Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first official teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, following up on yesterday’s first look with over a minute of footage that can confirm Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel will be taking audiences back to Winter Haven—the idyllic town in Connecticut where Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’ characters met up with Michael Keaton’s titular bio-exorcist for the first time in an attempt to drive the Deetz family out of their home after their fatal accident. Keaton, who some fans say look pretty much exactly like he did back in the 1988 film, can be seen returning from the Afterlife at the end of the trailer, rising up from the original town replica in the house attic—much to the dismay of Winona Ryder’s Lydia, who is joined by her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) and mother Delia in the new film following an “unexpected family tragedy.”
Release details:
- Theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2024 nationwide
- Internationally beginning September 4, 2024
Synopsis and teaser:
Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Fans are sure to recognize:
WB on the key filmmakers involved, including what appears to be Brad Pitt:
Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.
Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench, Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).