Beetlejuice star Michael Keaton has said the incoming sequel, officially Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, does not rely heavily on CGI.
Speaking to People, Keaton said he and director Tim Burton weren't interested in making a film with lots of technology filling in the gaps despite Beetlejuice Beetlejuice arriving 36 years after the original.
"The one thing that he and I decided on early, early, early on from the beginning, if we ever did it again, I was totally not interested in doing something where there was too much technology,” Keaton said. "It had to feel handmade.
"What made it fun was watching somebody in the corner actually holding something up for you, to watch everybody in the shrunken head room and say, 'Those are people under there, operating these things, trying to get it right.'
"It's the most exciting thing. When you get to do that again after years of standing in front of a giant screen, pretending somebody's across the way from you, this is just enormous fun."
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premieres on September 6, 2024 with Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara both returning alongside newcomer Jenna Ortega, who plays the daughter of Lydia. Keaton said the collection of stars created a great filming experience.
"It's the most fun I've had on set in a long time," he said. "On one hand, you'd go, 'Well, of course it's the most fun. It looks like fun.' As you know, it doesn't always work like that."
Rumblings of a Beetlejuice sequel began in 2011, with the film seemingly falling in and out of production before finally appearing on a Warner Bros. sizzle reel at CinemaCon 2023. Confirming it fully, Burton announced Beetlejuice Beetlejuice had concluded filming in November 2023.
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