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The Post called “pointless” and “belabored,” earned $41.5 million on Friday, its first day in theaters, according to The Numbers.The Tim Burton film, which serves as a sequel to the 1988 cult classic “Beetlejuice,” is expected to take in at least $97 million domestically on its opening weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. If that’s the case, the film will enjoy the second-biggest September opening of all time, trailing only behind 2017’s supernatural horror “It.”Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara reprised their roles in the sequel — which had a staggering reported production budget of $100 million — and Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe joined the cast.“Deadpool & Wolverine,” which was in the No.

Beetlejuice was, in essence, a slyly original movie about ghosts who are stuck in a kind of purgatory. So it’s fitting that a long-gestating sequel to the 1988 classic has been seemingly trapped in development hell as long as the titular bio-exorcist has been, well, dead.Nixed screenplays with titles like “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” and “Beetlejuice in Love” have come and gone; the original screenwriters have passed into heaven’s waiting room; Alec Baldwin has long since aged out of playing 30-year-old hunks; and Tim Burton has spent decades teasing the possibility of a sequel while occupied with more pressing projects like, uh… Dumbo.Now, thirty-six years after Beetlejuice became a morbid hit — a gap equal to the passage of time between Citizen Kane and Star Wars — the aptly titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is finally shake, shake, shaking into theaters.

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion main prize.

Writer-director Megan Park’s upcoming film, My Old Ass, is something of a departure from her first feature The Fallout — the 2021 Jenna Ortega starrer that followed the survivors of a school shooting —although both films expertly center on a teenage point of view.

With the juice officially loose a second time in theaters as of Sept. 6, those looking to remember what the 1988 original Beetlejuice was about might want to watch the first film.

Sorry to disappoint Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan fans! It sounds like they might not quite be back together… yet.

Jordan Moreau A lot of people must be saying his name three times, because Beetlejuice is taking over the box office. The long awaited sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega, has made $13 million at the box office so far in Thursday previews. The horror comedy is ready to take over the box office, after a slow end to August, with an estimated $100 million to $110 million opening this weekend.

Plenty of bananas and a gruesomely gorgeous wedding cake get praise in musical moments in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Several 80s artists like Donna Summer, Jimmy Buffet and The Bee Gees have songs featured in the film, which is a followup to the 1988 original starring Michael Keaton as the ghost with the most, Winona Ryder as goth girl Lydia Deetz and Catherine O’Hara as Lydia’s stepmother Delia Deetz.

AnOther Magazine. “My parents — who are just my best friends — were very wary of Hollywood.”“They associated it with Judy Garland’s tragedy, and we never relocated there,” she added, referring to the late actress’ fatal overdose.Ryder added that she “had to keep up my grades” to keep going to auditions.“That turned out to be such a gift, because I knew a lot of kids who did bear that,” she said.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in cinemas now, but what songs are included on the long-awaited sequel’s soundtrack? See the full list below.The film is the follow-up to the 1988 cult goth comedy horror, and sees director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara return to the franchise alongside newcomers Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe and Monica Bellucci.Ortega plays the rebellious Astrid Deetz, the daughter of Ryder’s Lydia, as the Deetz clan return home to Winter River following the death of Charles Deetz. See the film’s trailer below.Ortega recently sparked memories of one of her on-screen mother’s iconic looks from the film by recreating it during the press tour.The Wednesday star also spoke about the fast friendship she formed with Ryder on the set of the movie.

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited sequel to the Tim Burton-directed, Michael Keaton starring movie has racked up some $12M in both Wednesday and Thursday night previews; a very good number.

With the momentum of stardom in her favor after Netflix’s Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jenna Ortega will surely take on more Hollywood projects following Season 2 of Wednesday, which is currently in production.

Johnny Depp fans have been speculating that the actor has taken steps to fix his teeth, based on a new video on social media.A clip has been posted online of the Pirates Of The Caribbean star mixing drinks behind the bar of a venue in Exuma, Bahamas, in which his sparkling white teeth are on display.“Jacksparrow meets the killerbartender of Exuma Bahamas,” wrote the worker in question alongside the video. “Once in a lifetime moments with Mr.

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves still call each other husband and wife in text messages years after they were married by real priests in Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula.The two actors played Jonathan and Mina Harker in the 1992 horror film and previously Ryder made similar comments while promoting Destination Wedding with the John Wick actor.“We actually got married in Dracula,” she told said at the time. “No, I swear to god I think we’re married in real life.”“In that scene, Francis [Ford Coppola] used a real Romanian priest,” she added.

Jenna Ortega shared her thoughts on gender-swapped casting decisions in a new interview.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jenna Ortega is calling for more female-led franchises over female-led spinoffs. During a recent video interview with MTV while on the publicity tour for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Ortega was asked if she might consider an offer from director Tim Burton to revive “Edward Scissorhands” as the gender-flipped Edith Scissorhands, but Ortega would rather just get to lead a franchise as an original character instead. “I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that’s so special.

Jack Dunn Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer for “Nightbitch,” a horror comedy starred Amy Adams that’s based on the 2021 novel by Rachel Yoder. Per the official logline “Nightbitch” follows an “artist who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom [and] seeks a new chapter in her life [who] encounters just that, when her nightly routine takes a surreal turn and her maternal instincts begin to manifest in canine form.” Adams leads the cast joined by Scoot MacNairy, Mary Holland, Jessica Harper, Zoë Chao, Ella Thomas, Stacey Swift, Archana Rajan, Adrienne Rose White, Darius De La Cruiz and Roslyn Gentle. While originally slated for a straight-to-streaming release on Hulu, Searchlight later gave the film a wide theatrical release.

“It’s showtime” for Jenna Ortega.The 21-year-old actress’ wardrobe lately isn’t as strange and unusual as it may seem — at least not for the star of director Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”The actress has been celebrating the original film’s funky fashions with tributes to the 1988 cult classic “Beetlejuice” while promoting the sequel on red carpets around the world. In her most recent nod to the original film, Ortega and her team got creative with a structured gray and black Harris Reed ensemble inspired by the statue made by Catherine O’Hara’s character Delia Deetz in the original film, according to stylist Enrique Melendez. The set was styled with black velvet opera gloves and a miniature model of the haunted Deetz family home as a purse for the London premiere.

The Big Lebowski actor was spotted eating at Bubba’s Fish Market in the south Dublin town of Dalkey on Saturday evening (31 August).Buscemi is currently there filming the new season of the Netflix‘s hit series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega and directed by Tim Burton.“No one at my table recognised him except for me; I’m a huge movie buff, so I knew him straight away,” fellow diner Oisín Heavey told the Irish Independent. We were having dinner, and he was at the table beside us for 90 minutes.”After the actor finished his meal, Heavey said that his wife noticed a crowd gathering outside the restaurant, which they assumed was for the actor.“We could see there were loads of people outside, kind of looking up towards where he had gone, so we assumed he was spotted,” he said.“When we went outside, there was actually a very vicious fight going on, and that’s what everybody was looking at.”He explained: “Steve Buscemi was kind of standing there completely unnoticed.

Jenna Ortega has weighed in on the classic Blur vs Oasis argument after it was announced the Gallagher brothers would be reuniting.Last week, Noel and Liam Gallagher announced they would be reuniting as Oasis for a series of massive summer stadium gigs across the UK and beyond.Tickets went on sale on Saturday (August 31) with fans having to contend with technical issues and dynamic pricing, before every date of the tour sold out in a matter of hours.However Jenna Ortega only found out about the reunion during a sit-down interview with NME to promote Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. “I had no idea they were back,” she said before asking her co-star Catherine O’Hara for her take on the classic Blur and Oasis rivalry.“I don’t partake in taking sides,” she replied, with Ortega then asked for her pick of Britpop titans.“Can I be honest? I actually just heard ‘Wonderwall’ for the first time a month ago,” she revealed.

Ryder explained constantly feeling as if she was “negotiating” and wondering what would happen if she expressed her discomfort, adding she was “working it out while” dealing with someone “extremely creepy.”It was only when recounting her experiences to her “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” co-star Jenna Ortega that she realized, “Jesus Christ, that’s really f—ed up.”“I think in retrospect, it really soured [her on making movies]. All the great actors always told me that when it stops being amazing, you gotta get out,” she explained.

The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stars are stepping out for another press event!

The new movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is hitting theaters next week, over 35 years after the original film was released.

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Tim Burton has shed light on his decision to exclude Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis from the upcoming Beetlejuice sequel.

Tim Burton opened up about the future of his Beetlejuice franchise ahead of the release of the long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorThe Venice Film Festival kicked off the fall festival season in style this week, with premieres of anticipated new movies like “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Maria” as well as the prestige TV series “Disclaimer.” Still to come are “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “Queer,” “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter Two,” “Wolfs” and much more.Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig and George Clooney are just a few of the major stars set to hit the red carpet in upcoming days. Check out some of the dazzling gowns and red carpet fashion at Italy’s 81st Venice Film Festival.“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” stars Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder hit the red carpet ahead of the Venice Film Festival premiere.Sigourney Weaver was honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the opening ceremony of 81st Venice International Film Festival.“Disclaimer” stars Jung Ho-yeon and Cate Blanchett on the red carpet for the AppleTV+ series in Venice.Sacha Baron Cohen also stars in “Disclaimer.” Cate Blanchett donned an Armani Privé catsuit with pearls accenting the backless design on the “Disclaimer” carpet.Kodi Smit-McPhee sports a detailed jacket on the “Disclaimer” carpet.Patti Smith attended the premiere of “Maria,” clad in what Vogue magazine characterized as “IDGAF dressing.”Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Angelina Jolie, director Pablo Larrain and Haluk Bilginer on the “Maria” red carpet.

Justin Thereoux gets support from his new fiancee Nicole Brydon Bloom at the U.K. premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Thursday (August 29), shortly after announcing their engagement.

Jenna Ortega is continuing to dress perfectly on-theme for the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice press tour and her UK premiere look actually paid homage to Catherine O’Hara!

—I mean, while she promotes the —the 21-year-old has all but become the human embodiment of the After being associated for the last two years with the role of a high school-aged in Netflix’s Wednesday, Ortega has earned her stripes as a bona-fide adult scream queen..and maybe up-and-coming queen of the underworld too.Ortega’s aesthetic has followed suit, gradually moving away from the Wednesday era’s smudgy goth glam—and corresponding —and into a post-Scream, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice aesthetic that’s so gothic romantic it should go viral on BookTok. Don’t believe me? Just take a look at Jenna Ortega at Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s UK premiere.

Winona Ryder has said some young people aren’t interested in movies because of the length of them.The actor, who is starring in Tim Burton’s upcoming Beetlejuice sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, opened up in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times about how some young people are immediately put off by the length of movies.She explained: “I don’t mean to sound so hopeless,” she added to the magazine. “There are a few that are just not interested in movies.

The 2024 Venice Film Festival kicked off August 28 with the long-awaited Tim Burton-Michael Keaton sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening the 81th edition, which runs through September 7 on the Lido. Deadline is on the ground to watch all the key films. 

and to play mother and daughter in a movie, because seeing them together at the premiere proves that these two have to be, if not by blood, at least spiritually related.Both actors wore tulle-forward gowns clearly inspired by the original Beetlejuice film, and while both looks were stunning on their own, they really shone when the actors posed together.Ortega, styled by wore a bright red, custom Dior gown with a ruffled detail at the peek-a-boo bust. The dress was a clear reference to the iconically floofy red dress Ryder wore in the original 1988 movie, just elevated slightly.For Ryder's part, her seemed to take inspiration from her Beetlejuice character's black dress, as well as the suits Beetlejuice himself is constantly dressed in.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Winona Ryder is a cinephile and really wants her younger co-stars to be, too. In recent interviews while promoting her role in Tim Burton’s upcoming sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the Oscar-nominated actor lamented over how some of the young actors she’s worked with in recent years just aren’t interested in watching movies.

The cast of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” — including Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara and Jenna Ortega — walked the red carpet at the 2024 Venice Film Festival ahead of their film’s world premiere on August, 28, 2024.