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The long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton's 1988 classic, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, has finally hit the cinemas and instantly captured the hearts of moviegoers.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stars Jenna Ortega and Catherine O’Hara have opened up about the film’s big dance scene.The sequel to the 1988 film has just hit cinemas, and features a big song and dance scene at the end featuring their characters Astrid and Delia.Opening up to NME about devising the moment, O’Hara explained that their moves were created by themselves, with the help of a choreographer.“You were the inspiration behind the performance art aspect of it,” Ortega then said of her co-star. “I think it read on the page as a proper dance, and you sparked an idea.”O’Hara elaborated: “I wanted the more… illogical to my mind… dance moves that kind of mean nothing in all modern… not all modern dance, modern dance is amazing.”“We were in a tent right off set and we were like, ‘Oh it’s funny when you do that,'” Ortega recalled, O’Hara adding that her fellow star “laid down on the floor and did” a dramatic pose, and they “went for it”.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice follows three generations of the Deetz family as they return to Winter River, as Lydia’s (Winona Ryder) daughter Astrid accidentally opens up the portal to the Afterlife.It also sees the return of Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, while Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe join the ensemble alongside Ortega.In NME‘s four-star review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, we said the film is held together by director Tim Burton’s “wicked imagination” and is “filled with brilliantly ridiculous moments”.“This film has its flaws, not least some unnecessary CGI sandworms that clash with the kitsch practical effects elsewhere, but its sense of fun never lets up.

After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend.The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, only behind box office triumphs “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.”Michael Keaton returns as the titular spirit and Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder also reprise their roles as Delia and Lydia Deetz, with newcomer Jenna Ortega playing the latter’s daughter, Astrid. Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux round out the cast.The Warner Bros.

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The Post called “pointless” and “belabored,” earned $41.5 million on Friday, its first day in theaters, according to The Numbers.The Tim Burton film, which serves as a sequel to the 1988 cult classic “Beetlejuice,” is expected to take in at least $97 million domestically on its opening weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. If that’s the case, the film will enjoy the second-biggest September opening of all time, trailing only behind 2017’s supernatural horror “It.”Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara reprised their roles in the sequel — which had a staggering reported production budget of $100 million — and Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe joined the cast.“Deadpool & Wolverine,” which was in the No.

Beetlejuice was, in essence, a slyly original movie about ghosts who are stuck in a kind of purgatory. So it’s fitting that a long-gestating sequel to the 1988 classic has been seemingly trapped in development hell as long as the titular bio-exorcist has been, well, dead.Nixed screenplays with titles like “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” and “Beetlejuice in Love” have come and gone; the original screenwriters have passed into heaven’s waiting room; Alec Baldwin has long since aged out of playing 30-year-old hunks; and Tim Burton has spent decades teasing the possibility of a sequel while occupied with more pressing projects like, uh… Dumbo.Now, thirty-six years after Beetlejuice became a morbid hit — a gap equal to the passage of time between Citizen Kane and Star Wars — the aptly titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is finally shake, shake, shaking into theaters.

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With the juice officially loose a second time in theaters as of Sept. 6, those looking to remember what the 1988 original Beetlejuice was about might want to watch the first film.

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Jordan Moreau A lot of people must be saying his name three times, because Beetlejuice is taking over the box office. The long awaited sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega, has made $13 million at the box office so far in Thursday previews. The horror comedy is ready to take over the box office, after a slow end to August, with an estimated $100 million to $110 million opening this weekend.

Plenty of bananas and a gruesomely gorgeous wedding cake get praise in musical moments in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Several 80s artists like Donna Summer, Jimmy Buffet and The Bee Gees have songs featured in the film, which is a followup to the 1988 original starring Michael Keaton as the ghost with the most, Winona Ryder as goth girl Lydia Deetz and Catherine O’Hara as Lydia’s stepmother Delia Deetz.

AnOther Magazine. “My parents — who are just my best friends — were very wary of Hollywood.”“They associated it with Judy Garland’s tragedy, and we never relocated there,” she added, referring to the late actress’ fatal overdose.Ryder added that she “had to keep up my grades” to keep going to auditions.“That turned out to be such a gift, because I knew a lot of kids who did bear that,” she said.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in cinemas now, but what songs are included on the long-awaited sequel’s soundtrack? See the full list below.The film is the follow-up to the 1988 cult goth comedy horror, and sees director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara return to the franchise alongside newcomers Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe and Monica Bellucci.Ortega plays the rebellious Astrid Deetz, the daughter of Ryder’s Lydia, as the Deetz clan return home to Winter River following the death of Charles Deetz. See the film’s trailer below.Ortega recently sparked memories of one of her on-screen mother’s iconic looks from the film by recreating it during the press tour.The Wednesday star also spoke about the fast friendship she formed with Ryder on the set of the movie.

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited sequel to the Tim Burton-directed, Michael Keaton starring movie has racked up some $12M in both Wednesday and Thursday night previews; a very good number.

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With the momentum of stardom in her favor after Netflix’s Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Jenna Ortega will surely take on more Hollywood projects following Season 2 of Wednesday, which is currently in production.

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Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves still call each other husband and wife in text messages years after they were married by real priests in Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula.The two actors played Jonathan and Mina Harker in the 1992 horror film and previously Ryder made similar comments while promoting Destination Wedding with the John Wick actor.“We actually got married in Dracula,” she told said at the time. “No, I swear to god I think we’re married in real life.”“In that scene, Francis [Ford Coppola] used a real Romanian priest,” she added.

Jenna Ortega shared her thoughts on gender-swapped casting decisions in a new interview.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jenna Ortega is calling for more female-led franchises over female-led spinoffs. During a recent video interview with MTV while on the publicity tour for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Ortega was asked if she might consider an offer from director Tim Burton to revive “Edward Scissorhands” as the gender-flipped Edith Scissorhands, but Ortega would rather just get to lead a franchise as an original character instead. “I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that’s so special.