In 2024, the ghost with the most is back and his new film is one phrase in need of whole chaos. Warner Bros. launched the primary piece of official marketing for Beetlejuice 2 on Thursday and with it, we now know that it’s not truly referred to as “Beetlejuice 2.” It’s referred to as… Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
For individuals who may not have the 1988 movie on the high of their reminiscence, Michael Keaton performs a ghost for rent who seems whenever you say his title thrice. So calling this sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” isn’t solely a really intelligent (if borderline complicated) determination, it additionally implies a sure escalation and perhaps even that Beetlejuice 2 isn’t the tip of the story. Right here’s the teaser poster with the title reveal, and just a little wink at one other scene from the unique.
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After all, the ready room quantity remembers one other considered one of Beetlejuice’s memorable scenes, the place he visits a ready room within the afterlife and will get a ludicrously excessive quantity, solely to steal a smaller one from a fellow ghost.
Will that play into this second film? It might need to, contemplating that second left Beetlejuice with a shrunken head, however we don’t know. What we do know is that this sequel is as soon as once more directed by Tim Burton and returns stars Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, Winona Rider as Lydia, and Catherine O’Hara as her mother, Delia. Jenna Ortega is now additionally alongside for the experience as Lydia’s daughter, and Monica Bellucci is Beetlejuice’s spouse. Willem Dafoe and Justin Theroux spherical out the solid.
Because the poster says, it’s scheduled for launch on September 6, giving us a star-studded kick-off to the spooky fall season. We are able to’t wait. And, sure, after almost 40 years, “the wait is nearly over.”
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