Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis definitely not in ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel, reason explained: ‘A loophole’
nypost.comhad been revealed about Tim Burton’s latest movie “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” in the lead-up to its Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night.
But one long-assumed rumor has been confirmed by reports out of the Lido after its red-carpet debut: Baldwin and Davis, who played the deceased Maitlands in the 1988 horror-comedy, do not make so much as an apparition — sorry, appearance — in the follow-up.A review from the Hollywood Reporter said that “Barbara and Adam Maitland, the sweet prematurely deceased couple played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin, are gone, however, having found a loophole according to Lydia.” In the first film, the pair spooked the Deetz family (Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Jones).But it was always unlikely that the fictional ghost duo would be back to haunt another Day-O.“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was in production while Baldwin, 66, was on trial for involuntary manslaughter after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Santa Fe set of “Rust.” The case was tossed out by the judge in July.And it also doesn’t come as a shock that Jones, whose character Charles is said to be killed off in the sequel, doesn’t make a cameo either.
The 77-year-old actor, who also had roles in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Sleepy Hollow,” was forced to register as a sex offender in 2003 after pleading no contest to hiring a 14-year-old boy to pose for sexually explicit photos.
However, several of the film’s original cast have returned, including Michael Keaton, 72, as rambunctious spirit Betelgeuse, Ryder, 52, as Lydia Deetz and O’Hara, 70, as Delia Deetz.
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