Beetlejuice 2 Confirmed

This will probably suck

Chipmunk face Jenna Ortega is in talks to join the production. No thanks.

Honk honk

Probably, R1?

If they get Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder I’m all for it.

Does anyone remember that the original was considered a bomb? Panned by critics and a disappointment at the box office? No?

I think maybe the Under-40s saw this repeatedly on cable growing up, and it has achieved a sort of belived nostalgia for them.

What R5 said. Can't bring Alec back since he's unrecognizably fat but Geena could probably pull off the frozen-in-time look for a ghost.

Have never seen the original

Two thumbs down.

As a kid I loved the original. Just hope this doesn't end up like Coming 2 America.

Oh, how far the cast has fallen: Alec is now a murderer, Winona has lost her marbles, Jeffrey Jones is a registered sex offender and Geena Davis is a geriatric mother of teenage twins.

At least Catherine O'Hara and Michael Keaton still seem have their shit together.

And Otho is dead. I need an Otho ghost. They can cgi or deepfake or whatever

“Who needs this? It’s not funny.”-Gene Siskel on the original, Datalounge on the sequel

With the exception of Top Gun Maverick, have ANY of these 5000 years later sequels been good?

Gen Z will show up at least. Jenna Ortega is their queen.

The original story was very self-contained and cut and dry. What is there to pull from and continue?

As long as Michael Keaton is in it it will be watchable. Somebody needs to rein Burton in, though. He overdoes his aesthetic and kills his own stories.

R15 how sweet of you to think there is any concern in this film for story.

CASH, BABY!

Cool! Danny Elfman just confirmed his involvement.

The cast includes Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, and Catherine O’Hara.

The script was written by the Wednesday writers.

Keaton is fucking brilliant and Beetlejuice is one of the greatest films and concepts ever made!

Please don't fuck this up and ruin Beetlejuice 😢

[quote] It was recently confirmed in a report from Deadline that the script for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice 2 is being written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The two writers are best known for creating the hit Netflix series Wednesday and the classic DC Superman series Smallville.

I even loved the Beetlejuice Animated Series!

I appreciate R18 & R19 's optimism

I think the odds of this movie being good are somewhere in the area of The Winds of Winter being out before this film.

R6 I think it's considered a cult classic now.

I think it did OK R6. Check your history.

Beetlejuice opened theatrically in the United States on March 30, 1988, earning US$8,030,897 in its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed US$74,664,632 in North America. Beetlejuice was a financial success,[24] recouping its US$15 million budget, and was the 10th-highest grossing film of 1988.[25][26]

Beetlejuice was met with a mostly positive response. Based on 62 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, Beetlejuice received an 85% overall approval rating with a weighted average of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Brilliantly bizarre and overflowing with ideas, Beetlejuice offers some of Michael Keaton's most deliciously manic work - and creepy, funny fun for the whole family."[27] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 18 reviews.[28] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a B on a grade scale of A to F.[29]

At the 61st Academy Awards, Beetlejuice won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, (Steve La Porte, Ve Neill and Robert Short.)[36] while the British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominated the film with Best Visual Effects and Makeup at the 42nd British Academy Film Awards.[37][38]

And I really doubt the sequel will be so lucky.

The original screenwriter, Warren Skaaren, was a friend of mine; great guy. He died many years ago -- he told me once that he had to fight tooth and nail with Burton to get that amazing dinner scene into the movie -- Burton thought it was over the top. It's the best scene in the entire film.

It is^.

Burton thought something was over the top.

This should be as incredible as Independence Day 2

Tim Burton movies: a few fun, original ideas tossed into cliched, forgettable, messy storytelling

I like the idea of the Beetlejuice movie but the actual movie? Not so much.

The movie will be unwatchable unless Dick Cavett reprises his role.

Delia, you’re a flake. You have always been a flake.

Holland Taylor sans make-up at [R18]?

I think it could be great. I'm hopeful...

It was a modest hit. It also spawned a kids cartoon a year later, which I watched as a child (possibly before I even saw the movie it was based on). That was a solid cartoon.

I saw the cartoon years before I saw the movie. I was...confused

The movie is oddly wholesome. I remember loving the cartoon as a kid and thinking it was hilarious.

I am normally not a big fan of sequels, but this could be good.

R37 totally....

Top Gun: Maverick was a great movie that was a sequel- on top of that it's basically a remake. It is possible.

R39 name another vastly delayed sequel (of which there have been MANY) that was good.

Oh wow! After reading the headline, but before reading the post, I was already coming here to post "they have to cast Jenna Ortega as Winona's daughter!"

And it sounds like they did!!

[quote][R39] name another vastly delayed sequel (of which there have been MANY) that was good

I am not R39 but immediately thought of The Color of Money and Mad Max: Fury Road.

I’m getting excited about it!

Justin Theroux Joins Michael Keaton In ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel At Warner Bros:

No! I hate that guy

I almost care.

Jenna Ortega's character should be the first to die.

Jenna Boretega, I will never understand her appeal.

[quote]Jenna Ortega's character should be the first to die.

Mah nem ees Inigo Montoya. You keeled my Jenna Ortega. Prepare to die.

Honestly does this need a sequel. Tim Burton is clearly out of ideas

Otho is very much alive in the body of Ross Matthews.

Nothing will top Baldwin's then-firm ass in those close-fit khakis.

The original was lightning in a bottle. The only complete great work by Burton.

It really was a perfect storm...but hardly Burton's only success.

I suspect this will be nothing more than a cash grab with a popular IP. Beetlejuice merch still sells well every Halloween.

...the guys from Smallville are writing this. Why?

I'm glad we're not getting Beetlejuice in Hawaii, which I think was the original sequel idea, but still...I have serious doubts.

This could be Son Of The Mask bad. I really hope it isn't.

...where TF is Catharine O'Hara? She was a standout in the original amd should be in this.

R54 we're not that desperate

If they dare to make another shitty sequel, by the time you read this I will have j̶u̶m̶p̶e̶d̶ PLUMMETED off the Winter River bridge.

Have no fear!

Don't joke about that r57....!

[quote]Honestly does this need a sequel.

Yes. This is one of the few films where I genuinely am delighted to hear there will be a sequel.

But we're all hoping it'll have that weird 80s energy.

The reality is, its probably an attempt at a franchise. They'll copy big scenes, like the dinner posession, but use new music - Lizzo? - and embarrass themselves.

The jokes will be overt for the lowest common denominator audience they're desperate for.

And what is Beetlejuice's arc here? Force another teen girl into marriage?

This will surely be done by committee and a rehash.

[quote]This could be Son Of The Mask bad. I really hope it isn't.

That was only bad because Cher refused to return. But it looks like most of the cast is returning here.

The Wednesday writers ? Does this mean a certain little bitch is going to change her lines again ?

Sequels used to come out under a decade from the original, usually less than five years. Sequels 35 years later when half the cast have one foot in the grave and cute kids are middle aged don’t really appeal to me.

[quote]The original story was very self-contained and cut and dry. What is there to pull from and continue?

it's about ghosts and the afterlife, and an eternal demon/poltergeist character. There are literally endless possibilities for a sequel within that framework.

I HATE NEW THINGS.

True, R64. They have plenty of plots from the cartoon to borrow from too.

Lori Lightfoot will do a great job

They're not going to borrow cartoon plots.

....do you not know how cartoons are regarded in Hollywood?

If the brain trust at WB couldn't see the Justice League cartoon as a strong template from which to build their live action franchise, they're certainly not going to draw inspiration from the "now we can sell lunchboxes and stickers to dumb kids!" Beetlejuice show.

Can’t wait until Ortega tells us everything that’s wrong with the screenplay.

When did this go from a remake to a sequel? The original plan was to remake the original with Jenna Ortega as Lydia, Jack Quaid as Alec Baldwin, Zendaya as Geena Davis, and Pete Davidson as Beetlejuice. Michael Keaton was not involved at all.

R70 that was never a thing.

Better a sequel than a remake.

Well, it's been confirmed Catherine O'Hara is returning. Too bad Otho won't be in the movie. Or Juno. You know there won't be any characters to be able to match them in the sequel.

Doubt Alec Baldwin or Geena Davis will be it unless it's a cameo. Both were good in it and it was one of the rare times Baldwin was able to totally shed his jerk aura.

Not holding out too much hope for it being as nearly good as the original, since it's hard to recapture everything that made the original work. I'll probably watch it though.

Big Hocus Pocus 2 energy.

Where did this Ortega woman come from and why is she being stuffed down our throats? She must suck a mean dick.

I remember a movie she was in where she fucks that Maddie chick Dance Moms.

R55 Jk! We are.

She isn’t being shoved down our throats now. She’s been with us for decades.

R75 I’m not a fan at all, but she’s built a career from a number of successful projects. Her recent career trajectory has involved moving from recurring roles (Jane the Virgin), to supporting regular/lead (You, Scream), to lead (Wednesday, and now Beetlejuice 2).

R75: She’s multicultural and checks a lot of boxes. That’s why she’s being shoved down our throats. Other than that, I don’t see any appeal. Like it or not we will be stuck with her and Zendaya until they’re at least 35.

R75: The one who must really suck a mean dick is the other Scream chick Melissa Barrera. That girl has the charisma of a damp rag.

I've liked her in stuff (X, Scream 5) but apparently Gen Z completely lost their minds over Wednesday. I thought it was "ok".

Will there be sandworms?

Good, I want some good comedies.

Those people saying the first BEETLEJUICE was a bomb or modest hit are wrong. It was a big hit in theaters and even more popular afterward on home video.

BUDGET: $15 million ($38 million today)

GROSS: $75 million ($190 million today)

The film came out in March 1988. Lots of Beetlejuice Halloween costumes that year. I was in third grade. Most everyone I knew liked the movie.

Yup. It was a huge crossover hit. Parents liked it and let their kids watch it, even with the macabre and adult humor...the toys sold and the kids show was successful.

Very unique situation.

I'm thrilled Catherine is back. I want to see more crazy art from her character.

R65 WTF is NEW about a sequel to a nearly 40 year old movie????

Glad they are doing a sequel and not a reboot, with some kid who looks like keaton but can't act. It may actually be good?

I doubt she's playing his kid. She's playing Rider's character Lydia Deets' daughter.

I think they mean Theroux.

r21 Speaking of, I wonder if they'll pull some plots from the animated series? That was basically a continuation of sorts. Talk about childhood nostalgia. Sigh.

or the musical?

No.

Silly to suggest either.

This is gonna suck

What's the problem?

R94 it's gonna be as exciting as Hocus Pocus 2

A zonked-out, kleptomaniac Winona Ryder plays the new Beetlejuice.

R86 Wizard of Oz was released in 1939 and got a sequel and a prequel in 1985 and 2013 respectively. Gone with the Wind (also directed by Fleming) was released around the same time and got a sequel miniseries in 1994.

Beetlejuice may not be as big but long gaps in between movies and sequels isn't unheard of. In fact it's becoming even more common these as it's much easier and much cheaper to make remake or continue old stories than develop new ones.

Beatlejuice was awesome. Alec only killed a couple girls on the set. LOL.

Just include a cameo of Howard Stern's Beetlejuice, and I'll buy two tickets.

Me?