In a latest interview with Selection, Willem Dafoe spilled the ectoplasmic beans on his position in Tim Burton’s extremely anticipated Beetlejuice 2. The Oscar nominee confirmed that he’s donning the spectral badge as an afterlife police officer, a personality who, in his earlier human existence, was a B-list film motion star.
With an aura, Dafoe shared, “I haven’t seen any footage but, nevertheless it was enjoyable to do. I play a police officer within the afterlife, so I’m a useless individual. In life, I used to be a B-movie motion star, however I had an accident, and that’s what despatched me to the opposite facet. Nonetheless, due to my abilities, I grew to become a detective character within the afterlife. In order that’s my job. But it surely’s coloured by the very fact of who I used to be after I was alive—a B-movie motion star.”
Because the ghostly curtain rises on Beetlejuice 2, the manufacturing was virtually a wrap, sitting fairly at “99% achieved” earlier than the SAG-AFTRA strike precipitated a chilling delay. Now, with Hollywood again in motion post-strike, the horror comedy sequel is about to renew filming, aiming for a hauntingly thrilling theatrical launch on September 6, 2024.
Returning to the directorial helm is the maestro of the macabre, Tim Burton, making a characteristic directorial comeback 4 years after orchestrating Disney’s live-action Dumbo. Reuniting with Burton after their collaboration on Netflix’s Wednesday collection, Scream VI star Jenna Ortega is about to spook audiences as soon as once more. Becoming a member of her are acquainted faces Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara, making certain a nostalgic journey down the haunted reminiscence lane. The sequel can be bringing new faces to the underworld, with Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and the spectral sleuth himself, Willem Dafoe.
The unique Beetlejuice, that includes a stellar solid together with Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis, grew to become a cult traditional. The movie revolved round a deceased couple using the companies of the obnoxious poltergeist Beetlejuice to scare off the brand new inhabitants of their former dwelling, incomes crucial acclaim and a field workplace gross exceeding $73 million since its otherworldly debut.