Beetlejuice 2?

[AcesandEights]

Even though Keaton could still handle this role, I hope the project dies a stillborn death. If not, I hope there's some damned good writing, directing and imagineering that goes into it. The first is a very singular film and a standout in many respects, to me anyway...though it isn't something I revisit a lot, it definitely has an original and, I think, respectable flair.

[Neil]

Little bit of an update here - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53530 ShockTillYouDrop met up with author Seth Grahame-Smith, whose Tim Burton Produced ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER book-to-screen adaptation just got trailered (see it HERE), and talked to him about another project he's working on with Tim Burton. Namely: a BEETLEJUICE sequel. Grahame-Smith describes his recent meeting with Michael Keaton, who we'd previously heard would (likely) reprise his 1988 Beetlejuice role in this new picture. "We talked for a couple of hours and talked about big picture stuff. It's a priority for Warner Bros. It's a priority for Tim." Grahame-Smith describes Keaton's interest as... "Huge," the writer added, "he's been wanting to do it for 20 years and he'll talk to anybody about it who will listen." There's more insight about Grahame-Smith's meeting with Keaton HERE, as well as some sense of the author's reverence for the original source material.

[bassman]

Whoa! Sounds like this thing may actually happen. Kinda hard to believe. As with any sequel decades after the original, it has the potential to be a major bomb(especially with Burton's recent track record), but the thought of Keaton back in that suit has me very interested. Even if the movie itself is bad, just seeing Keaton play the character again will be worth the price of admission.

[rongravy]

As with any sequel decades after the original, it has the potential to be a major bomb(especially with Burton's recent track record), but the thought of Keaton back in that suit has me very interested. Even if the movie itself is bad, just seeing Keaton play the character again will be worth the price of admission. Keaton in it will definitely keep it from failing. They'd have to get someone like whoever wrote Dumb and Dumberer to make something this awesome eat poo. Otherwise, I don't see how it could be anything but kickass.

[bassman]

While doing his rounds with the press for Frankenweenie, Burton is being asked about Beetlejuice 2: "Right now, the writer is writing something and I have no idae when it's coming. I didn't give him too much direction because I want to try to not have a lot of preconceived ideas about it. Sometimes you want to be surprised, but I love the character and if it's a good script, then great. But there's no point really for me thinking about it until I see it." I like the idea of Burton just waiting to see the script with limited input. He can add his little touches later, but a fresh persepctive to kick it off sounds like a good plan. It worked for the original, anyway. Winona Ryder and Catherine Ohara are also doing press for Frankenweenie and they both say they're interested in returning. I'm wondering if Baldwin and Davis will be back. Baldwin is pretty big these days with 30 Rock and whatnot...