Way back in March of 1988, a weird movie about death and the afterlife starring a pre Batman Michael Keaton as a “bio-exorcist” came out and weirdly became a huge hit, in no small part to Keaton’s portrayal of the titular character. After a ton of false starts, we’re finally getting a sequel. Oh, and a release date as well.
The movie, appropriately titled Beetlejuice 2, will grace theaters with its presence in the Fall of next year – Sept. 6, to be exact. If that date sounds oddly familiar it’s because it’s the same day that Marvel’s reboot of the Blade franchise comes out. Besides that though, the release window is pretty clear.
We don’t know a ton just yet about the movie besides the fact that Keaton and Winona Ryder are back to reprise their roles, and that Jenna Ortega will play her daughter. Justin Theroux will also appear in the film but his role is as of yet undisclosed, per Variety.
The first movie tells the story of a recently dead married couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) who hate the people living in their house so they “hire” Beetlejuice to scare the bejesus out of them. Ryder plays the teenage daughter of the parents.
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is producing the movie, and original director Tim Burton is rumored to be back behind the camera, though there are conflicting reports about that. The last project that Burton directed was the live-action remake of Dumbo, which was fine.
Mark your calendars: Sept. 6, 2024 can’t get here soon enough.
