Michael Keaton’s Beetlejuice is back for more undead mischief inBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
On Thursday, Warner Bros. debuted the first teaser trailer for directorTim Burton’s long-awaited sequel to his 1988 classic.
Keaton, who starred in the original movie as the titular green-haired ghost, is back for the sequel more than 30 years later, as well as original cast membersWinona Ryderand Catherine O’Hara.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuicealso starsJustin Theroux,Willem DafoeandJenna Ortega, the latter of whom previously worked with Burton, 65, on the Netflix seriesWednesday.Monica Bellucci, who isdating Burton, will also appear in the movie.
“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.”
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice poster.Warner Bros.
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The movie is Burton’s first feature film since he directed Disney’s 2019 live-action remake ofDumbo. When the director spoke withThe Independentabout the upcoming sequel back in September, he said he “tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets” for the follow-up.
“It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies,” he told the outlet.
Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder and Justin Theroux in 2024’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.
Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros.
O’Hara, 69, recently teased to PEOPLE that she filmed one-on-one scenes with Keaton, 72, for the upcoming project. “I’d been in the first movie in group scenes with Michael, but in this, I had an actual moment where the two of us just…,” she said. “And it was just so crazy and thrilling, really tojust be face-to-face with Beetlejuice.”
“He looks the same,” she joked. “Beetlejuice has aged very well.”
Beetlejuice Beetlejuiceis in theaters Sept. 6.
source: people.com
