Tim Burton Announces That “Beetlejuice 2” is Finished Filming

You can now say “Beetlejuice” three times and know that, eventually, the supernatural misfit will appear soon. Tim Burton took to Instagram to announce that his sequel Beetlejuice 2 has wrapped filming. The conclusion to principal photography comes as welcome news to fans of his iconic original—the sequel had only two days left of filming but had to shut down during the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Burton told The Independent that working on the sequel brought him back to the joy he felt making films.

“Wednesday” Star Jenna Ortega in Talks to Star in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice 2”

Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton are becoming quite the potent duo. The Wednesday star is circling Burton’s Beetlejuice 2, the long-awaited sequel to his 1988 comedy that starred Michael Keaton as a malicious spirit trying to help a pair of recently deceased husband and wife (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) and scare some people out of their former house.

The Hollywood Reporter scoops that multiple sources have confirmed that Ortega is looking seriously at a role in the film.