Beetlejuice hits Channel 5 TV screens at 5:05pm today. And while the wonderfully creepy movie has a cult following, it never received a sequel. The mastermind behind the creepy image, Tim Burton, has spoken about the future of the franchise in recent years, but a new update directly from the macabre mastermind has given fans hope once again.
Earlier this month, Burton alluded to the fact that he had no plans to join the upcoming Beetlejuice 2.
Deadline confirmed earlier this year that the long-awaited sequel was in development. It is in charge of Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company.
However, in recent days, Burton has backed off. He noted that “nothing is out of the question” when it comes to Beetlejuice 2.
He continued, “I only know if I’m making a movie when I’m actually shooting on set. I try to go back to the root of everything. It sprouts from a seed and then grows, instead of coming out of these statements.”
He went on to give the most promising answer to fans’ hopes yet.
Burton said, “I’m working on ideas and stuff, but it’s all very early. We’ll establish how it goes. How’s that for a zero response?” (via Deadline)
The comments from the American filmmaker are extremely exciting for fans of the undead movie, but now they will have to wait for official news on whether the original cast will also return.
In 2015, Lydia star Winona Ryder confirmed that she was involved in the sequel long before Plan B bought the film rights.
She said “I think I can confirm [Beetlejuice 2], because Tim Burton did this interview, like, it was very secret, very secret, and then he was doing some press for Big Eyes and he did an on-camera interview, and he was like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re doing and Winona is going to be in the.’ and I stayed like [shocked face].”
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For a short time, Seth Grahame-Smith, the writer of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, was attached to Beetlejuice 2.
He spoke candidly about how the sequel would be extremely difficult to make, with or without Burton.
He said: “It’s funny, when I last met Tim, and we’re talking about five years ago at this point, the reason it’s so hard to move on is because so many people love it and because there are 10 million ways to get it wrong in the sequel and four ways to get it right”.
He continued, “It’s such a fine needle to thread that I certainly like that I didn’t get it there, on the script side. I didn’t thread the needle. There were things that were great and some interesting ideas.” I certainly emotionally walked away from it and just said, ‘If it happens someday, it happens.'”
Beetlejuice is now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.
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