Several months after the surprise success of Beetlejuice, which marked the big return of director Tim Burton to theaters, Warner Bros. Discovery has just made a big announcement.
An announcement that will delight fans
In September 2024, the great director Tim Burton made an unexpected comeback to theaters, five years after the monumental failure of the live-action Dumbo that he directed for the Disney studio. While the Burbank filmmaker made a successful first return to Netflix in 2022 with the series Wednesday, which he produced and partly directed, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is perhaps Burton's best film in a long time. Far from being an easy sequel, the new tribulations of Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) - this time accompanied by her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) -, in the grip of the terrifying Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) are in the direct tradition of the 1988 film. Although the film is not without flaws, it remains a sardonic gothic comedy, which would certainly not have been disowned by the late American writer Michael McDowell, who wrote the screenplay for the first film.
In the end, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a nice box office success, since the feature film has grossed $452 million in revenue, against an estimated budget of $100 million. In addition to being Tim Burton's second-biggest hit on American soil, behind Alice in Wonderland, the sequel to the 1988 cult film is also one of Warner Bros.' rare financial successes. Discovery in 2024 in recent months. Indeed, we remember that the Hollywood major has suffered several setbacks, including the excellent Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga by George Miller, Joker: Madness by Todd Phillips or even more recently the very interesting Mickey Mouse 17 by Bong Joon-ho.
This success has obviously motivated Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, the co-CEOs of the Warner Bros. film branch, to produce a third installment of Beetlejuice. The two producers officially announced the news during a review interview given to the very serious media American Deadline. When asked if a sequel to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was planned, De Luca replied: "Imminently. The ink on the agreements hasn't dried yet, but it won't be long." That has the merit of being clear... It remains to be seen, however, whether filmmaker Tim Burton will be in charge of directing or not. We recall that the director of Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow wanted to take on a remake of Attack of the 50-foot Woman, a 1958 fantasy film. In any case, while the announcement of a third Beetlejuice film is not surprising, it seems to confirm a strategic shift on the part of Warner Bros. While the group led by David Zaslav prides itself on being "the only pure storytelling company" serving authors and their visions, the official commission of a sequel to the films Minecraft and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice appears to be a clear evolution. David Zaslav, as you might recall, was furious with De Luca and Abdy following the failure of Joker: Madness of Two. The Warner Bros. group. Discovery, which is in a very fragile financial situation, intends to focus primarily on films from its most profitable licenses, such as The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and DC Comics productions. Films like One Battle After Another by the great Paul Thomas Anderson, expected next September, appear as the last stigmata of the auteurist vision of the De Luca / Abdy duo. For the coming years, in addition to the Harry Potter series and the Game of Thrones spin-offs produced by HBO (starting with the series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, scheduled for 2025), Warner Bros. is working on James Gunn's DCU. The major has also ordered two Lord of the Rings films produced by Peter Jackson, including The Hunt for Gollum directed by Andy Serkis. Not to mention The Matrix 5 (without the Wachowskis), I Am Legend 2, Gremlins 3 and The Goonies 2 (with the participation of Chris Columbus). So if Warner Bros. Discovery is forced to think in financial terms and prioritize economically reliable licenses, the group intends to continue to surround itself with filmmakers appreciated by the general public, who have proven themselves on major productions. And you, what do you think of the announcement of Beetlejuice 3 (which should probably be called Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)? Don't hesitate to tell us in the comments section.
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