Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Everything We Know About the Sequel Starring Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega
22.03.2024 - 17:03
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will land on screens imminently, and the first teaser is as eerie and eccentric (and strange and unusual) as we could’ve hoped for.
Released on March 21, it opens with a shot of franchise newcomer cycling swiftly past Miss Shannon’s School for Girls to the tune of—what else?—a children’s choir singing “Day-O.” Cue glimpses of Ortega standing beside returning favorites Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, as well as of the Wednesday star entering the attic and uncovering the miniature model of Winter River.
It soon splits open and, to Ryder’s horror, Michael Keaton’s scraggly-haired, deathly pale, striped-suit-wearing Beetlejuice emerges from within it.
“The juice is loose,” he grins.Here’s everything we know about the film so far.Titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the forthcoming Tim Burton–directed release is poised to hit cinemas on September 6, 2024.
The logline reads: “After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River.
Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the afterlife is accidentally opened.
With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.”Alongside Keaton, O’Hara, and Ryder are, of course, reprising their original roles as Delia and Lydia Deetz, while Ortega takes the part of the latter’s willful offspring.
They’ll be joined by Monica Bellucci—as Beetlejuice’s wife, no less—and Willem Dafoe as a “police officer in the afterlife and former B-movie action star,” as well as Justin Theroux,
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