Tim Burton Gives a Brief Update on Beetlejuice 2

Tim Burton took part in a Frankenweenie presentation this week and answered a number of questions about upcoming projects, including Beetlejuice 2.

If you missed out on the earlier news, Seth Grahame-Smith and partner David Katzenberg signed a 2-year production deal with Warner Bros. One of the projects they are working on is a sequel to Beetlejuice and Tim Burton is involved. At this point, however, he's leaving it up to Seth Grahame-Smith to create the story:

Talking the current status of Beetlejuice 2: "Seth [Grahame-Smith] is writing something. I just told him, because it was something where I liked the character, he’d probably have a better response. He has ideas about it, so I just wanted to let him respond to it and see what he comes up with."

Asked if this was a project he was interested in doing [directing?]: "If it was interesting. Although, I don’t know if I would ever know a good script if it bit me in the face. But, I know what I like, so we’ll see."

Grahame-Smith previously mentioned that they will only make the movie if Michael Keaton is on board. They have already spoken to Keaton, who has expressed interest in returning. In an earlier interview, Grahame-Smith promised fans that they have no interest to retell or reboot the movie and that this will be a true sequel to the original film:

"When Warner Bros. came to us about it, we said the only way we’d do it if we got Tim [Burton’s] blessing and involvement, and we got that, and the star of the movie has to be Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, and it’s a true continuation 26 years later. Not just throwing him in as a cameo going, ‘Hey, it’s me. I endorse this movie.’ "

This project is still VERY early out, and may never go past the writing phase. However, we'll continue to keep readers updated whenever we hear more about this project.