A newly released trailer for Beetlejuice, scheduled for release in September 2024, uses the phrase “juice loose.”
Fans got a glimpse of what to expect from the long-awaited sequel in the first trailer released on March 21st. The trailer features actors from the 1988 original and weaves new characters into the story.
Michael Keaton will return as Beetlejuice in the 2024 film, and Winona Ryder will return as Lydia Deetz. Her mother, Delia Dietz, also appears in the trailer, with Catherine O’Hara returning to the role.
Michael Keaton and Catherine O’Hara are returning for the Beetlejuice sequel. (Rich Polk/Variety, via Getty Images)
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Jenna Ortega joins the cast as Lydia’s daughter Astrid Dietz. Horror is not a new genre for Ortega. She starred in both the 2022 film Scream and 2023’s Scream VI, as well as the Netflix television series Wednesday.
Another new cast member is Justin Theroux, who plays Rory. Details regarding Theroux’s character have not yet been announced. Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe will also appear in the new film. In an interview with Variety, Dafoe revealed details about the character he will play in the film.
“I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person,” the “Spider-Man” actor told Variety in 2023. “And when I was alive, I was a B-movie action star, and then I had an accident that sent me over the edge.”
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The 1988 Tim Burton film tells the story of Barbara and Adam Maitland, played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin, who are turned into spirits after they unexpectedly die. When a human family, the Dietzes (played by O’Hara, Ryder, and Jeffrey Jones) move into the house, they decide to kick them out and call on Beetlejuice to do so.
“Wednesday” actress Jenna Ortega will star in the new movie “Beetlejuice.” (Jerrod Harris/Getty Images, Netflix)
Plot details for the 2024 sequel have not yet been revealed.
The newly released trailer comes with a version of Harry Belafonte’s song “Day-O,” a song featured in the first film.
The film begins with Astrid (Ortega) riding her bike through Water River, Connecticut, then cuts to the family gathering for a funeral. It is a mystery whose funeral the family will attend.
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At the end of the trailer, Keaton appears as Beetlejuice again and says, “Juice is loose.” The trailer ends with Lydia terrified as she sees the spirit return.
Watch Keaton return as the malevolent spirit by saying “Beetlejuice” three times in the new trailer below.
