"Beetlejuice 2" movie is said to start shooting late this year!
While not much has been said about the sequel to the hit classic comedy-horror movie, apparently it is really pushing through.
Seth Grahame-Smith who has been tapped to pen the script for "Beetlejuice 2" talked about the movie's progress in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
In addition, he also revealed that Michael Keaton together with Tim Burton is still involved with "Beetlejuice 2."
"I've emailed with Michael Keaton. I know he's excited about the idea," Grahame-Smith said.
"I know Tim is excited about the idea. Where it stands now is Tim's got to get ready to make ['Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'], and then hopefully we are set, deals are done, and we're waiting in the wings ready to go right after 'Peregrine's' wraps up. The ideal timeline is we're really getting into it toward the end of this year."
And in addition to Michael Keaton, Grahame-Smith also revealed that Winona Ryder is returning to the sequel, the role has yet to be revealed though.
"[Burton] was doing press for 'Big Eyes' right before the holiday, and was getting the 'Beetlejuice' question, and sort of tipped people off that Winona [Ryder] would be back. Which yes, she will be back," Grahame-Smith told EW. "I think we landed on the right idea, landed on the right approach. It's just now making sure that -- for me -- I don't want to shit my pants in front of the entire world making a sequel to one of my favorite movies."
Prior to this revelation, the 43-year-old star already confirmed her involvement to the project in an interview with HuffPost Live's Ricky Camilleri at the Sundance Film Festival.
And while most are assuming that the project will be a sequel, Tim Burton said that it's not going to be, probably a spin-off?
"There's a script now, that I think is closer to what it could be and I'm excited about it," Burton revealed through Yahoo! Movies. "I wouldn't call it so much a sequel, but it'll have some characters [from the original 'Beetlejuice']. It's a bit too early to say but it's definitely something that's on my radar and something I'd love to do."
