There's now reporting that the film has finally completed production. Several blocks in the town of Melrose, Massachusetts where the project was filming earlier this year, “crews, cables, and production trucks” confirmes that filming would be completed by Friday or Saturday (via WBZ).
What to know about “Beetlejuice 2” “Beetlejuice 2,” which marks Burton's first feature film since 2019's “Dumbo,” is a sequel to Burton's 1988 hit “Beetlejuice.” The film starred Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as newly deceased ghosts trying to scare a family away from their Connecticut home.
"With Beetlejuice now on the loose in Los Angles, California where Lydia's husband 'Alex Loughty' (Robert Downey Jr.) works, the Loughty Family must come together to defeat the ghost with the most once again..."
Actress Jenna Ortega spotted filming "Beetlejuice 2" on Melrose movie set
Why didn't Michael Keaton do Beetlejuice 2?
Michael Keaton didn't originally want to reprise his role as the mischievous ghost in a follow-up to the 1988 supernatural comedy. Tim Burton has revealed Michael Keaton had “no burning desire” to return as the titular character for a Beetlejuice sequel.
When June's mother goes missing after a vacation to Columbia, she's going to search for her. We're introduced to the protagonist, June, and the format of the movie almost immediately from the get-go after a brief set-up showing June's deceased father James.
Frankenweenie Was Tim Burton's First Movie Without Johnny Depp Since Big Fish. Despite the fact that Johnny Depp held an impressive film streak with Tim Burton, the director ultimately did not cast the actor in Frankenweenie.
One of the reasons the city remains an attractive filming location is the tax incentives that production companies are eligible for simply because they are filming in Massachusetts. These incentives come in the form of production credits, payroll credits, and sales tax exemptions. These are certainly hard to resist.
Though 'iconic' may be too strong a term, dozens of movies have made their mark on Massachusetts' historic capital city. Partially due to tax incentives from the state, and somewhat due to various unique locations within the city, Boston has become home to many well-known and award-winning films.
In recent years, the Massachusetts Film Incentive Tax credit caused a huge uptick in the Boston production scene. Dozens of films from Spirited to the more recent, The Holdovers, have since been filmed in the city to take advantage of this credit leveling up to 25% of productions with budgets of $1,000,000 or more!
As Beetlejuice is summoned in the third act of the film, Jack's head can be seen on top of his circus-inspired attire. Of course, the character is already equipped with spiders, bats, bugs, rats, and other creepy crawlies, so Jack's face certainly makes a fitting accent to his appearance.
The Tim Burton movie Beetlejuice takes place mostly in one location — a house in Connecticut where Adam and Barbara Maitland lived, and which the Deetz family moved into after the Maitlands died in a horrible car accident.
Saturn appears in the film as a type of limbo, or to be more exact, a vast, endless desert filled with sand dunes and massive brown structures of different shapes reaching skyward and which is inhabited by sandworms.
Despite its lifelike premise and innovative use of modern technologies in its storytelling, Missing is not based on a true story. The film and its plot are completely fictional works that were conceptualized and written by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty.
Jigsaw, Captain Marvel, Aquaman, Willy Wonka and more are still headed your way! Between theatrical releases and streaming exclusives, 2023 already has a massive movie catalogue.
She was fifteen, she turned sixteen on the movie. She was a prodigy. From a very young age, she was an old soul. She really got the words and the imagery.
Summary. Tim Burton reflects on his time at Disney, admitting that he should have known early on that his relationship with the company was troubled. Leaving Disney was a turning point for Burton's career, allowing him to innovate and create films in his own distinctive style.
Johnny Depp wasn't in the original Beetlejuice, and had Beetlejuice 2 arrived during the height of his partnership with Tim Burton — who is returning to direct — it's a safe bet he would have been cast.
Who was Tim Burton's first choice for Beetlejuice?
Burton's original choice for Beetlejuice was Sammy Davis, Jr. The producers also considered Dudley Moore and Sam Kinison for the role, but Geffen suggested Keaton. Burton was unfamiliar with Keaton's work, but was quickly convinced.
With the makeup, prosthetics, false teeth, and wig in place, Keaton checked out his reflection as Beetlejuice for the first time. “Michael loved it,” said Neill.
