Beetlejuice Sequel To Star Michael Keaton In “True Continuation 26 Years Later”

He's Back!!!! or is He?by Brendon Connelly, Source: Bleeding Cool.com

The first promises for the Beetlejuice sequel have been made. Now I’ve been told that this is what I’m going to get, I’ll probably blow a gasket if I don’t.

So, here’s what the new film’s screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith has pledged:

The star of the movie has to be Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, and it’s a true continuation 26 years later. Not just throwing him in as a cameo going, “Hey, it’s me. I endorse this movie.”

Okay, Grahame-Smith, I’d have accepted a good sequel without Keaton, but now you’ve baited me with his return, I’m going to hold you to it.

Another self-imposed condition the at the writer-producer and his co-producer David Katzenberg set for themselves was securing the involvement of Tim Burton, and they’ve told Entertainment Weekly that he’s definitely onboard – though not in which capacity. I’d be fascinated to see him direct, and go back to the goofy, Tashlin-esque cartoon lunacy of the original. Maybe he could shoot it right after he’s finished with that new Pee Wee Herman film I was praying he’d get involved with.

Yeah. I know. But I’ve been sleeping a lot, what with all of these knock-you-out pills for my arm injury, so I need a lot of silly dreams just to fill up all of that space.

Now. As for locking down Keaton to the Beetlejuice sequel, Grahame-Smith admits:

We’re not there yet because we don’t have a film to present to him.

By which I assume they mean a pitch, because if they meant script they would have said script. Which just goes to show how sketchy the plan is at the moment.

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