Michael Keaton Praises ‘Beetlejuice 2’ Practical Effects

February 19, 2024 @ 1:24 PM

Michael Keaton disclosed that he and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” supervisor Tim Burton really did not wish to lean also greatly on CGI for their upcoming follow up to the 1988 cult funny.

The movie, due in September, rejoins the star and supervisor after their deal with “Batman” and “Batman Returns.” Keaton informed Individuals in a meeting released Monday that they wished to toenail the long-awaited follow-up after discussing going back to the tale nevertheless these years.

“It’s the most exciting thing,” Keaton stated. “When you get to do that again after years of standing in front of a giant screen, pretending somebody’s across the way from you, this is just enormous fun.”

Keaton will certainly repeat the titular function of a satanic force employed in the initial installation by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s ghosts to frighten brand-new proprietors out of a home where they made use of to live. Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder will certainly additionally go back to the follow up movie along with novices Jenna Ortega and Monica Bellucci.

“The one thing that [Burton] and I decided early, early, early on from the beginning, if we ever did it again, I was totally not interested in doing something where there was too much technology,” Keaton stated. “It had to feel handmade.”

He described a diminished head space scene as an instance.

“What made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you, to watch everybody in the shrunken head room and say, ‘Those are people under there, operating these things, trying to get it right,’” he proceeded.

The follow up shows up in movie theaters Sept. 6. Keaton recognized the expectancy and stress, for both him and Burton, of reviewing the tale years after the initial movie appeared.

“We thought, ‘You got to get this right. Otherwise, just don’t do it. Let’s just go on with our lives and do other things.’ So I was hesitant and cautious, and he was probably equally as hesitant and cautious over all these years,” he stated. “Once we got there, I said, ‘OK, let’s just go for it. Let’s just see if we can do it, if we can pull this off.’”