Michael Keaton And Tim Burton it’s a combination that can’t be enough, and rightly so. The two first worked together on a 1988 film. beetle juice which left the audience enthralled and wanting more. Despite Beetlejuice 2 co-authored with Burton Jonathan James Following the success of the original film, the film remained in development hell for decades until this May, when a renowned director directed a script co-written by Wednesday scribes Alfred Gough And Miles Millar and Keton returns to his iconic role. In a recent conversation with Empire Magazine, the actor praised the “man-made” nature of the project.

All details about the project are being kept under wraps, but the return of actors like Winona Ryder confirms that it will be a direct sequel set in modern times. “Beetlejuice is a hell of a lot of fun when you get to work. It’s so fun, it’s so cool. And do you know what it is? We’re doing it exactly like we did in the first movie,” Keaton said, before adding a small visual teaser for the long-awaited sequel, saying:

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“In the big waiting room of the afterlife, a woman is literally with a fishing line – I want people to know this because I love it – tugs on a cat’s tail to make it move.”

Michael Keaton and Tim Burton’s Long Way to Bring ‘Beetlejuice 2’ to the Big Screen

A sequel was always in the works for the actor and director, and it was only a matter of time before all the right aspects came together. “[Burton] and I talked about it years ago without telling anyone. I said, “If it happens, first of all, we both said we’ve been doing this many times.” We both agreed that if this happens, it should be done as close as possible to how we did it the first time,” Keaton said.

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The film is currently in production and Keaton shared some details of the director’s vision, who often likes to construct the world in which the film takes place. , but literally handmade, for example, people create things with their hands and build something. Damn great. It’s the most fun time I’ve worked on a film, I can’t say for how long.”

The sequel has an amazing cast Wednesday star Jenna Ortega is going to play Lydia’s daughter, Katherine O’Hara, reprising her role as Delia Dietz, Monica Bellucci joining the cast as Beetlejuice’s wife, as well as Justin Theroux And Willem Dafoe, play unknown roles.​​​​​

Beetlejuice 2 will be in theaters September 6, 2024. Stay tuned for further developments.