Also see Catherine O’Hara reprising her role from the cult classic alongside Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux.
It’s been 36 years, but once again, the juice is loose.
Further details on Rory remain under wraps for now unlike the titular “bio-exorcist.”
Michael Keaton’s Beetlejuice in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’.Credit:Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.
All hell, subsequently, breaks loose.
The sequel picks up decades later with a death in the family.
“That’s all I will say,” Burton tells EW in an interview.
Catherine O’Hara as Delia, Jenna Ortega as Astrid, Winona Ryder as Lydia, and Justin Theroux as Rory in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’.Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.
“There’s something that happens that sets things in motion.”
Could that be the death of Lydia’s father, Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones)?
The director plays coy: “We’ll see.”
One thing’s for sure, Beetlejuice comes back into play.
Burton describes getting Keaton back in the classic costume and makeup as “a weird out-of-body experience.”
“It was kind of scary for somebody who was maybe not that overly interested in doing it.
Burton says he and Keaton have talked about a sequel on and off over the years.
“Unless it felt right, he had no burning desire to do it,” the director recalls.
“I think we all felt the same way.
It only made sense if it had an emotional hook.”
“We talked about lots of different things,” Burton says.
Lots of things came up.”
What they needed, however, was time.
“That made it emotional, gave it a foundation.
So that was the thing that really truly got me into it.”
“It needed a back-to-basics, handmade quality,” he says.
“It reenergized why I love making movies.”
And what about that title?Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
“It’s been, what?
So it didn’t feel likeBeetlejuice 2to me,” Burton says.
“It didn’t feel like that kind of a movie.
Just don’t say the name one more time, or you risk summoning the man himself.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuicewill hit theaters on Sept. 6.
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