Beetlejuice 2 breaks box-office records as it's revealed the Tim Burton sequel almost went straight to streaming
Sep. 16, 2024Straight to streaming was “never going to work for Tim”
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In a bizarre twist of fate, it has been revealed that Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, which is now dominating movie theatres, almost went straight to streaming.
That’s right,Beetlejuice Beetlejuicealmost skipped a theatrical release altogether to premiere on popular US streaming site Max under Warner Bros.' previous regime, according toThe New York Times. However, the plan changed when the movie was officially greenlit by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. “That was never going to work for Tim,” Abdy told NYT, “You’re talking about a visionary artist whose films demand to be seen on a big screen.”
Welcoming back Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz, Beetlejuice 2 revisits Winter River almost 40 years after the ’80s original where the ghoul is summoned to the land of the living once again. New cast members include Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, and Justin Theroux.
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