Beetlejuice 2's Family Themes Make Adam & Barbara's Absences More Bizarre. In addition to Charles Deetz, the only main original characters missing from Beetlejuice 2 are Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin).
Three key original cast members are back in character for BEETLEJUICE 2. There's Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, aka Beetlejuice. Winona Ryder returns to play Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O'Hara is back as her mother, Delia Deetz.
Is Michael Keaton going to be Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice 2?
announced that Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is finally getting a sequel. Some of the stars of the original film, like Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, will reprise their roles for Beetlejuice 2. Meanwhile, fresh faces like Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux will make their debut in Burton's ghoulish world.
"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..."
Beetlejuice 2 Release Date, Cast, and Everything We Know
Is Geena Davis in Beetlejuice 2?
8 Barbara Maitland
One major character surprisingly still missing from Beetlejuice 2 is Geena Davis' Barbara Maitland, who died alongside her husband Adam in the opening scene of Beetlejuice.
Presley recently starred as Lydia Deetz in the Broadway company of BEETLEJUICE the musical based on the 1988 Academy Award-winning film at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Beetlejuice 2 will star Jenna Ortega as the daughter of Lydia Deetz (a returning Winona Ryder) who finds herself the target of the bio-exorcist ghost Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton) in some form of generational transference.
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.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is reportedly dating lawyer Joelle Rich from his UK legal team that represented him in his libel lawsuits against British tabloid The Sun in 2020, per People. (His fans were shipping him with the wrong lawyer, apparently.)
Beetlejuice tricks Lydia by telling her that reading a passage from the book will resurrect her mother, but instead, she unknowingly begins to exorcise Barbara and is forced to agree to marry Beetlejuice to stop it ("The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing, Pt. 4").
In behind the scenes photos posted to Twitter by Mad Monster, new Beetlejuice 2 images show a chilling crypt, and a lone white church. The post also confirms that Beetlejuice 2 is currently filming in Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, and that the film's working title is "Blue Hawaii,...
Are Adam and Barbara alive at the end of Beetlejuice?
What Happens To Adam & Babara After Lydia Saves Them (Yes, They're Still Dead) Adam and Babara were almost exorcised in Beetlejuice's ending, which would have destroyed their ghosts and prematurely ended their afterlife.
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.
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.
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.
Alex Brightman Will Play Beetlejuice in the Musical's Final Broadway Performances | Playbill. The Tony nominee had to step away from the role following a concussion sustained backstage.
At a Christmas Eve performance, Brightman slammed into the show's giant sandworm backstage at a full sprint — when a door hadn't opened, Brightman tried an ill-fated alternate route — leaving him with a concussion.
While observed since antiquity, the name Betelgeuse is a French rendering of an Arabic name, which has been recorded as bit al-jauza or yad al-jauza. While it's exact translation is disputed, al-jauza has been interpreted as “the central one” or even “the giant,” referring to Orion (as well as Gemini).
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.
The film is the sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe. Beetlejuice 2 is set to be theatrically released on September 6, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
