The sequel to the mythical 1988 film recovers members of the original cast and incorporates the protagonist of ‘Wednesday’
The sequel to ‘Beetlejuice’ (1988) will be released on September 6, 2024 with a cast that will repeat actors like Michael Keaton or Winona Ryder and who will be joined by the Hispanic Jenna OrtegaWarner Bros., the studio in charge of distributing the film, announced on Tuesday.
‘Bettlejuice 2’ will begin filming in the coming days in London (United Kingdom) and, according to the specialized media Deadline, Tim Burton will again serve as director from a cast that will also include the American interpreter Justin Theroux. Plan B Entertainment, a production company co-founded by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, will handle production duties, while Mike Vukadinovich will write the script.
In the original film, a recently deceased couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) are upset by the arrival of a family (Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Winona Ryder) at their old house, so they contact the twisted ghost Beetlejuice. (Michael Keaton) to torment the new inhabitants of his home.
‘Beetlejuice’ (1988) was a success at the box office, the critics welcomed it with such enthusiasm that it is still remembered today and raised 75 million dollars for end up turned into a musical in 2019 nominated for a Tony Award. This play stopped being performed at the start of the covid-19 pandemic, but it reopened in April 2022 and began touring the US in December.
Now, Warner Bros. has announced that ‘Beetlejuice 2’ will be released on the same day that Marvel plans to launch ‘Blade’, a superhero movie based on the character that bears the same name and will be played by Mahershala Ali (‘Green Book ‘). In fact, the date chosen is not accidental, since it corresponds to the day after the Labor Day holiday in the United States, a moment that large studios usually take advantage of to launch the productions in which they have the highest commercial expectations.