Posted on 11/30/2023 12:51:44 PM PST by Red Badger
Tim Burton announced Thursday filming for “Beetlejuice 2” has officially concluded, letting fans know they’re one step closer to taking in the new flick.
“Just finished shooting Beetlejuice. Thank you to everyone involved,” he wrote on Instagram. The 65-year-old filmmaker posted the caption alongside an image of himself sitting on a couch on the set of the movie. Production on “Beetlejuice 2” began in London in May, and was nearly complete in September during the SAG-AFTRA strike that put a freeze on Hollywood productions, People Magazine reported.
Burton was so close to completing his film, his team was able to quickly complete the remainder of their work as soon as the strike ended, according to People.
“I feel grateful we got what we got. Literally, it was a day and a half,” Burton previously told The Independent.
“We know what we have to do,” he said at the time.
“Beetlejuice 2” picks up where the original series left off and marks Michael Keaton’s return, according to People. Winona Ryder will also reprise her role as Lydia Deetz, and Delia Deetz will once again be played by Catherine O’Hara.
Monica Bellucci will also appear in the film, alongside Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe and Jenna Ortega, People noted. Ortega’s fans recently discovered she would not be reprising her role in “Scream 7.”
Burton previously teased the movie, and opened up about his on-set experiences in the interview with The Independent.
“On this last one, “Beetlejuice 2,” I really enjoyed it,” he told The Independent. “I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies.”
“Beetlejuice” is slated for worldwide theatrical release Sept, 6, 2024.
Part of it is our age. In my 50's I don't laugh at the kind of humor I did in my teens. Maybe if the sequel came out a few years after the original it'd be funny.
hands down choice
Jeffrey Jones looks to be absent too.
Becau$e......................
I think it’s just that the original fire of genius isn’t there like it was at first. I don’t think that has to do with the age of the people involved, but just that things and people have moved on and changed.
I still enjoy lots of movies from my young days, but almost none of the sequels.
Maybe I’ll be surprised.
Rooney eats it!
I detect a double entendre there.
Shake Senora might look different.
♫ "Okay, I believe you." ♪
She was so cute. Why did she have to go and ruin that nose of hers?
Never gonna beat ‘Touch of Evil’ or ‘Bullit’.
Glenn Shadix will definitely not be in the sequel, unless they CGI him.
The first one never appealed to me. I do like a bit of his stuff, I really enjoyed “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Other people like it, though, so it makes me wonder what it is in me that doesn’t appreciate that movie like others do.
I figure it must be me.
I loved...absolutely loved Val Kilmer in that role!
“I’m your huckleberry.”
LOL, classic...one of my favorite movies!
Wow, 36 years go. Before I was married, or even met my wife. Ronnie was still President. Geena Davis was still sweet and fresh.
I think a lot of this revival stuff owes a debt to
1. Stranger Things (resurrecting ET style nostalgia) with Winona Ryder.
2. Cobra Kai - despite many of the actors in it being original actors having done hardly anything of note in decades, it totally feels like a continuation of the films.
3. Ke Huy Kwan. He vanished from front of camera in the 80s, resurfaced a couple of years ago, and he’s been brilliant in pretty much everything since.
4. Ghostbusters:Afterlife went the other way to Cobra Kai... Until right at the end, when all of a sudden it went from Stranger Things to OG Ghostbusters.
I don’t think they’ll need to de-age Beetle Juice. He was aged up for the first film, and we all want to know how he managed to unshrink his head.
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