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You’ve Said His Name Three Times and Now the ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’ Trailer Is Here!

Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz in the 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' trailer
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The first trailer for the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel has arrived, and Michael Keaton’s Ghost With the Most doesn’t look like any worse for wear after 30-plus years in cinema limbo. Now, the new trailer gives us insight into what the movie is about.

Lydia (Winona Ryder) has to return home for her father’s funeral and when her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) refuses to listen to her about not saying Beetlejuice’s name, the Juice ends up getting loose again. God, this trailer is a delight!

Plus, we got a poster that is … well, hot. The new poster has Beetlejuice sitting in the Netherworld on a couch alongside a caption that reads “We saved a seat for you.”

The teaser trailer gave us a taste

The teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is fairly brief and starts with Astrid—daughter of one Lydia Deetz—bicycling over to the bridge where the Maitlands (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) died in the first film. We then cut to a funeral where a children’s choir sings a mournful version of Harry Belafonte’s “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” before zipping up to the old attic, where Lydia seems to have summoned our pal, Beetlejuice.

Entertainment Weekly shared the exclusive first-look photos from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 horror-comedy classic.

Along with the photos, EW published a feature on the sequel, which centers on three generations of women in the Deetz family: Catherine O’Hara’s Delia, Winona Ryder’s Lydia, and Lydia’s daughter Astrid, played by Jenna Ortega. You can see them in the photo above, alongside new character Rory (Justin Theroux), attending a funeral—Burton won’t say whose funeral they’re attending, but it seems most likely that it’s for Lydia’s father, Charles.

The Beetlejuice sequel also stars Willem Dafoe, Arthur Conti, and Monica Bellucci. Little else is known about the sequel, but Burton did confirm to EW that he used stop-motion effects to maintain the aesthetic of the original film. I’m still trying not to be too optimistic about this movie, but that’s great news.

On February 1, 2024, Warner Bros. revealed the first posters for the Beetlejuice sequel, which features the release date—September 6—on a waiting room ticket in a nod to the gag from the first film. The sequel also has a new official title, and it’s pretty clever: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Saying his name three times gets you in a world of trouble, of course, but twice is nice.

(Warner Bros.)

The Juice is loose baby and we can’t wait!

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