Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Short description
Three generations of the Deetz family return to Winter River following a sudden family tragedy. Lydia continues to be haunted by Beetlejuice, but her situation worsens when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, finds a mysterious model of the town in the attic. This discovery leads to the accidental opening of a portal to the afterlife, creating instability in both the living and dead realms. As chaos grows, it becomes likely that someone will speak the demon's name three times, bringing him back to cause further trouble.
Directed by Tim Burton, this is the 22nd film in his chronological body of work, following 2019's Dumbo. The movie features Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, and Willem Dafoe. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Tim Burton Productions, Plan B Entertainment, and KatzSmith Productions, the project had a budget of 99 million USD and earned 452 million USD at the worldwide box office.
The film has a rating of 6.6/10 on IMDb based on 172,000 votes and 6.9/10 on TMDB from 3,326 votes. These audience scores are slightly higher than the film critics' rating of 6.5/10, which comes from 378 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Six ginger wigs were prepared for Catherine O'Hara, but makeup artist Christine Blundell, at the actress's insistence, dyed them a poisonous red.
- Both Michael Keaton, who played the title character, and director Tim Burton preferred to make Beetlejuice as politically incorrect as he was in the first film. They both like this trait of the character – despite the political correctness accepted today, as they believe Beetlejuice does not 'evolve' at all.
- Jenna Ortega first learned about the upcoming filming of a Beetlejuice sequel after starting work on the series 'Wednesday' (2022-). Tim Burton called her at home and asked her to come to his office to chat about the series, and when she arrived, he slammed the script for the future film onto the table in front of her and offered her the role of Astrid.
- Jeffrey Jones was not asked to reprise his role as Charles due to sexual offense allegations against him. Instead, Charles reportedly died before the events of the film, and his appearance was recreated using archival footage and stop-motion animation.
- The death of Charles (played by Jeffrey Jones in Tim Burton's 1988 film) reflects a nightmare that Burton once had, where he survived a plane crash into the ocean but was eaten by sharks.
- According to Tim Burton, this film is only possible if Michael Keaton agrees to reprise his role as Beetlejuice (he first appeared on screen in this role in Tim Burton's 1988 fantasy comedy 'Beetlejuice'). Keaton, however, stated in March 2014 that this is the only sequel he would be interested in playing in.
- Paul Warren and Nick Kellington (along with many others) played the roles of the shrinking characters in the film. The tiny heads were animatronic, operated by puppeteers.
- Initially, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis (who played Adam and Barbara in Tim Burton’s 1988 film, respectively) were slated to appear in cameo roles. However, Burton later decided that no amount of digital de-aging could convince audiences that Adam and Barbara hadn’t aged a bit since the first film.
- Arthur Conti auditioned for the role via a phone call, and Conti learned he had been cast as Jeremy on April 1st and initially thought it was an April Fool's joke.
- Tim Burton is a big fan of Federico Fellini's films, hence the decision to tell the story of Beetlejuice in Italian, in a black and white palette, and in the spirit of the celebrated director's films. Burton himself has always said that the story of Beetlejuice is like a prologue to one of Fellini's paintings. Among other things, Monica Bellucci is Italian and played the Italian Dolores.
- Winona Ryder (who played Lydia in 'Beetlejuice') made a single condition when meeting with the directors of the series 'Stranger Things' (2016-) Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, when offered a role in their project (where she played Joyce). She said that if a sequel to the Beetlejuice story ever got to filming, they would release her from filming the series to star in the future Beetlejuice film. They agreed and honored the condition.
- When starting filming, Tim Burton didn't even bother rewatching the original film or reading the scripts of potential sequels that had accumulated over the years since the original film's release.
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