Remember Beetlejuice? It had that guy with the little head didn’t it? And that song at the end. And the disgusting things like Michael Keaton. Well, would you like to see it return in the shape of a new film?
Doesn’t really matter what your answer is, because, it looks like Beetlejuice 2 is happening and no amount of sarcastic clapping is going to change it.
And yes, Michael Keaton is going to be involved in the lead role and, unsurprisingly,?Tim Burton is rumoured to be heavily involved (which guarantees a couple of jobs for Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter). In fact, it wouldn’t surprise us if Depp was given the lead role and Keaton was shunted to the kerb.
In a recent interview to promote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (yes, that really exists),?writer Seth Grahame-Smith burped up some updates on Beetlejuice 2.
Apparently, having not been initially keen, Keaton took one look at his mortgage bill and another look at his normal face – which now looks exactly like Beetlejuice – and thought that he could be swayed. In fact, he’d love another shot at it!
He said:
“He’s been wanting to do it for 20 years and he’ll talk to anybody about it who will listen. I really told him, I have a huge reverence for Tim and a huge reverence for that film in general. I don’t think we should do it if we shit on the legacy. He agrees. So, right now, it remains to be seen, I have a couple of story ideas, but we’re very early out.”
How about that then?
Of course, Seth has a bunch of other films that need writing first, so by the time this project actually gets off the ground, Michael Keaton will probably be dead.
Reanimate THAT.