Beetlejuice 2? WHY?!?!?!?!?

If you have not heard the new recently there is a Beetlejuice 2 in the works. The 1988 film was about a recently deceased couple enlisting the help of a zany poltergeist to get a family to move out of their beloved home that they still "live" in. The original film is considered a classic among many circles and showcases Tim Burton's early flare for combinations of comedy set against a dark eeiry backdrop that made people fans of his for years. The sequel is moving forward with Warner Bros. Pictures and a script written by David Katzenberg (writer and executive producer from The Hard Times of RJ Berger) and Seth Grahame-Smith (also writer and executive producer from The Hard Times of RJ Berger as well as the author/screenwriter for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). It is said that Tim Burton may have handed Grahame-Smith the right to pen the script.


Some are saying that Burton may be trying to recreate some of the bigger successes of his early career with doing this sequel, I am just made. Yes Beetlejuice is well over 20 years old and there have been great technological advances since then but it almost feels like what happened when the original Star Wars trilogy was reedited, horrible.  Every actor in that film is a lot older and probably not able to do as much as they used to. Michael Keaton is apparently ready reprise his role as "the ghost with the most" but I feel like there would be more CGI on screen than man due to the fact that the actor is now 60 years old (I know Liam Neeson just a year younger and doing all sorts of stuff but he has kept fit). Also Geena Davis has showed interest but how would explain a ghost that has gotten older. Winona Ryder on the other hand has not even commented about the film, good choice.

Ten to one the film would have to be recast, or have to lots of computer animation involved and probably make lots of fans cringe. Only time will tell what comes to light and I am kind still have a small glimmer of hope for something fantastic even when the odds may be against me.