Beetlejuice Beetlejuice teaser: “The Juice is loose”
Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and, of course, Michael Keaton all show up for the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer
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Congratulations to anybody who had “slowed-down pop/choral cover of ‘Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” on their bingo card of things they’d see or hear in a teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s long-delayed sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, because you damn sure nailed it: The mutilated strains of the Harry Belafonte classic, rendered appropriately joyless in the style of every Hollywood trailer of the last 15 years, is the first thing you hear when the brand new teaser kicks off.
We also open on new series star Jenna Ortega, apparently biking over that ominous covered bridge to the funeral of someone who, if we’re guessing, is probably her grandfather Charles/convicted sex offender Jeffrey Jones, who will not be appearing in the film. We do get to see Winona Ryder and the wonderful Catherine O’Hara in mourning gear, though, which is fun.
But you know why you’re actually here, and so does the teaser, as Ortega’s character then pulls the dusty sheet off a very familiar model town and its very familiar reminder that the antagonist of these two films is actually named Betelgeuse, like the star, no matter what the title tries to tell you.
Anyway, the trailer obviously ends with the reveal of Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, who still looks pretty good, despite being extra-dead for the last 30 years. Also, he resists the urge to declare that it’s “showtime”—because god knows, you’ve got to save something for the full trailer—and instead lets us all know “The Juice/Geuse is loose.” The trailer is also nice enough to give us one really clear shot of Keaton’s make-up, which made the header image for this article much easier to grab. Thanks, trailer!
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is currently scheduled for a September 5, 2024 (A.D., the trailer helpfully notes) release date.
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If this makes enough money , I assume the title of the third movie will lead to people constantly summoning him
Is it wrong that I want a fourth film that is Beetlejuice vs Candyman. Complete with a surprise interrupt by Bloody Mary in the final act?
If we can have Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys, Aliens vs Predator, Freddy vs Jason, Sadako vs Kayako, and Godzilla vs Evangelion (as a ride), we can have this as well. Now I must go campaign for M3gan vs Chucky, Robocop vs Maniac Cop, Critters vs Gremlins, Crimson Peak vs the Overlook, and The Burbs 2: Sawyer Family Reunion (feating Leatherface).
If we can have Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys, Aliens vs Predator, Freddy vs Jason, Sadako vs Kayako, and Godzilla vs Evangelion (as a ride),
Yeah, but, are any of those any good?
I’m not sure how the actual quality of the films fits into this. The guide to follow is:
1. Come up with ‘genius’ crossover idea for two established franchises with relatively large fanbases2. Make a movie about it without really caring about things like ‘plot’ and ‘canon’.
3. Make sure the trailer has some meme-worthy scenes that don’t actually need to be in the film itself4. ???
5. Profit (primarily due to fan expectations the first week, weird tax laws and keeping a low budget production).Though I will say 4 out of the 5 things I listed were at least worth Saturday night popcorn and cell phone playing viewing.
I’m not sure how the actual quality of the films fits into this.
I still haven’t watched any of them because I expect them to be awful and I have better things to watch. That’s how for me personally. But I concede the movie industry seems to get on quite well without my input.
All that being said, I still really wanted to see a Jump Street/MIB crossover.
Freddy vs. Jason was a party. It knows exactly what it is.
M3gan vs Chucky seems to me like it’s written on the wall already. For Robocop vs Maniac Cop you need a reboot/sequel of Maniac Cop first.
Its more likely that we’d get a Robocop vs Terminator movie first , despite it sounding dumb it was both a video game AND a comic in the 90s , and these are all things that get movies made these days .
I cite the precedent set by Zack Snyder in Batman v. Superman in saying that you no longer need both sides to establish their newer incarnations first before crossing them over.
I mean theres also Beetlejuice vs Ghostbusters , Beetlejuice vs The Mask and contrversially Beetlejuice vs the Beatles vs OJ.
I’m really not optimistic about this one. I feel like it’s just going to be a nostalgia fest with Beetlejuice comprising waaaayyyyyyy too much of the screen time.
Main thing I took from this trailer is that Burn Gorman is in the movie, which is a bonus.
Indeed. Definitely a plus.
Now we just need to get Burn Gorman in a sequel to 2020’s Psycho Goreman.
I’d rather see him in the sequel to Burn After Reading. Or Burn, Hollywood, Burn. Just not Burn Notice.
The only thing I remember him from is Pacific Rim, which was a bad movie he something managed to be the worst part of by a gap so large a Kaiju could sneak through it
I remember him mostly from Torchwood, oh and that my mum always calls him “Creepy Frog Lips”, as opposed to Kenneth Branagh, whom she called “Creepy No-Lips”.
Ooooh. That guy. Is he ever not evil and/or creepy?
He was also in The Dark Knight Rises as Ben Mendelsohn’s stooge, and was in Game of Thrones as a Nights Watch guy who becomes an enemy of Jon Snow in Season 2 (the one who takes over Craster’s Keep).
To me he’ll always be Tucker/Norm from There’s Something About Mary.
I have a picture on my phone of Burn Gorman with a thermometer in his mouth, and every time someone texts me a sick burn I send the picture back to them, although most people recognize him, but don’t know what his name is so it doesn’t really work.
To me that just makes it funnier, but I have a weird sense of humour.
I must admit, I enjoy the confused responses more than I would a laugh.
No need to guess: that’s definitely Jones’ face on the crystal headst…head-crystal.
Can’t say I blame them
I had not seen the names Alfred Gough and Miles Millar since Smallville. Didn’t realize they created Wednesday (and wrote Spider-Man 2). I think that bodes well for the movie. Or at least, its not a reason to fear this will be terrible.
To me, it indicates precisely the opposite.
and Seth Graeme-Smith, who wrote Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, which was a nice enough read
I hope this movie ends with Lydia traveling to Hawaii, setting up the third movie.
‘”I hope this movie ends with Lydia traveling to Hawaii, setting up the third movie.”’Is Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian going to actually be made? I thought that was just a rumor.
I mean SOMEONE needs to go Hawiian
Didn’t we say all we needed to say with the first Beetlejuice? Must we go tropical?
I think the better running joke is that the next one is ALWAYS promised to be set in Hawaii, but it never is.
Nah, in another 30 years they can move Ortega to the mom position, with Ryder the grandmother. I mean, Catherine O’Hara can’t live forever.
Ah yes, that takes me back to the days when Starburst had to change their slogan due to the OJ Simpsons trial.
They changed it back when he was acquitted.
Very clean digital cinematography, generic shots, generic editing too.
I really was hoping for something more creative and crazier than this teaser.
Very in keeping with Burton’s most recent “gotta pay the mortgage somehow” work.
sadly, yes…
Yeah. This is too subdued. Needs more zany.
The 90’s Saturday morning Beetlejuice cartoon looks more creative than this
‘”The 90’s Saturday morning Beetlejuice cartoon looks more creative than this”’I’m wondering if it will be referenced in this cause it was if memory serves scarier than the movie in certain ways(is the car he drove with Lydia in tow would somehow transform from a car to a hairy beast.)
They made a Saturday morning kids show of 3 different Tim Burton movies: Peewee’s Playhouse, Beetlejuice, and Batman the Animated Series. How the hell did we never get an Edward Scissorhands cartoon? It just seems like a no-brainer with the cartoonishly coloured houses, and the bizarrely dressed neighbours, not to mention Edward himself. Just seems like a missed opportunity to me.Also, less of an obvious winner, a live-action Ed Wood series starring Skeet Ulrich or Bruce Campbell or somebody like that. Give it to Joe Dante and tell him to do another Eerie Indiana. Or better yet, give it to Sam Raimi so he doesn’t do the damn Hercules show for the rest of the decade. Also, don’t cancel Nowhere Man after one season. That was a good show.
That teaser felt so low effort, even down to Michael Keaton’s one line being so bland. Definitely gave me some vibes:
It’s a teaser.
You’re lucky it wasn’t just some Danny Elfman music playing over the Warner Bros logo.
That’s sounds like unlucky, above all else. Since what we have instead it’s generic Hollywood creative dread be damned slow-spooky cover of The Late Great Harry Belafonte iconic song. Just like any other teasers/trailers in the last 15 years.
I disagree, as I explain elsewhere here.
You’re right, marketing is not that important, it’s just how you sell your movie.
Huh? Teasers in the past have just been a dramatic reveal of the title/logo over some music.
This teaser objectively gives you more than that.
I get what you’re saying, but I kinda hope it’s exactly like the original. I’m tired of sequels trying too hard to out-do the original, when sometimes all I want is to revisit a world I enjoyed the first time. The new Ghostbusters is apparently a total mess because they couldn’t just keep it light and campy. I don’t need evolution from Beetlejuice, I’m good with simple and dumb – just like the original.
#keepbeetlejuicebeetlejuice
Ah, the anonymously slick “Netflix look”.
Of FFS, life is short, can we wait until the three minute trailer to decide we hate the movie?
I didn’t say anything about the movie itself, I criticized the trailer.
Either Burton’s getting tired in his old age or the weird stuff needs work in post or they don’t want to scare away the normies right away.
Oh man. Winona Ryder’s makeup and outfit in this movie. I’ll uh. I’ll be right back.
Yeah, she looks the same as she did in the first movie.
The correct phrasing is “I’ll be in my bunk.”
Or, if you want to avoid the Joss Whedon of it all, you can take a page out of ‘Archer’s book and just say “Sploosh”.
He just looks…. tired.
Yeah but…it gave me chills, a little, okay? And made me laugh when the street was cracking in the model town and the cars were falling in. I’m in.
The mutilated strains of the Harry Belafonte classic, rendered
appropriately joyless in the style of every Hollywood trailer of the
last 15 years
I thought it sounded pretty.
I actually laughed when it started, like, they’re intentionally making fun of that trope, right?
Let’s go with that!
I guess there are lots of different ways to interpret it.
Maybe it reveals the state of mind of the listener? 😉
Ha, maybe so. I think for me it cinched it when they actually showed the childrens choir — that’s just the type of ridiculous think Delia would do.
Yeah, it’s also a callback to the original film which opens with “Day O” sung as a funeral dirge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
The one hope for this movie is we retain how absolutely tasteless and tacky Delia is in her pursuit of being “artistic.”“This is my art, and it is dangerous. Do you think I want to die like this?!”
‘”We do get to see Winona Ryder and the wonderful Catherine O’Hara in mourning gear, though, which is fun.”’No offense but wasn’t Winona’s character always in mourning gear? She was kind of goth girl in the first one right?
What?! They killed off Charles Deetz! I’m sure Jeffrey Jones was free, I don’t think he’s been in anything for a while now.
He ended up being a goddamn diddler
You know why though right?
Last thing I saw him in was the Deadwood movie, in a very small part.
Same. I was frankly surprised they even kept him around for that. He occupies a weird space, fame-wise, where folks still recognize him as “that guy” but don’t know enough about him to know what happened with him IRL… but he’s well-known enough that folks in the business and who follow the business closely will know. So every few years he randomly pops up in a bit role, flying under the radar. But something at big as the Beetlejuice sequel? Way too high profile. I also found myself imagining being a caste member in the Deadwood movie and Jeffrey Jones awkwardly sidling up to me at craft services and then realized he probably kept to himself and everyone else pretended he was invisible.
He was in a pre-teen just last week.
Ha! Child rape!
Fuck off, you self-righteous scold
Ha! Doubling down!
His career behind the camera did him in.
Google him. Actually, don’t.
Where Baldwin and Geena at?
I mean, if they’re going to do the trailer music trope, this is the best it could have gone. My optimism remains.
Counterpoint: It’s the worst it could have gone.
Nah, worst would have been the usual Eilish-esque vocal fry singing over a music box version of the song. At least this version appears to be diegetic to the funeral.
It’s sung by a white person.
You have a point there, can’t argue that.
It actually sounds like Winona Ryder iibh
….. that’s a really bad trailer. Tim Burton always finds a hook into the things he works in, sometimes it’s to work with an actor he idolize, and often times its something silly like a fun campy genre he never worked in. This really doesn’t look like what the final film is gonna turn out to be.
Pitch perfect parody of a contemporary legacy sequel teaser. Almost like they don’t even realize how groan-worthy it is…
I sort of wonder if the creepy Gothic/suburban aesthetic that Burton perfected in the 80s and 90s is… just not really compatible with our culture right now? The trifecta of Beetlejuice, Batman, and Edward Scissorhands (1988, 1989, and 1990 respectively) was to some degree revelatory at the time, perhaps in that Burton was able to make that approach palatable to mass audiences (creepy weird stuff in cinema goes back way before Burton)… but we’ve seen it. We’ve seen all sorts of weird stuff. I don’t think Beetlejuice Beetlejuice can even in theory have the same level of impact on today’s 10-year-olds as the other three movies did on the 10-year-olds of that era.
Honestly I think a modern Beetlejuice would make sense if it was about gentrifying and urban area. Oooooh the Suburbs are really freaky concept died with last century
Burton would NEVER.
“I don’t think Beetlejuice Beetlejuice can even in theory have the same level of impact on today’s 10-year-olds as the other three movies did on the 10-year-olds of that era.”
It’s not supposed to. This is aimed squarely at 40year olds.
No, I know. It was more a thought about how even if Burton wasn’t engaging in studio-approved nostalgia baiting, is he even capable of doing something that’s as intriguing as his early stuff? (Evidently not, given the last 20 years of his career.)
This is aimed squarely at 40year oldsSure, but you need something in there for today’s 10-year-olds in order to pull them in 30 years from now, when they finally make Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice using a hologram of Michael Keaton.
I think the aesthetic itself is doing fine. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is 104 years old, is essentially the first Tim Burton movie, and is still eminently watchable. And more deeply satisfying, IMO, to anything the actual Burton has ever done with the possible exception of PeeWee and Ed Wood.
He hasn’t had an idea in decades
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar being involved pretty much guarantees that this will be all sorts of bland.
Looks like they killed off Jeffrey Jones. Certainly can’t blame them.
This is like a parody trailer, down to the unbelievably poor choice of music. I can’t believe it’s real.
What what?
Looks terrible. More reverential nostalgia bait, for something that was originally so irreverent. Only consolation is that the teaser is so formulaic that I can hold out a little hope that it bears little resemblance (especially tonally) to the actual movie.
Beetlejuice was only intermittently entertaining and was always fairly overrated. It works in fits and starts, despite having a great cast doing great work and strong visuals. It’s almost exactly like his other work of the era (Batman, Scissorhands) in that regard.
…unless we include Pee Wee’s Big Adventure in that era, you’re spot on.
Yes. “Big Adventure” was in a class by itself.
Strong agree. It’s just ok. We all loved Winona Ryder back then so she was great but Keaton was grating and the Banana Boat sequence was embarrassing.
…it was?
lol what
I’ve never disagreed with someone so strongly than just now. And on January 6th. So…top two.
Who upvoted this nonsense?
Smart and perceptive individuals.
Yes. And Unspeakable Axe never catered to nostalgia 😉 How many “old school” trash tapes you guys release? Just playin. As I bought quite a few.
How many “old school” trash tapes you guys release?But never with reverence! 😀
Honestly I have no problem with doing reboot/sequels to whatever, I just think it’s weird to take sarcastic or strange comedies like Beetlejuice and Ghostbusters, then do these sequels that treat them like sacred texts in a way that is completely at odds with the spirit of the thing. By all means make a new Beetlejuice, but I hope the movie is funny and sarcastic, and less “oh my god, doesn’t remembering this covered bridge make you want to cry?” It could just be the marketing, but the last Ghostbusters movie was 50% that stuff and made me feel like I’d rather just watch the original. Or Stranger Things.
Haha. Naturally, I understand and agree. I dont really have much an opinion. Especially not on a 50 second teaser trailer. Anyway, the movie isn’t for me. Just like the recent Ghostbusters movies weren’t/aren’t (I haven’t seen any of the “newer ones”). “The bridge” in the teaser might be nostalgia, or it might be scene setting for a whole generation of people who did not really “live” with the original.
My teen nieces thought it was cool. They love the original movie. And were stoked to see the scenes they recognize get recalled (of course, the girls’ school being the other obvious reference).Anyway, we all need legacy acts. And Hetfield’s Gucci slippers aren’t paying for themselves!p.s. those Besieged records still get spun around here.
This really rubbed me the wrong way. Too many call backs. Too much “hey, remember this?! It’s back!”That’s almost always a horrible sign. Top Gun Maverick is one of the very few decades later sequels, and it largely avoided this stuff except for Great Balls of Fire.
“ it largely avoided this stuff except for Great Balls of Fire.” *raises eyebrow”. …And motorcycle riding. …And tower flybys. …And slow motion sunset sports on the beach. …And Miles Teller’s mustache…
Toy Story 3 showed us sometimes the best callbacks are from the first in the trilogy.
Are they bringing back the most important character:
Hair down to his goddamn shoulders…Lolllllllllll
My favorite scene.
I’m definitely seeing this in IMAX. Getting to see Beatlejuice again is a dream come true. Keaton still has the comedic and menacing chops to pull it off. We can’t really judge him based on a Flash movie that I’m honestly shocked ever came out.
The trailer makes it seem like it’ll go the ultra-reverential Ghostbusters route, but hopefully they have some madcap comedy in here.Wonder if Geena Davis/Alec Baldwin show up?
It’s not like Baldwin’s shooting somewhere else?
looool the mournful version of day-o. the predictions were right. china: please nuke america asap. I can’t take this anymore