Summary
- Keaton’s Betelgeuse returns in
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
images, caught between new souls in the afterlife’s waiting room. - Other images feature Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Justin Theroux, and Tim Burton himself.
- The sequel promises a deeper focus on the world of the dead, exploring supernatural law enforcement and beyond.
Michael Keaton’s Betelgeuse is caught between two new damned souls in the Afterlife’s heavily packed waiting room and the Deetz family comes together in four new images from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Almost 36 years since he was summoned to help a pair of recently deceased souls rid their home of a new family, the Ghost with the Most returns to the land of the living when Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) is forced to call on him for help. Alongside returning stars Keaton, Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Belucci, and Willem Dafoe join the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice cast.
As Keaton’s sleazy bio-exorcist prepares to answer the call when Beetlejuice Beetlejuice manifests in theatres in September, Total Film (Via GamesRadar+) shared new promotional images from the upcoming sequel.
The first shot reunites with Betelgeuse still sitting in the Afterlife’s waiting room, surrounded on one side by a soul who suffocated on hot dogs during an eating contest and on the other by a cat owner who got on the wrong side of her furry friends. Meanwhile, the three other images focus on the living, seeing Lydia talking to Astrid (Ortega), Lydia standing alongside Rory (Theroux) and Delia (O’Hara), and Ortega talking with director Tim Burton on-set.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Will Take Audiences To The Other Side
The World Of The Dead Will Be A Much Greater Focus
While the original 1988 feature depicted a heavily bureaucratic vision of what comes after death, complete with packed offices and damned civil servants, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice promises to show that this small glimpse of the Afterlife was just the tip of the iceberg. In the first movie, the only glimpses viewers got of the supernatural world beyond the offices were the sands of Saturn and the room full of lost, exorcised souls. However, the sequel’s trailers have already promised a greater emphasis on the world of the Afterlife, including a train set to take its living cast deeper into what lies beyond.
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Furthermore, even the mundane but macabre elements of the Afterlife are getting further exploration in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. With the titular ghost himself being banished to the realm at the end of Beetlejuice, promotional material has featured him condemned to a previously unseen department of the Afterlife, while Dafoe is set to portray undead detective Wolf Jackson, highlighting supernatural law enforcement. As such, more grizzly ghouls undoubtedly will be seen as the sequel fleshes out what lies beyond.
Even the mundane but macabre elements of the Afterlife are getting further exploration.
Though a further exploration of Burton’s world is always welcome, it is the main cast that will keep viewers invested in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and it is clear from the preview that the director is focused on continuing those stories. From the family being brought back home due to personal tragedy to a troubled relationship between mother and daughter, the sequel is ensuring that its emotional core drives the story over iconography. Nevertheless, it is clear that the bio-exorcist’s unlikely return to the Deetzes won’t be short of the dark but memorable aesthetic that helped the original stand out.
Source: Total Film (Via GamesRadar+)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.
- Release Date
- September 6, 2024
- Studio(s)
- KatzSmith Productions , Tim Burton Productions , Warner Bros. Pictures , Plan B Entertainment
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Writers
- Mike Vukadinovich