Back in October last year, news from The Wrap reported a sequel of Tim Burton's classic Beetlejuice.
It is rumored, however, that Michael Keaton and Winona Rider would reprise their roles. Keaton, who has worked with Tim Burton the director of the first Beetlejuice with his roles in Batman, says that he had already talked to the director, but hasn't made anything official yet:
"I've e-mailed Tim a couple of times, talked to the writer a couple of times, but all really, really preliminary stuff until relatively recently. I always said that's the one thing I'd like to do again, if I ever did anything again. But it kind of required Tim to be involved some way or another. Now it looks like he is involved. And without giving too much away we've talked to each other, and e-mailed each other, and if he's in, it's going to be hard not to be in."
"Now it looks like he is involved. And without giving too much away we've talked to each other, and e-mailed each other, and if he's in, it's going to be hard not to be in."
Winona Ryder who played the gothic teen Lydia Deetz in the original film also hinted her participation:
"I'm kind of sworn to secrecy but it sounds like it might be happening. It's 27 years later. And I have to say, I love Lydia Deetz so much. She was such a huge part of me. I would be really interested in what she is doing 27 years later,"
But this week, director Tim Burton confirmed the news that Winona will be appearing in the remake. MTV asked the director if the actress would be returning in the sequel (quote via Screen Rant):
"Oh yeah, yeah yeah yeah. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Yeah yeah, oh yeah." said Burton.
It is also speculated that Sin City: A Dame To Kill For star Eva Green might have a role in the sequel. Green, 34, is currently in talks with Burton to star in "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children", an adaptation of a novel by Ranson Riggs.
2014 has seen a fair amount of reboots and sequels namely; Godzilla, 22 Jumpstreet, and the massively successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it isn't hard to imagine for Beetlejuice 2 to make its way into production and eventually back on the screen.
Stay tuned to The Franchise Herald for more news on Beetlejuice 2 and its cast.
