Beetlejuice 2 will feature the original cast and Jenna Ortega

The 1988 film starred Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder alongside Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, and Catherine O'Hara. The movie was well-received by fans and critics and was also a commercial success earning $74 million against a budget of just $15 million.

There have been talks of a sequel since the first film debuted, with Burton hiring screenwriter Jonathan Gems to pen the script for Beetlejuice 2. The sequel at that time was titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. The movie was unfortunately stuck in development hell before new rumors started in 2011.

In 2014, Michael Keaton shared that he was in talks with Burton to return as Betelgeuse. The script for the sequel was rewritten back in 2017 with the director teasing that the movie is "closer than ever" to being made.

Plot details for the upcoming movie are still scarce at this point. However, Ortega will be playing Lydia Deetz's daughter in the sequel, which may have a significant time skip considering that Winona Ryder's character was still a teen in the original. Ortega is currently working with Burton on the sophomore season of Wednesday which will be returning to Netflix.

Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment will be spearheading the production of Beetlejuice 2 with Warner Bros. Burton previously said he was not returning to direct the sequel but backtracked on the statement a few days later saying that "nothing is out of the question.

"I only know if I'm making a film when I'm actually on the set shooting," Burton added. "I try to go back to the root of everything. It springs from a seed and then it grows, rather than out of these statements. I am working on ideas and things but it's all very early days. We'll set how it goes. How's that for a none answer?"

Beetlejuice 2 will reportedly start filming in London in late May or early June.