Beetlejuice 2

pburke90 · 16/12/14 - 12:34

Tim Burton has confirmed that he will direct a sequel movie to the original Beetlejuice, Michael is going to return and so is Winona. The movie is currently being written. Thoughts? Good idea or bad? I actually am hopeful for a good follow up, as long as it isn't "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" that was planned for the early 90's.

Gordie1 · 16/12/14 - 17:56

Paddy C wrote: »

Tim Burton has confirmed that he will direct a sequel movie to the original Beetlejuice, Michael is going to return and so is Winona. The movie is currently being written. Thoughts? Good idea or bad? I actually am hopeful for a good follow up, as long as it isn't "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" that was planned for the early 90's.

Keaton needs to get to the gym, how can a dead person get fat?

grimtales1 · 16/12/14 - 18:01

What is it with belated sequels to great 80's/90's movies these days?

Johnny Clay · 16/12/14 - 18:14

grimtales1 wrote: »

What is it with belated sequels to great 80's/90's movies these days?

They can play to two audiences: old and new.

grimtales1 · 16/12/14 - 18:57

Johnny Clay wrote: »

They can play to two audiences: old and new.

Good point

Inspiration · 16/12/14 - 19:07

I wonder what role Helena will fill? It's inevitable she'll be in it.

grimtales1 · 16/12/14 - 20:10

Love interest for Beetlejuice or villan perhaps?

JCR · 20/03/24 - 15:57

First promo pics from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:

Mint-Opinion · 21/03/24 - 10:06

I don't know what it is but I'm kind of sick of Jenna Ortega already.

pburke90 · 21/03/24 - 21:08

Teaser trailer has dropped. No real talking, just lots of visuals. Looks like the funeral the family are attending is Charles, not surprising given the controversies around Jeffrey Jones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yDanmWI1E

Inspiration · 21/03/24 - 21:59

Cautiously optimistic. Might even make this a cinema visit.

dee123 · 21/03/24 - 22:25

The original cast is good and adding Willem Defoe and Monica Bellucci is always a good thing.

scotsbunny · 21/03/24 - 22:44

Inspiration wrote: »

I wonder what role Lisa Marie Helena Monica will fill? It's inevitable she'll be in it.

Corrected for 2024.

JCR · 21/03/24 - 22:48

Burn Gorman as the vicar there, he gets around.

That’s the main thing I have to say about the trailer. 😂

Oh and I hope Jenna Ortega’s character is over 18, given presumably B will be perving over her. 😉

Pete2174 · 22/03/24 - 07:22

pburke90 wrote: »

Teaser trailer has dropped. No real talking, just lots of visuals. Looks like the funeral the family are attending is Charles, not surprising given the controversies around Jeffrey Jones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yDanmWI1E

Yes please.

Chickens hit · 22/03/24 - 11:53

I really hope this teaser trailer doesn't end up being the best thing about "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice", because as it is, I love this. The choir doing that song and the pan across the characters ending on Catherine O'Hara just got me good. I had to look twice to recognise Winona.

What chance an appearance from Geena and Alec at some point in the film?

JCR · 22/03/24 - 12:39

The obvious issue is 65 year old Tim Burton is unlikely to be as creative as 30 year old Burton. (The older directors that still make high quality movies like Lynch and Scorsese don’t tend to have release dates they have to meet, which isn’t the case for Burton here)

I loved the original Beetlejuice when I was a kid, far more than Ghostbusters, and will probably watch the sequel purely because of sentimentality, but I will be sad when the Saturn worm is inevitably CG and not stop motion.

Fairyprincess0 · 22/03/24 - 18:35

I wasn't going to watch this, but I've seen the trailer and I'm still debating.

Not for beetleJuice, but im hoping we get a Tim Burton free from the Disneyfication he's been under in the past 15 years....

dee123 · 23/03/24 - 04:31

Fairyprincess0 wrote: »

I wasn't going to watch this, but I've seen the trailer and I'm still debating.

Not for beetleJuice, but im hoping we get a Tim Burton free from the Disneyfication he's been under in the past 15 years....

To your second point, reading this made me very happy, they are doing as much practical, on set special effects as possible:

https://www.thewrap.com/michael-keaton-beetlejuice-2-practical-effects-tim-burton/

Mint-Opinion · 30/03/24 - 09:46

JCR wrote: »

The obvious issue is 65 year old Tim Burton is unlikely to be as creative as 30 year old Burton. (The older directors that still make high quality movies like Lynch and Scorsese don’t tend to have release dates they have to meet, which isn’t the case for Burton here)

I loved the original Beetlejuice when I was a kid, far more than Ghostbusters, and will probably watch the sequel purely because of sentimentality, but I will be sad when the Saturn worm is inevitably CG and not stop motion.

The stop motion animation is returning according to several articles online.

JCR · 30/03/24 - 13:43

Based purely off that trailer though, I would guess Burn Gorman’s minister is the villain- he usually plays heels- and in the end Beetlejuice will help the family defeat him.

I will remain skeptical about this movie! 😉

FluxCapacitor · 31/03/24 - 08:21

JCR wrote: »

The obvious issue is 65 year old Tim Burton is unlikely to be as creative as 30 year old Burton. (The older directors that still make high quality movies like Lynch and Scorsese don’t tend to have release dates they have to meet, which isn’t the case for Burton here)

I loved the original Beetlejuice when I was a kid, far more than Ghostbusters, and will probably watch the sequel purely because of sentimentality, but I will be sad when the Saturn worm is inevitably CG and not stop motion.

Usually I’d have the same concerns as you, but Burton and Keaton have been so protective over this film - they’ve refused previous sequel treatments when they weren’t good enough and have ensured the approach to this was as close as possible to the original, including practical effects. I doubt it will be as good as the original, but all the signs are good. Where I’ll worry is if they rush a third into production when this one is a hit!

dee123 · 02/04/24 - 02:34

FluxCapacitor wrote: »

JCR wrote: »

The obvious issue is 65 year old Tim Burton is unlikely to be as creative as 30 year old Burton. (The older directors that still make high quality movies like Lynch and Scorsese don’t tend to have release dates they have to meet, which isn’t the case for Burton here)

I loved the original Beetlejuice when I was a kid, far more than Ghostbusters, and will probably watch the sequel purely because of sentimentality, but I will be sad when the Saturn worm is inevitably CG and not stop motion.

Usually I’d have the same concerns as you, but Burton and Keaton have been so protective over this film - they’ve refused previous sequel treatments when they weren’t good enough and have ensured the approach to this was as close as possible to the original, including practical effects. I doubt it will be as good as the original, but all the signs are good. Where I’ll worry is if they rush a third into production when this one is a hit!

This is my only problem. The script being written by those hacks that created Smallville.

pete137 · 07/04/24 - 20:16

We will all be watching it for nostalgia. Of course it won't come close to the original but lets just hope its good.

Pete2174 · 07/04/24 - 21:23

dee123 wrote: »

FluxCapacitor wrote: »

JCR wrote: »

The obvious issue is 65 year old Tim Burton is unlikely to be as creative as 30 year old Burton. (The older directors that still make high quality movies like Lynch and Scorsese don’t tend to have release dates they have to meet, which isn’t the case for Burton here)

I loved the original Beetlejuice when I was a kid, far more than Ghostbusters, and will probably watch the sequel purely because of sentimentality, but I will be sad when the Saturn worm is inevitably CG and not stop motion.

Usually I’d have the same concerns as you, but Burton and Keaton have been so protective over this film - they’ve refused previous sequel treatments when they weren’t good enough and have ensured the approach to this was as close as possible to the original, including practical effects. I doubt it will be as good as the original, but all the signs are good. Where I’ll worry is if they rush a third into production when this one is a hit!

This is my only problem. The script being written by those hacks that created Smallville.

As in triple Emmy winning Smallville?

Seen by many as one of the best interpretations of the Superman mythos with Michael Rosenbaums highly praised performance as Lex Luthor? That Smalllville?

Johnny Clay · 08/04/24 - 10:14

FluxCapacitor wrote: »

Where I’ll worry is if they rush a third into production when this one is a hit!

A hit? As 80s nostalgia goes, I imagine this'll be more Ghostbusters reboot than Top Gun.

Mind you I didn't think the original was much cop, so who knows.

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