--- title: Tim Burton Talks Beetlejuice 2 Rumors description: "I have talked to Michael and I have talked to Winona, I’ve talked to a few people," director Tim Burton said. canonical: https://time.com/4325002/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-rumors/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-10T21:00:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:36:16.376Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Tim Burton Crushes 'Beetlejuice 2 Rumors'—and Fans' Dreams og:description: Say Beetlejuice three times fast and maybe it'll happen og:url: https://time.com/4325002/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-rumors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38f912e4c2a68cd/698892a83c163907f145d342/beetlejuice-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BEETLEJUICE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tim Burton Crushes 'Beetlejuice 2 Rumors'—and Fans' Dreams twitter:description: Say Beetlejuice three times fast and maybe it'll happen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38f912e4c2a68cd/698892a83c163907f145d342/beetlejuice-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tim Burton Crushes _Beetlejuice 2_ Rumors—and Fans' Dreams by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 10, 2016 9:00 PM CUT  From left: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, and Alex Baldwin in Beetlejuice. From left: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, and Alex Baldwin in Beetlejuice.Warner Bros. Pictures by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 10, 2016 9:00 PM CUT [Tim Burton](http://time.com/4202194/tim-burton-disney-gallery/ "undefined") wants to set the record straight on _Beetlejuice 2._ The filmmaker behind the supernatural (and super-funny) cult classic film that starred [Michael Keaton](http://time.com/4108070/michael-keaton-explains-batman-better-than-spiderman/ "undefined") as the titular ghost has been fending off rumors of a sequel since the film came out in 1988. The rumor mill went into overdrive last year when it was reported that Burton had asked _Dark Shadows_ screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith to [pen a sequel](http://time.com/3663957/the-beetlejuice-sequel-michael-keaton/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") to the dark comedy. The whispers seemed to be confirmed when star [Winona Ryder said](http://time.com/3992359/winona-ryder-beetlejuice-sequel/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") a sequel was happening. But those rumors may have been premature. At a press conference for his upcoming film _Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children_, a reporter for fan site [Collider](http://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-update-tim-burton/ "undefined") asked the filmmaker to set the record straight. “I have talked to Michael and I have talked to Winona, I’ve talked to a few people,” Burton said, but didn’t have any details to offer, because (brace yourselves, _Beetlejuice_ fans) nothing official is in the works. “It’s something that I really would like to do in the right circumstances, but it’s one of those films where it has to be right,” the filmmaker told [Collider](http://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-update-tim-burton/ "undefined"). “It’s not a kind of a movie that cries out \[for a sequel\], it’s not the _Beetlejuice_ trilogy. So it’s something that if the elements are right–because I do love the character and Michael \[Keaton\] is amazing as that character, so yeah we’ll see. But there’s nothing concrete yet.” Maybe a sequel will happen more quickly if we all say Beetlejuice three times? \[H/T [The Wrap](http://www.thewrap.com/beetlejuice-2-update-tim-burton-michael-keaton-nothing-concrete-yet-winona-ryder-warner-bros/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4325002/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-rumors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4325002/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-rumors/"},"headline":"Tim Burton Crushes Beetlejuice 2 Rumors—and Fans' Dreams","datePublished":"2016-05-10T21:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:36:16.376Z","description":"Say Beetlejuice three times fast and maybe it'll happen","url":"https://time.com/4325002/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-rumors/","keywords":["movies","Alec Baldwin","Michael Keaton","tim burton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38f912e4c2a68cd/698892a83c163907f145d342/beetlejuice-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38f912e4c2a68cd/698892a83c163907f145d342/beetlejuice-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BEETLEJUICE","caption":"From left: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, and Alex Baldwin in Beetlejuice.","creditText":"Warner Bros. 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