Beetlejuice 2 is on? Seth Grahame-Smith writing the script?!

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Now here’s something out of the blue…

According to Deadline.com, Warner Bros. wants to move forward with a sequel to Tim Burton’s surreal comedy BEETLEJUICE. David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith – creators of the MTV series “The Hard Times of RJ Berger” – are reportedly in negotiations to write the screenplay for the flick, which Deadline stresses will not be a remake, but a reboot that will “advance the storyline of the original”. Details are nil after that.

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Grahame-Smith is, as the kids say, so hot right now. He recently adapted his book, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, for director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Tim Burton, as well as wrote the screenplay for DARK SHADOWS, which of course is currently being directed by Burton. If BEETLEJUICE 2 is necessary, I suppose the author/screenwriter is as good of a choice as any given his recent collaborations with Burton – not to mention his obvious knack for supernatural tales tinged with dark humor .

Honestly, I have no idea how I feel about this. I’m intrigued by the idea, and they’ve certainly found an interesting pair of writers to work on it, but I shudder to think what this movie might look like if it’s botched. Could be a travesty of epic proportions. What do you think?

BEETLE JUICE star Geena Davis

Source: Deadline.com

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