Michael Keaton And Tim Burton Have Been Chatting About ‘Beetlejuice 2’
After reviving one ’80s classic,Michael Keatonis ready to revisit another. TheRobocopstar confirmed he’s been chatting with directorTim Burtonabout the upcomingBeetlejuicesequel — though it doesn’t sound like he’s 100% locked in just yet. Hit the jump to read his comments.
I’ve e-mailed Tim a couple of times, talked to the writer a couple of times, but all really, really preliminary stuff. I always said that’s the one thing I’d like to do again, if I ever did anything again. But it kind of required Tim to be involved some way or another.
As of last fall, Burton was in talks to helm. Given that, Keaton sounds pretty close to signing on himself.
Now it looks like he is involved. And without giving too much away we’ve talked to each other, and e-mailed each other, and if he’s in, it’s going to be hard not to be in.
David KatzenbergandSeth Grahame-Smith, who are writing the sequel, have stressed repeatedly that they only want to make the movie if Burton and Keaton are involved. Plot details have not been revealed, but we know it’s a sequel rather than a reboot, and that it’ll pick up 20 something years after the events of the original.
Burton is currently tied up doing post-production forBig Eyes, an art biopic starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, but his schedule looks clear beyond that. Presumably, that means he could take onBeetlejuice 2as his next directorial effort.
Keaton’s kept a pretty low profile since 2010’sThe Other Guys, but his entertaining turn as the villain of this week’sRobocopserves as a nice reminder of how great it is to have him around. He’ll next appear inNeed for Speed, due out in March, and Alejandro González Iñárritu’sBirdman.
