Tim Burton: Last News

French acting legend Isabelle Huppert, who is president of the Venice Film Festival jury this year, was joined by her panelists as artistic director Alberto Barbera hosted the opening press conference for the 81st running of the event this morning. It’s a different look this year, with no one sporting Writers Guild strike T-shirts à la 2023.

Venice Film Festival Artistic director Alberto Barbera staved off concerns about a lack of press junkets as the event kicked off what he described as an edition “with the longest list of talents” in recent memory. Asked by a German journalist why there were “no press junkets” at Venice this year, Barbera said: “I am not aware of this situation,” adding: “I don’t think it concerns the bulk of the lineup.” Journalists have lamented about the fact that the buzziest star-studded titles playing at Venice this year, such as Angelina Jolie-starrer “Maria,” Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” with Daniel Craig, and Jon Watts-directed action comedy “Wolfs,” pairing George Clooney and Brad Pitt, won’t be doing any press besides the festival press conferences.

Thirty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton collaborated on classic supernatural comedy Beetlejuice, the pair are unveiling the sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice here at the Venice Film Festival. The follow-up will have its gala world premiere this evening after having screened for the press this morning.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Willem Dafoe, who stars in Tim Burton’s fest opener “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” along with jury members Kleber Mendonça Filho (“Bacurau”) and Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso”) turned up at the annual Venice Film Festival‘s pre-opening party on the rooftop of the Danieli Hotel on Tuesday night. Co-hosted by the Leone Film Group, Variety and the Danieli Hotel, the glamorous bash brought together a mix of stars, global industry movers and shakers, including hitmaking Italian director Paolo Genovese, Los Angeles-based producer Niels Juul (“Ferrari”) and Bárbara Paz, a Brazilian actor and filmmaker.

The stars of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice have arrived in Italy for the 2024 Venice Film Festival!

Jenna Ortega reckons she once auditioned for a role in Dune.The Wednesday star said in a new interview that she went in for the role of Chani, which eventually went to Zendaya, in a secret audition when she was 15.Ortega, who is now 21, told BuzzFeed: “I think it was Chani, I think it was Zendaya’s. But they weren’t saying that, everything was very secret.”The actress added that she remembers being “really excited” at the audition because director Denis Villeneuve “is one of my favourite filmmakers.”Along with Zendaya, the critically acclaimed first instalment of the sci-fi series went on to also star Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista.

“Puppy Interview” with BuzzFeed on Monday.Ortega was asked about the “craziest rumor” she’s ever heard of herself, answering, “Probably that I was in a serious relationship with Johnny Depp, and I wanted everybody to leave us alone.”“It’s so insane to me,” she added. “I never spoke on that. I never said anything like that.”Ortega went on, “I thought that that was pretty hilarious.

Jenna Ortega has spoken out again about rumours claiming she was dating Johnny Depp.Last year, the Wednesday star shot down the rumours which started circulating when celebrity gossip account Deuxmoi claimed Depp and Ortega were reportedly seen together, possibly working on Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice sequel.“This is so ridiculous I can’t even laugh,” she wrote at the time. “I have never met or worked with Johnny Depp in my life.

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed actor Willem Dafoe, who recently starred in Oscar-nominated pic Poor Things and can next be seen in Tim Burton’s upcoming Venice opener Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, has just wrapped filming tycoon family drama The Birthday Party from Greek production house Heretic. 

Beetlejuice guzzles “the juice is loose” hot sauce in a new Warner Bros. promo of the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which parodies popular talk show Hot Ones. In the satire clip, he flippantly answers Michael Keaton‘s questions, leading the actor to walk off the set.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tim Burton’s long-awaited “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” brings Winona Ryder back to the role of Lydia Deetz after 36 years. Ryder was only 15 years old when she filmed the original “Beetlejuice,” and she recently told Entertainment Weekly that she never predicted her character would become a mother in the sequel. “I would hope there’s that thing of wanting to keep the essence of the first one, but then imagine this whole life that’s happened,” Ryder said.

Although her hairstyle appears to have remained the same, Winona Ryder had her work cut out for her in updating the character of Lydia Deetz.

As he reprises one of his most beloved roles, Michael Keaton is giving credit where it’s due for one of Hollywood’s most lucrative trends.

Tim Burton has revealed that he considered retiring before Netflix‘s Wednesday reignited his career.Speaking to Variety, the director said that after the release of Dumbo in 2019, he was unsure if he’d continue making films: “I really didn’t know. I thought that could have been it, really.

Tim Burton has explained why he has no interest in making another superhero film.The 65-year-old director, who is set to release the long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega this September, helmed both Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) at the beginning of his career, but hasn’t made a superhero film since.In a new interview with Variety, the filmmaker explained why he has no desire to return to the genre, saying: “I come at things from different points of view, so I would never say never to anything. But, at the moment, it’s not something I’d be interested in.”The Edward Scissorhands director added: “I was lucky because at that time, the word ‘franchise’ didn’t exist.

A$AP Rocky has announced the delay of his anticipated fourth album, ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ – find out why below.‘Don’t Be Dumb’, Rocky’s first since record since 2018’s ‘Testing’ was due for release on August 30, but is now being delayed until Fall 2024, per the rapper’s new interview with Billboard.Billboard‘s interview with Rocky did not reveal a reason for the delay, but the rapper has since publicly confirmed that it stems from unauthorised leaks and trouble clearing samples. A$AP Rocky wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “LEAKS & SAMPLE CLEARANCES ARE DISRUPTING THE ALBUM.

Andrés Buenahora editor Tim Burton pioneered the comic book blockbuster at the start of his career, directing Michael Keaton in both “Batman” and “Batman Returns” for Warner Bros. However, the filmmaker says he’s not interested in returning to superhero films in today’s industry, with its focus on long-term continuity and cinematic universes. “At the moment, I would say no,” Burton tells Variety in a new interview. “I come at things from different points of view, so I would never say never to anything.

Tim Burton opened up about his career in a new interview and revealed a time when he considered taking a step back and retiring.

Walk of Fame is not one that Tim Burton ever expected. But his reaction to the news perfectly matches the playful, macabre sensibility that has driven his 20 films to almost $4.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts and made a household name out of a filmmaker who has constantly been perceived as an outsider. “I remember, I first thought they were gravestones before I knew what they were,” Burton tells Variety.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Keaton is back as the eponymous “Ghost With the Most” in Tim Burton’s long-awaited “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which is opening the Venice Film Festival this month before opening in theaters in September. The actor recently told GQ magazine that one of his stipulations for returning as Beetlejuice was for the sequel not to beef up his screen time. After all, the character is only on screen in the 1988 original for 17 minutes.

Jenna Ortega has spoken about the close friendship that she struck up with Winona Ryder on the set of the upcoming film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.The sequel to the 1988 cult classic is out in cinemas on September 4, and sees director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Ryder and Catherine O’Hara returning to the franchise alongside newcomers 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.The on-screen mother and daughter turned out to be fast friends in real life, as Ortega recently explained to Fandango.“Obviously joining a sequel to something and it being so long since the original, I think I just wanted to put my head down and do the work and show up and be respectful and read my little book book off to the side,” Ortega said,.“But I think Winona was so warm and so welcoming, as was Catherine [O’Hara], as was everybody else, that you almost didn’t have a choice but to become a part of the family, which I’m so grateful for because I think that in shooting and working together and Tim’s playful spirit, I felt like everything that we were doing felt like we were all in on the same joke or on the same page or had the same ideas.”“It just felt like a free and collaborative space, but Winona and I — I swear we just started talking one day on set and then never stopped,” she continued.