The screening will be the world premiere and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe. , the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 hit Beetlejuice, has been announced as the opening film of this year’s . The screening will be the world premiere and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe.
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival kicks off on 28 August. will be released in theatres and IMAX on 4 September. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice marks the long-awaited return of one of the most iconic characters of , but also the happy confirmation of the extraordinary visionary talent and the masterly realisation of one of the most fascinating auteurs of his time,” Alberto Barbera, director of the Venice Film Festival, said in a statement.
“The is honoured and proud to host the world premiere of a work that features a surprising swing of creative imagination and driving hallucinatory rhythm.” The film is set 36 years after the first instalment with three generations of the Deetz family returning home to Winter River after a family tragedy. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, a ‘bio-exorcist’, Lydia (played by Ryder) finds her life turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter Astrid (Ortega) accidentally opens a portal to the afterlife.
It’s not long before Beetlejuice (with Keaton reprising his role) returns.