Get a Sneak Peek of Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in This Exciting Teaser!
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice is back, back, back.
Warner Bros. has shared the first trailer for the upcoming “Beetlejuice” sequel, which will once again star Michael Keaton in the lead role as the diabolical demon.
He glance introduces viewers to new and returning characters, before getting their first look at Beetlejuice himself.
The trailer features a special performance of “Day-O” by Harry Belafonte as the cast is seen in a cemetery. Jenna Ortega is seen discovering the Winter River model, before the villain appears in a black and white striped suit.
“The juice is loose,” he says, as Winona Ryder's Lydia is seen with a shocked expression on her face.
The original 1988 film revolved around deceased couple Adam and Barbara Maitland (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, respectively) who enlist the title character's help to help get rid of the family moving into their house, with results. disastrous. .
The sequel, officially known as “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” will be released on September 6.
Who's in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'?
Keaton will be joined by Ryder, who played Lydia Deetz in the original “Beetlejuice,” and “Wednesday” star Ortega will play her daughter. Justin Theroux will also appear in the film, while Catherine O'Hara, who also starred in the original film, will reprise her role.
There's no word on whether Baldwin will return, while Davis has already said he has no plans to appear in the film.
“Unless it's a surprise to me, no,” he told TODAY.com in 2023 when asked about appearing in the sequel.
“But I think it makes sense because we're telling the story of the Maitlands, and in that world, ghosts don't age. You get to wear the same clothes you died in and all that.”
Willem Dafoe too previously confirmed he will be in the movie.
“I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I'm a dead person. And in life I was a B-movie action star, but I had an accident and that was what sent me to the other side,” he told Variety in 2023.
Two key stars of the original film have died since its release. Glenn Shadix, who played fashion designer Otho, died in 2010, and Sylvia Sidney, who played the social worker who helps the Maitlands, died in 1999.
Is there a trailer for 'Beetle juice Beetle juice?
Yes, the first trailer was released on March 21. The clip offers a closer look at new and returning cast members, as well as getting fans excited to see Keaton's Beetlejuice in full screen.
What we know so far about 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'
The most important thing we know about the movie is the fact that it is being made. Plot points have been kept under wraps, although director Tim Burton pulled back the curtain a bit and said the new film begins with a death in the family.
“That's all I'll say,” he said. told Entertainment Weekly. “Something happens to set things in motion.”
When asked if the person who dies is Lydia's father, Charles Deetz (played in the original film by Jeffrey Jones), Burton said nothing.
“We'll see,” he said.
How is Michael Keaton doing returning as Beetlejuice?
Burton said Keaton reprising his role is “a strange out-of-body experience.”
“It was a little scary for someone who maybe wasn't too interested in doing it. It was such a beautiful thing for me to see the whole cast, but he, like a demonic possession, just went back to it,” she added.
Burton also said that he and Keaton had toyed with the idea of a sequel for years.
“Unless it seemed right to him, he had no burning desire to do it,” he said. “I think we all feel the same. It only made sense if she had an emotional hook.”
