Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is heading to the Venice Movie Competition!
Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel to the 1988 comedy-horror Beetlejuice is ready to open the 81st Venice Movie Competition out of competitors on Aug. 28, the pageant has announced.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice could have its world premiere on the Lido’s Palazzo del Cinema throughout the annual film occasion earlier than it’s launched internationally on Sept. 4 and within the U.S. on Sept. 6.
The solid of the movie — which incorporates Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprising their iconic roles in addition to newcomers Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe — can be anticipated to attend the Venice Movie Competition, in accordance with Variety.
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“I’m very excited by this. It means loads to me to have the world premiere of this movie on the Venice Movie Competition,” Burton stated of opening the Venice Movie Competition with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice marks the long-awaited return of one of the iconic characters of Tim Burton’s cinema, but additionally the joyful affirmation of the extraordinary visionary expertise and the masterly realization of one of the fascinating auteurs of his time,” Venice creative director Alberto Barbera added in an announcement.
Barbera added, “The Venice Biennale is honored and proud to host the world premiere of a piece that encompasses a stunning swing of artistic creativeness and driving hallucinatory rhythm.”
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The upcoming sequel follows three generations of the Deetz household coming collectively after a tragic loss of life as they transfer again to Winter River, the place Beetlejuice (Keaton) was final conjured as he’s reawakened once more.
The official trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was launched in Could. Within the clip, Lydia Deetz (Ryder) and her daughter, Astrid (Ortega), seem to unintentionally summon the poltergeist simply as Lydia did within the 1988 traditional by repeating Beetlejuice’s identify thrice.
In February, Keaton, 72, advised PEOPLE that engaged on the sequel was “essentially the most enjoyable I’ve had on set in a very long time.”
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Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the primary amongst a number of high-profile initiatives to be confirmed for this yr’s Venice Movie Competition, which can announce its full line-up on July 23.
Per Variety, different titles anticipated to make their debut on the pageant embrace Todd Phillips’ Joker 2: Folie à Deux starring Woman Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, Luca Guadagnino’s movie adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ Queer with Daniel Craig and Jon Watts’ action-comedy Wolfs starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
The 81st Venice Movie Competition will run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7.
