Beetlejuice 2Has Finished Filming, Announces Tim Burton: 'Thank You to Everyone Involved'

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Dave Benett/ Getty Images; Warner Brothers /courtesy Everett CollectionTim Burtonis one step closer to showing the world hisBeetlejuicesequel.On Thursday morning, Burton, 65, shared a photo of himself sitting on a couch on the movie’s set toInstagram. Burton wrote in the caption to his post that filming on the long-awaited movie is complete, months afterproduction initially began in Londonin May.“Just finished shooting Beetlejuice,” the filmmaker wrote in the caption to his post. “Thank you to everyone involved.“Burton’s next movie serves as a sequel to the 1988 originalBeetlejuice, which starredMichael Keatonas the title character. Keaton, 72, is on board again for the sequel, as well asWinona Ryder, who will reprise her role as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara, who played Delia Deetz.Beetlejuice 2filmed earlier this year outside London and inVermontbefore theScreen Actors Guild went on strikein July, shutting down production on major Hollywood movies. BeforeSAG-AFTRA reached a deal to end the strikein November, Burton shared in a September interview withThe Independentthat the film was “99 percent done.““On this last one,Beetlejuice 2, I really enjoyed it,” he told the of working on the new movie. “I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies.”“I feel grateful we got what we got. Literally, it was a day and a half,” Burton added at the time of how much filming needed to be completed after the strike. “We know what we have to do.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in ‘Beetlejuice’.Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/ShutterstockAside from Keaton, Ryder and O’Hara,Monica Bellucci, who isdating Burton, will also appear in the movie alongsideJustin Theroux,Willem DafoeandWednesday’sJenna Ortega. Ortega, 21, and Ryder, 52, were seenfilming what appeared to be a wedding scenein England back in July. A number of outlets reported in the spring that Ortega isexpected to play Lydia Deetz’s daughter; the film’sofficial announcement in Maydid bill her as “Lydia’s daughter.”Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega on Nov. 7, 2023.Dave Benett/ Getty ImagesNo plot details for the sequel have been confirmed, but Keaton himself toldEmpirein June he wasexcited to repriseone of his iconic ’80s roles.“Beetlejuice is the most f—in’ fun you can have working. It’s so fun, it’s so great. And you know what it is? We’re doing it exactly like we did the first movie,” he said at the time.Beetlejuice 2is expected to release in theaters Sept. 6, 2024.

Photo:Dave Benett/ Getty Images; Warner Brothers /courtesy Everett Collection

Dave Benett/ Getty Images; Warner Brothers /courtesy Everett Collection

Tim Burtonis one step closer to showing the world hisBeetlejuicesequel.On Thursday morning, Burton, 65, shared a photo of himself sitting on a couch on the movie’s set toInstagram. Burton wrote in the caption to his post that filming on the long-awaited movie is complete, months afterproduction initially began in Londonin May.“Just finished shooting Beetlejuice,” the filmmaker wrote in the caption to his post. “Thank you to everyone involved.“Burton’s next movie serves as a sequel to the 1988 originalBeetlejuice, which starredMichael Keatonas the title character. Keaton, 72, is on board again for the sequel, as well asWinona Ryder, who will reprise her role as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara, who played Delia Deetz.Beetlejuice 2filmed earlier this year outside London and inVermontbefore theScreen Actors Guild went on strikein July, shutting down production on major Hollywood movies. BeforeSAG-AFTRA reached a deal to end the strikein November, Burton shared in a September interview withThe Independentthat the film was “99 percent done.““On this last one,Beetlejuice 2, I really enjoyed it,” he told the of working on the new movie. “I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies.”“I feel grateful we got what we got. Literally, it was a day and a half,” Burton added at the time of how much filming needed to be completed after the strike. “We know what we have to do.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in ‘Beetlejuice’.Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/ShutterstockAside from Keaton, Ryder and O’Hara,Monica Bellucci, who isdating Burton, will also appear in the movie alongsideJustin Theroux,Willem DafoeandWednesday’sJenna Ortega. Ortega, 21, and Ryder, 52, were seenfilming what appeared to be a wedding scenein England back in July. A number of outlets reported in the spring that Ortega isexpected to play Lydia Deetz’s daughter; the film’sofficial announcement in Maydid bill her as “Lydia’s daughter.”Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega on Nov. 7, 2023.Dave Benett/ Getty ImagesNo plot details for the sequel have been confirmed, but Keaton himself toldEmpirein June he wasexcited to repriseone of his iconic ’80s roles.“Beetlejuice is the most f—in’ fun you can have working. It’s so fun, it’s so great. And you know what it is? We’re doing it exactly like we did the first movie,” he said at the time.Beetlejuice 2is expected to release in theaters Sept. 6, 2024.

Tim Burtonis one step closer to showing the world hisBeetlejuicesequel.

On Thursday morning, Burton, 65, shared a photo of himself sitting on a couch on the movie’s set toInstagram. Burton wrote in the caption to his post that filming on the long-awaited movie is complete, months afterproduction initially began in Londonin May.

“Just finished shooting Beetlejuice,” the filmmaker wrote in the caption to his post. “Thank you to everyone involved.”

Burton’s next movie serves as a sequel to the 1988 originalBeetlejuice, which starredMichael Keatonas the title character. Keaton, 72, is on board again for the sequel, as well asWinona Ryder, who will reprise her role as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara, who played Delia Deetz.

Beetlejuice 2filmed earlier this year outside London and inVermontbefore theScreen Actors Guild went on strikein July, shutting down production on major Hollywood movies. BeforeSAG-AFTRA reached a deal to end the strikein November, Burton shared in a September interview withThe Independentthat the film was “99 percent done.”

“On this last one,Beetlejuice 2, I really enjoyed it,” he told the of working on the new movie. “I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies.”

“I feel grateful we got what we got. Literally, it was a day and a half,” Burton added at the time of how much filming needed to be completed after the strike. “We know what we have to do.”

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Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in ‘Beetlejuice’.Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock

Geffen/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock

Aside from Keaton, Ryder and O’Hara,Monica Bellucci, who isdating Burton, will also appear in the movie alongsideJustin Theroux,Willem DafoeandWednesday’sJenna Ortega. Ortega, 21, and Ryder, 52, were seenfilming what appeared to be a wedding scenein England back in July. A number of outlets reported in the spring that Ortega isexpected to play Lydia Deetz’s daughter; the film’sofficial announcement in Maydid bill her as “Lydia’s daughter.”

Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega on Nov. 7, 2023.Dave Benett/ Getty Images

Dave Benett/ Getty Images

No plot details for the sequel have been confirmed, but Keaton himself toldEmpirein June he wasexcited to repriseone of his iconic ’80s roles.

“Beetlejuice is the most f—in’ fun you can have working. It’s so fun, it’s so great. And you know what it is? We’re doing it exactly like we did the first movie,” he said at the time.

Beetlejuice 2is expected to release in theaters Sept. 6, 2024.

source: people.com