It’s showtime! After 36 years, Michael Keaton is reprising his position as Beetlejuice, the “ghost with essentially the most.”
On Thursday, March 21, Warner Bros. launched the primary teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited Tim Burton sequel to his 1988 cult horror basic Beetlejuice.
The movie welcomes again not simply Keaton, 72, but additionally Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz. Rounding out the principle forged is newcomer Jenna Ortega, who performs Lydia’s daughter, Astrid. This would be the second time the actress has labored with Burton, 65, as she performs the title character on his Netflix’s Addams household collection, Wednesday.
Clocking in at simply over a minute, the trailer is about to a haunting cowl of Harry Belafonte’s “Day O,” which was famously used inside the unique 1988 film.
The primary clip incorporates a fowl’s eye view of the household’s small city of Winter River, Connecticut, as Astrid rides her bike over an previous bridge. The subsequent scene then cuts to a funeral the place a choir of boys are performing. Earlier than you discover out whose casket is being lowered into the bottom, the situation adjustments and also you see Astrid lurking round her household’s attic the place she discovers a figurine mockup of the city the place Beetlejuice frolicked within the first movie hidden beneath a sheet. Unknowingly to her, when she unveils the show, she seemingly finally ends up magically resurrecting Beetlejuice, which causes Lydia to hurry simply in time to witness Beetlejuice rising up from it.
“The juice is free,” he says as she stares at him in disbelief.
Earlier this month, Keaton opened up about why the sequel took so lengthy to make.
“It took some time to get there and I didn’t actually assume we had been gonna do it and didn’t need to do it, numerous instances [in the] previous couple of years, nevertheless it was extra enjoyable than the opposite one,” he informed Leisure Tonight.
The actor additionally praised Ortega, 21, mentioning that she slipped into her position effortlessly and slot in completely with the forged.
“Oh man, she’s good, she’s simply obtained it, you realize? She’s obtained the tone,” he revealed to the outlet. “She confirmed up and simply instantly knew what the tone was and simply slipped in like she does each day. She’s actually particular.”
Ortega additionally commented on the upcoming movie in January to Leisure Tonight and raved that she couldn’t wait for everybody to look at it.
“Everybody did an unimaginable job,” she shared. “I felt so fortunate to be there, it was insane…I can’t look ahead to folks to see,” Ortega stated of the Burton-directed sequel.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will probably be in theaters and IMAX Sept. 6, 2024.