Beetlejuice 2 director Tim Burton has revealed that filming for the sequel was “99 per cent done” just before the SAG-AFTRA strike shut the production down.
The follow up to 1988’s Beetlejuice began filming in London in May of this year, but was put on indefinite pause once the SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14.
Speaking of the production shutdown in a recent interview with The Independent, Burton revealed that filming would have wrapped in less than two days were it not for the strike.“Literally, it was a day and a half,” Burton said. “I feel grateful we got what we got… We know what we have to do.
It is 99 percent done.” Burton went on to reveal that he “really enjoyed” directing the sequel, saying the experience “was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies”.Despite the delay, production company Warner Bros.
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