Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Comes To Max December 6

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice didn’t premiere in theaters that long ago, but the Ghost with the Most already has his streaming showtime planned. WB has announced the sequel will hit Max by the end of next week.

The film opens with the funeral of the Deetz patriarch, which the official description refers to as an “unexpected family tragedy” yet isn’t that unexpected at all if you check up on Jeffrey Jones’ police report. Lydia and Delia return to the spooky manor they once called home, which still has the model of the entire town in its attic. It doesn’t take long for Astrid, Lydia’s offspring, to summon Beetlejuice and things get wild and stop-motiony once again.

Not only is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice a reunion between director Tim Burton and original stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, it also has Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s kid and was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Milar — three people associated with the Wednesday series on Netflix. It suggests the topic of a Beetlejuice sequel was first brought up on the Wednesday set and people crowded around Burton saying “Yeah yeah, I want in!”

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stars Michael Keaton (Batman, Mr. Mom) as That Guy, Winona Ryder (“Stranger Things,” “Little Women”) as Lydia Deetz, and Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas”) as Delia Deetz, along with Justin Theroux (“Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi,” “The Leftovers”), Monica Bellucci (“Spectre,” “The Matrix” films), Arthur Conti (“House of the Dragon”), Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday,” “Scream VI”) and Willem Dafoe (“Poor Things,” “At Eternity’s Gate”). Look for it December 6 on Max; the next day on the linear HBO channel. Also, having said “Beetlejuice” nine times throughout the course of this article, I will have summoned three of him.