless haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned the wrong way up when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious mannequin of the city within the attic, and the portal to the Afterlife is unintentionally opened. With bother brewing in each realms, it is solely a matter of time till somebody says Beetlejuice’s title 3 times, and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very personal model of mayhem.