- Reports confirmed that Jenna Ortega is interested in a role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2.
- Ortega, best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s recent series.
- Beetlejuice received critical acclaim and grossed $74 million in North America.
Reports confirmed that Jenna Ortega is interested in a role in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2.
Ortega, best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s recent series reboot Wednesday, is in talks to play Lydia Deetz, the daughter of the original film’s star, Winona Ryder.
Jenna Ortega is working with Burton for the second time; he was an executive producer on Wednesday and directed four of its eight episodes. Michael Keaton will also return to play the title character.
Beetlejuice 2 had been in the works for some time at Warner Bros. before Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B officially boarded it in February of last year. The original ‘Beetlejuice’ revolves around Charles (Jeffrey Jones), Delia (Catherine O’Hara), and Lydia Deetz (Ryder), who live in a house that was previously occupied by the Maitlands (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis).
The Maitlands were killed in a car accident, but their ghost selves want to re-occupy their former home, so they hire Beetlejuice (Keaton), a “bio-exorcist,” to scare away the Deetzes.
Beetlejuice received critical acclaim and grossed $74 million in North America on a $15 million budget. According to reports, “Keaton pops up from his grave to liven things up when the antics pitting the good ghosts against the intruders become a trite cat & mouse game.”
A sequel was discussed in 2013, when Keaton confirmed that he and Burton were discussing it.
Burton said in 2014 that he missed the character of Beetlejuice, saying, “There’s only one Beetlejuice, and that’s Michael. There is a script, and I would love to work with him again. I think there is now a better chance than ever… I miss that character. There’s something that’s cathartic and amazing about it. I think it’s closer than ever.”
Ryder confirmed that Beetlejuice 2 would be appearing on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ in 2015.
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