Tim Burton Resurrects The Ghost With The Most In The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Trailer

Beetlejuice is finally back, although, in a way, it feels like he never left. Perhaps it’s because we’ve been talking about a possible film sequel since the ’90s, at a time when Burton had his eye on making a follow-up titled “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” (which sounded a lot like a sendup of Elvis Presley’s beach movies). Burton would try to launch a sequel again years later by joining forces with his “Dark Shadows” scribe Seth Grahame-Smith, but it wasn’t until his “Wednesday” collaborators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar came along that Burton finally cracked that nut to his satisfaction.

Speaking of “Wednesday,” the dancing queen herself, Jenna Ortega, is starring in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” as Lydia’s teen daughter Astrid, with Ryder also returning as the now-grown-up Lydia and Catherine O’Hara once again playing her eccentric sculptor mother Delia. (Jeffrey Jones will not be back as Lydia’s father Charles; you can read about the notorious scandal that derailed his career here.) Other new additions include Willem Dafoe as a ghost detective and Monica Bellucci as, reportedly, the B-man’s wife, with Burn Gorman and Justin Theroux also playing roles.

As we learned in the original movie, you have to say Beetlejuice’s name three times in a row to bring him back into the world of the living. Will saying it twice be enough for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” to restore our faith in Burton? All shall come to light when the film hits theaters on September 6, 2024. Its official synopsis reads as follows:

Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic, and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times, and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.