Posted on 11/30/2023 12:51:44 PM PST by Red Badger
Oh, SAG-AFTRA, and your strike. I forgot you were there. You may go.
The original came out in 1988. How do these same actors pick up where the last one left off?
Will this be good or another case of no new ideas in Hollywood?
Winona Ryder is now 52.
She was only 16 when making Beetlejuice........................
Winona Ryder is now 52.
She was only 16 when making Beetlejuice.
Michael Keaton is 72.
It will be interesting to see how they make Beetlejuice look young...............................
I think the latter. The first one was fun, but sequels are almost always disappointing.
it’s showtime!
“It will be interesting to see how they make Beetlejuice look young...............................”
LOL!
Keaton was 37 in the first one...............
Yes. Let’s just say he’s ‘aged into the role’.
His feature filmography is long, but he has done so many other things: acting, writing, animating, design consulting, short films, tv shows, video game creative consultant, music videos, commercials and more. Here is a table of his feature films. What an amazingly productive man:
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer |
---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Yes | No | No |
1988 | Beetlejuice | Yes | No | No |
1989 | Batman | Yes | No | No |
1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Yes | Yes | Story |
1992 | Batman Returns | Yes | Yes | No |
1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | No | Yes | Story |
1994 | Ed Wood | Yes | Yes | No |
1996 | Mars Attacks! | Yes | Yes | No |
1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Yes | No | No |
2001 | Planet of the Apes | Yes | No | No |
2003 | Big Fish | Yes | No | No |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Yes | No | No |
2005 | Corpse Bride | Yes | Yes | Characters |
2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Yes | No | No |
2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Yes | No | No |
2012 | Dark Shadows | Yes | No | No |
2012 | Frankenweenie | Yes | Yes | Story |
2014 | Big Eyes | Yes | Yes | No |
2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Yes | No | No |
2019 | Dumbo | Yes | Executive | No |
2024 | Beetlejuice 2 | Yes | Yes | No |
Alec Baldwin is notably missing from the reunion...as is Geena Davis
Michael Keaton will always be my Batman.
Alec was young and SKINNY and Geena was too................
This may not be the same thing, but some of the sequels to an original film in a series exceeded the original. "Tarzan and His Mate" was better than the first Weissmuller Tarzan, "Charlie Chan in Shanghai" was the best of the Oland Chan films, and I'm sure you could get an argument over which of the Bond sequels exceeded the original.
That doesn't mean Beetlejuice 2 has a chance; it will likely flop like much of Hollywoke productions of late.
Why?
> I forgot you were there. You may go. <
Doc Holliday, is that you?
(I knew I heard that line somewhere. It took me a moment to remember.)
Rather strange given the age differences, as others have noted. Why not fast-forward to where Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) has a teenage daughter who discovers the secret of Beetlejuice, maybe with friends, and they bring him back?
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