Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice has managed to stay relevant for almost 30 years, so it’s no surprise the legendary director is contemplating revisiting the franchise and making a Beetlejuice 2.
Colliderspoke with Burton on the set of his upcoming movie, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and the eccentric filmmaker set the record straight about the possibility of a sequel.
“This is the thing, it’s something that I’m interested in, but there’s so many stories [online], dumping Michael Keaton for Johnny Depp and this or that, and I’ve talked to these people and they didn’t wanna hear this so they just made up a story,” said Burton.
He made it very clear that Beetlejuice 2 wouldn’t be made unless the circumstances are right — he doesn’t want to push it into theatres just because.
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“The fact of it is I have talked to Michael [Keaton] and I have talked to Winona [Ryder], I’ve talked to a few people,” he continued. “It’s something that I really would like to do in the right circumstances, but it’s one of those films where it has to be right. It’s not a kind of a movie that cries out [for a sequel], it’s not the Beetlejuice trilogy. So it’s something that if the elements are right — because I do love the character and Michael’s amazing as that character, so yeah, we’ll see. But there’s nothing concrete yet.”
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