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Michael Keaton Knows the Pressure of Making a ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel

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The Beetlejuice sequel has been rumored since the late Glenn Shadix leaked plans for the “ghost with the most’s” Hawaiian vacation to us over a decade ago.

Over the years we’ve seen all sorts of stories ranging from Tim Burton’s alleged commitment to a sequel, to Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning to their respective roles. Every step forward results in a step back, leaving fans wondering if we’ll ever see Betelgeuse back on the big screen.

The biggest question mark, if Warner Bros. were to ever give the green light, is to as whether or not Keaton would reprise his role. While’s he’s been vocally open to it, he’s sort of blowing up all over again, with his latest triumph being the McDonald’s movie, The Founder.

In doing press for the film, EW asked him about Beetlejuice 2, to which he replied, “I don’t know…And I’m not being coy.

Keaton went on to say there would be a great deal of pressure on a sequel given how special the original is. “I just think it’s like a little piece of art that you better get right if you ever do it again,” he shared. “Otherwise, you just kind of don’t touch it.

It’s interesting that he’s speaking in terms of development, as if it hasn’t been for the better part of the past decade. He speaks as if they haven’t even started talking about a sequel, or that he literally has no knowledge of what’s been going on internally at Warner Bros. The truth, however, is that they’ve been working on it forever, and even have a draft by Seth Grahame-Smith sitting on their desks as of 2013.

I think an assumption can be made that Beetlejuice 2 isn’t going to happen at this point, although I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. Unless Burton is fully behind it, and Keaton and Ryder give their blessings, I’m not sure I want to see it either.

At the end of the interview, Keaton’s Founder costar B.J. Novak made reference to the film’s legend, joking, “Have you thought about saying ‘Beetlejuice’ three times and seeing if the movie just appears?”

This shit makes my head spin.

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NEON’s Horror Movie ‘Cuckoo’ Gets New Poster, New Release Date

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Up next from writer/director Tilman Singer (Luz) is NEON’s strange horror movie Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer (“Euphoria”). NEON unveiled a new poster for the upcoming horror movie today, along with a new Cuckoo release date.

Look for Cuckoo to now arrive in theaters nationwide on August 9, 2024.

Check out the new poster below, and expect the trailer for Cuckoo next week.

In Cuckoo: “Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.”

Dan Stevens (The Guest), Jessica Henwick (Underwater), Marton Csókás (Freelance), Greta Fernández (Santo) and Jan Bluthardt (Luz) also star in Cuckoo.

I wrote in my review out of SXSW, “There’s inventive worldbuilding on display that sets this high-concept horror movie apart and a few intense horror cat-and-mouse scenes that deliver palpable tension. But Singer approaches it with a playful sense of humor that only further nudges Cuckoo into the realm of weird cinema. It’s so refreshingly unconventional and unpredictable in every way, right down to its raucous, entertainingly silly finale, that it’s hard to care about all of the plot that gets discarded along the way.”

NEON is having a busy year in horror. The Sydney Sweeney-starring Immaculate is in theaters now with the Nicolas Cage-starring Longlegs set to arrive in July.

Tom Quinn, Jeff Deutchman, Emily Thomas and Ryan Friscia executive produced Cuckoo for Neon, with producers including Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, and Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell and Ben Rimmer. Shot on 35mm in Germany, the upcoming film is a cooperation between Germany’s Fiction Park and the United States’ Waypoint Entertainment.

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