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It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic upended the movie theater business in 2020, but in the years since, the industry has slowly climbed back. In 2021, 14 movies were able to cross the coveted $100 million mark at the U.S. box office. In 2022, that number jumped up to 18 films. And in 2023, there were a whopping 25 such blockbusters. So how many features released during the current 2024 calendar year will end up becoming box office behemoths? Stay tuned.

To date, the biggest money-makers of the year are a trio of highly anticipated sequels: “Inside Out 2,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Despicable Me 4.” Scroll through our gallery above (or click here for direct access) to see all of the 2024 box office hits so far that made more than $100 million in the United States. The number will continue to grow as high-profile movies like “Wicked” and “Mufasa: The Lion King” will be released later in the year.

The second season of Netflix's Wednesday has added a new cast member that's sure to bring the show a lot of attention, with Lady Gaga set to join the Addams Family spin-off series in a mysterious role.

Details on Gaga's character have not been released, but Variety believes that her part is more likely to be a cameo than a full-on supporting role.

Gaga's involvement with the series was foreshadowed shortly after the first season, when a meme featuring Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams dancing to a sped-up version of 2011's Bloody Mary went viral.

Ortega would later state that she would love Gaga to be a part of the show while being interviewed at the 2023 Golden Globes.

"I'm sure Netflix would love that. I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part,...

Seit April laufen in Irland die Dreharbeiten zur zweiten Staffel der erfolgreichen Netflixserie. Jetzt wurde bekannt, dass auch Lady Gaga darin eine Rolle übernimmt.

Lady Gaga, hier bei einem Photocall zu „Joker: Folie à Deux“ in Venedig, übernimmt eine Rolle in der Netflixserie „Wednesday“ (Credit: Imago / Abacapress)

Lady Gaga übernimmt eine Rolle in der zweiten Staffel der Netflixserie „Wednesday“, die derzeit in Irland gedreht wird. Das berichten US-Branchenmedien, ohne Details zur Rolle nennen zu können.

Neben Lady Gaga gehören u.a. auch Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter und Noah Taylor sowie Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo und Joonas Suotamo in Gastrollen neu zum Cast der Serie. Aus Staffel eins wieder mit an Bord sind Hauptdarstellerin Jenna Ortega sowie Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Fred Armisen und Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo. Als Showrunner fungieren Al Gough und Miles Millar.

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Joker 2 star Lady Gaga has reportedly joined the already-impressive cast actors confirmed for Netflix show’s second season of Wednesday.

The second season of Wednesday is on the way, and several talented new faces have already been added to the show’s roster to ensure that it builds on the success of its predecessor. We’ve already learned that Thandiwe Newton and Billie Piper will be joining the action, but according to Entertainment Weekly, Lady Gaga is now set to join the Wednesday ensemble too.

No details are forthcoming about the actor’s role, so we’re hoping this isn’t a blown-up story over a fleeting cameo. Given that Gaga has put in an award-winning turn on TV’s American Horror Story, not to mention starring in A Star Is Born and this year’s Joker: Folie à Deux, we’re hoping the creatives behind the show have signed...

After the runaway success of Netflix and Tim Burton’s Addams Family stand-alone series Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega, the streamer renewed it for second season in January 2023. That decision came less than three months after the eight-episode Season 1 premiered, eventually becoming the most-watched original series ever on the streamer ever with more than 252 million views to date, far surpassing Stranger Things‘ Season 4, Dahmer and Season 1 of Bridgerton on the all-time list.

Season 1 ending up scoring 12 Emmy nominations, including for Ortega in Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming just the third Latina to ever be nominated in a leading actress category. The series won four Emmys, though Ortega lost out to Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson on Emmy night.

When will Season 2 be released?

Netflix has slated the second installment of the series for streaming in 2025.

Related: ‘Wednesday’ Cast Teases “Bigger And More Twisted” Season 2 — Watch Behind-The-Scenes Clip

Is Season 2 in production?...

It’s been more than three years since Tom Welling first revealed that he and Michael Rosenbaum were working on a potential animated follow-up to Smallville. Fans were excited by the idea, but unfortunately, the project seems to be stalled as it’s waiting on a very crucial approval from Warner Bros.

“The honest answer is we have not been able to get Warner Bros. to give us the thumbs-up. We need their permission,” Welling told TVLine. “We haven’t even gotten a response!” The actor admitted that the Smallville animated series is “more of a fan-driven idea” that likely wouldn’t be a “financial windfall” for the studio. “We all like each other, we all like working together, and if we could do it, it’d be fun,” he said. “But Warner Bros. — and I’m not hating on them — they just haven’t gotten back to us. It...

Mother Monster will meet the Addams Family.

Oscar winner Lady Gaga has joined the cast of “Wednesday” for an undisclosed Season 2 role. Details of Lady Gaga’s part and the size of her role were not revealed but it is expected to be of the cameo variety.

Entertainment Weekly first reported the news, later confirmed by Gold Derby sister site Deadline.

“Wednesday” is one of Netflix’s biggest original series, and production on Season 2 is currently still ongoing. The series stars Jenna Ortega as the title character and was created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Tim Burton, who later cast Ortega in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” is the show’s executive producer and a key director.

That Lady Gaga will appear in Season 2 is certainly something extremely online fans of the show might love. In 2022, Lady Gaga posted a TikTok video of herself imitating Ortega’s viral dance from “Wednesday” Season 1. The following year,...

Lady Gaga is set to appear in Netflix’s Wednesday in its forthcoming second season.

The Oscar and Grammy winner will have a role in the Netflix hit, which is in production in Ireland. Details on Gaga’s role are being kept quiet for now.

Lady Gaga has a tangential connection to Wednesday already: A remix of her song “Bloody Mary” overlaid on Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) season one dance scene that went viral on TikTok and other social platforms after the show’s 2022 premiere.

Gaga will be one of a host of new faces in season two, which added Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor as series regulars and Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo and Joonas Suotamo in guest roles.

Lady Gaga is coming off of Joker: Folie à Deux. Her TV and film credits include...

Fresh off the Joker sequel, Entertainment Weekly reports today that singer/actor Lady Gaga has signed on to star in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday.”

EW notes in their exclusive report, “Full details of Gaga’s role are still unknown, though the singer-actress is currently filming the show in Europe.” Stay tuned for more.

“Wednesday” Season 2 will arrive on Netflix sometime in 2025.

Jenna Ortega stars in the upcoming second season as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán returning as Gomez Addams and Catherine Zeta-Jones back as Morticia Addams.

The “Wednesday” Season 2 cast also includes Joy Sunday as Bianca, Joanna Lumley as Grandmama, Emma Myers as Enid, Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort, Billie Piper as Capri, and Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn, along with Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Georgie Farmer, Isaac Ordonez, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor.

Additionally, guest stars for Season 2 include Jamie McShane,...

Smallville alumni Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum would love to get the show’s animated sequel series off the ground… if only a Warner Bros. executive would call them back.

More than three years after Welling first told TVLine that he and Rosenbaum were working on an animated Smallville follow-up, the actor has now shared with ScreenRant that the project is in limbo while he and Rosenbaum await a go-ahead from Warner Bros. Television, which co-produced the original series.

More from TVLineSmallville Reunion Photo: Erica Durance Visits Kristin Kreuk's Small TownSmallville Creators Reveal They at One Point 'Discussed' Chloe...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to director Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice (watch it Here), reached theatres back in September (you can read our review at This Link), and over the last month and a half the movie has managed to rack up over $435 million at the global box office. It has also been given a PVOD and digital release, and is set to reach 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 19th. Now, Airbnb is offering fans a chance to “Haunt the Beetlejuice House” with a version of the Deetz family home that has been constructed in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, and the house is open for booking at This Link!

Here’s the information, presented as if it were written by Catherine O’Hara’s character, Delia Deetz: Now that my art is posthumously appreciating in value and recognition—rightfully so, I might add—I hereby invite to my...

Thanks to breakout roles in the Scream revival, Netflix's Wednesday and this year's Beetlejuice sequel, Jenna Ortega is fast becoming one of the most sought-after young actors in Hollywood, so it probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that she's being courted by Marvel Studios.

According to scooper Mttsh, Ortega is now in talks for an undisclosed Marvel Cinematic Universe role.

It's always worth noting that Marvel meets with a lot of talent, but if Ortega has actually entered negotiations for an upcoming project, there's a good chance the trades will get hold of the story before too long.

Even if she is in talks, there's no guarantee that things will work out. Ortega has a busy schedule ahead, with a lead role in Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun adaptation, and an untitled Trey Edward Shults film that will co-star The Weeknd and Barry Keoghan.

The world may have first fallen in love with Jenna Ortega in the Netflix series, Wednesday. However, the actress has come a long way since then. With her starring in a Sabrina Carpenter song and even in the recent revival of Beetlejuice, the 22-year-old has cemented herself as one of Hollywood’s favorites. Although fans of Tim Burton expected the latest film to be horrific, there was one creepy scene that no one saw coming.

Jenna Ortega in Wednesday | Credits: Netflix

The scene might have set the stage for a potential third part of the franchise. However, it also left a lot of questions circling in the minds of fans. After all, the Ortega scene has even been dubbed one of the most disturbing moments in the whole film.

The Jenna Ortega scene that left fans disturbed

Just days ago, Jenna Ortega’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice made its way to theatres.

Although there have been several retellings of Superman’s story over the years, Smallville has a very special place in the hearts of the fans. The series ran for ten seasons and starred the beloved Tom Welling, gaining a following of its own and managing to become iconic despite the flashy lights of DC’s cinematic universe. Not only was the series critically acclaimed, but it also stood out in its own way in front of the rest of the Superman projects.

Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville | Credit: Warner Bros.

With this in mind, it is not surprising that fans wanted more from the cast after the show aired its final season in 2017. Thankfully, it would seem that Welling himself, along with Michael Rosenbaum, are actively trying to get a spinoff for the series made.

Tom Welling Wants to Bring Back Smallville

With so much happening within the DC Universe,...

While you wait for Terrifier 3 to bring Art the Clown and his over-the-top mayhem back to theaters on October 11, seven other brand new horror movies have released at home today.

Here’s all the new horror released on Tuesday, October 8, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and the long-awaited sequel is now available on Digital at home after releasing in theaters last month.

You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

On November 19, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available to own on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. It will also continue to be available to own in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.

Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek,...

Update: Today is October 8th, and that means Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has now received its digital release! On Amazon, you can rent the movie for the price of $19.99, or buy it for $24.99.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to director Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice (watch it Here), reached theatres on September 6th (you can read our review at This Link), and over the last three and half weeks the movie has managed to rack up almost $375 million at the global box office. Now it’s just about time for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to come home, as Deadline reports that Warner Bros. will giving it a PVOD and digital release on October 8th. It will be available for purchase or rental on Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home, and more on that date. The 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, and DVD physical media release will follow on November 19th.

Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and the long-awaited sequel is headed home. The film debuts for purchase and rental ahead of Halloween.

On October 8, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available for Premium Digital Ownership at home and for 48-hour rental via PVOD on participating digital platforms where you purchase or rent movies, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home, and more.

On November 19, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available to own on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. It will also continue to be available to own in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers. On November 1, an American Sign Language (Asl) version of the film will also be available at digital retailers.

Premium Digital Ownership, 4K Uhd and Blu-ray contain the following special features:

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Commentary by director Tim Burton The Juice is Loose! The Making of...

Call us a hearty sandwich on The Empire Podcast this week folks because our latest episode is jam-packed! In a three interview, five guest week, first up our very own Chris Hewitt sat down to chat with Saoirse Ronan — producer-star of new drama The Outrun — and her co-star Paapa Essiedu to talk about bonding, improvisation, and shooting on location [19:13 - 33:45 approx]. Next up, director Josh Greenbaum talks to us about new Netflix offering Will & Harper, an excellent documentary that follows Will Ferrell and his writer friend of three decades, Harper Steele, on a cross-country road trip in the aftermath of Harper's recent transition to living as a woman [54:27 - 1:13:03 approx]. And last but most certainly not least, there's a big chunk of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice spoiler special goodness as we indulge in a spoilerific chat with the film's writers and executive producers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar [1:40:01 - 1:55:27 approx].

Sandwiched between all that guest-based goodness,...

Transformers One has come in below expectations, allowing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to hold on to the top spot at the domestic box office for the third week in a row.

Analysts predicted $30 million to $40 million debut for Paramount's animated prequel, which only ended up taking in $25 million from 3,978 venues. The movie - which had a reported budget of $75 million - also made $14 million internationally, for a global total of $39 million.

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel added $26 million from 4,172 theaters, bringing its domestic total to $225 million, and $329.7 million worldwide.

Transformers One received positive reviews (89% on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong audience scores, so the belief is that ticket sales could rebound over the next few weeks.

“This is a lukewarm opening for an animation adaptation in a live-action series,” says David A. Gross of movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “Industry expectations are high for a big series like this, but an...

As part of its annual Geeked Week celebrations, Netflix has just shared a first look at Wednesday season 2 (via FearHQ.com). Taking us behind the scenes of the hit series, we see new footage from the show and catch up with various cast members and director and executive producer Tim Burton.

The Addams Family prequel was a massive hit when it arrived on the streaming platform two years ago and there's a great deal of intrigue surrounding this second batch of episodes.

At this stage, very little has been revealed in terms of plot details; on the plus side, Netflix has already confirmed Wednesday will return in 2025!

The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice producer Tommy Harper has just helped Tim Burton return to the big screen with a bang after a five year absence, with the film grossing $264.3M worldwide in its first two weeks on release.

The seasoned producer – who is also a go-to for Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Joseph Kosinski – is not resting on his laurels amid the congratulatory coverage.

After a whirlwind launch tour, which saw the film open Venice and then head to London for its UK premiere; followed by a quick trip to L.A. for Burton to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the pair are preparing to shoot the last two episodes of season 2 of Netflix hit show Wednesday.

“It’s been a very busy time,” says Harper. “We wanted to give all our attention to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, to get it out into world, and then go to Dublin to finish up Wednesday.

Season 2 of the hit Netflix Addams Family series Wednesday has been filming in Ireland since May, and Netflix has just unveiled a video that gives a glimpse behind the scenes. In the process, they have also confirmed that the new batch of episodes will premiere sometime in 2025. Among the cast and crew members seen in the video are, of course, star Jenna Ortega, as well as director Tim Burton – and during a chat with Collider, Al Gough (who created this series with Miles Millar) revealed that Burton is directing half of season 2, which is the same thing he did for the first season. That means Burton is at the helm of four of the season’s eight episodes.

Wednesday comes to us from Millar Gough Ink, Tim Burton Productions, Toluca Pictures, and MGM Television, and is described as a comedic, supernaturally-infused coming-of-age series that follows the teenage girl’s years...

Here we woe again. Netflix has released a behind-the-scenes video to hype “Wednesday” Season 2 this week, and it gives us our very first footage from the upcoming season.

Additionally, the video confirms that “Wednesday” Season 2 will arrive in 2025.

Watch the video below to see Tim Burton back in the director’s chair!

Jenna Ortega stars in the upcoming new season as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán returning as Gomez Addams and Catherine Zeta-Jones back as Morticia Addams.

The “Wednesday” Season 2 cast also includes Joy Sunday as Bianca, Joanna Lumley as Grandmama, Emma Myers as Enid, Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort, Billie Piper as Capri, and Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn, along with Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Georgie Farmer, Isaac Ordonez, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor.

Additionally, guest stars for Season 2 include Jamie McShane, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, Joonas Suotamo, Fred Armisen,...

The highly anticipated Wednesday Season 2 is officially in production, and fans of the spooky teen detective are in for an eerie adventure. Filming began earlier this year in the scenic landscapes of Ireland, with Jenna Ortega reprising her role as the mysterious and unconventional Wednesday Addams. In a new Geeked Week 2024 trailer, fans got a glimpse of the haunting new journey that awaits Wednesday, along with returning characters like Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), and Wednesday’s iconic parents, Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez Addams (Luis Guzman).

Hellbound 2 teaser: Kim Sung-cheol resurrected after being trapped in hell for several years

Tim Burton returns as director and executive producer, with the promise of a “bigger and more twisted” season, according to Zeta-Jones. Co-creators Miles Millar and Al Gough have expressed their excitement about exploring Nevermore Academy’s macabre world in greater depth. Ortega, who has grown more connected to her character,...

After a busy summer promoting Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega are headed back to Nevermore Academy.

In a new behind-the-scenes teaser revealed during Netflix‘s Geeked Week fan event on Thursday, the cast of Wednesday teases what’s to come in Season 2 of the Addams Family spin-off series, which premieres on the streaming platform in 2025.

“This season is going to be bigger and more twisted than you could ever imagine,” says Catherine Zeta Jones, who plays matriarch Morticia Addams.

“If we showed you anymore, your eyes would bleed,” says Ortega, who stars as the eponymous spooky teen. “And I’m not that generous.”

The promo features footage of Burton calling “action” on set of the series, as well as appearances from co-stars Emma Myers and Joy Sunday.

Look alive, Normies. Here's a behind-the-scenes first look at Wednesday Season 2. Coming 2025...

Netflix has unveiled a new behind-the-scenes look at Season 2 of “Wednesday,” which is slated to premiere in 2025.

Thursday’s sneak peek features stars Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán; director Tim Burton; and co-creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, as well as various looks at the new episodes’ sets and extras.

“This season is going to be bigger and more twisted than you could ever imagine,” Zeta-Jones says in the 48-second teaser.

“If we showed you anymore, your eyes would bleed,” Ortega adds. “I’m not that generous.”

Production on the new season in Ireland began back in May.

In addition to Ortega, Zeta-Jones and Guzmán, Emma Myers, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa and Georgie Farmer return for Season 2. Other series regulars include Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Noah Taylor, Evie Templeton and Owen Painter.

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Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in a behind-the-scenes look at Wednesday season two, which is described as being “bigger and more twisted than you can ever imagine.”

Netflix unveiled the new footage at an in-person fan event Thursday evening in Atlanta. The video sees original castmembers Ortega, Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and of course, Thing (Victor Dorobantu), returning to the Nevermore Academy set.

Glimpses of different scenes being filmed, including Ortega’s Wednesday arriving on campus with her typical deadpan expression, Nevermore students gathering in a field and Thing snooping around as always, were featured in the behind-the-scenes look. Tim Burton was also spotted in the director’s chair again.

“If we showed you any more, your eyes would bleed and I’m not that generous,” Ortega says at the end of the video. Watch it below.

Production on Wednesday season...

Heavy spoilers for "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" to follow.

Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" has a rather peculiar relationship with death. It flips the script on the possession horror film; rather than having evil ghosts haunting the living, it follows a ghost couple being terrorized by an obnoxious family in their own home. Additionally, the film's portrayal of the afterlife is neither a hellish inferno nor a perfect utopia. Instead, it is horribly dull and ridden with bureaucracy. But it doesn't stop there; "Beetlejuice" also has some, shall we say, creative takes on dying, like how its young heroine Lydia (Winona Ryder) spends most of the movie saying she wants to die by suicide so she can spend more time with her ghost friends. Death is absurd, unpredictable, and even alluring in the world of "Beetlejuice."

It makes sense, then, that the sequel would double down on the deaths. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" begins with...

[This story contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Arthur Conti went from zero to sixty in record time. The English actor turned the equivalent of a high school musical into representation, which led to a two-line day on House of the Dragon and an acclaimed performance at London’s Park Theatre. Toward the end of his run on stage in Winner’s Curse, he put himself on tape for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton and Michael Keaton’s 1988 genre mashup, Beetlejuice. Unexpectedly, Conti soon found himself in the middle of a Zoom callback with Burton and the town’s newly anointed superstar, Jenna Ortega.

Within two hours, Conti officially landed the role of Jeremy Frazier, who Ortega’s character, Astrid Deetz, would eventually refer to as her “date from hell.” Astrid — having been estranged from her mother, Lydia (Winona Ryder), since the divorce and death of her father Richard (Santiago Cabrera...

While Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is one of Warner Bros’ biggest theatrical success stories of the year, at over $264 million in worldwide grosses and counting, there was a period in the decade-plus the studio was mulling the sequel in which execs advocated for the film to go straight to streaming on Max.

However, “that was never going to work for Tim,” says Pamela Abdy, Co-Chair of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, in a new interview with the New York Times. “You’re talking about a visionary artist whose films demand to be seen on a big screen.”

But while Abdy and Co-Chair Mike De Luca, who assumed the top film posts at Warner Bros in 2022, were highly enthusiastic about getting the Beetlejuice sequel made, they knew its budget would have to come down, for a theatrical release to make sense. While Burton and team had projected a $147M budget,...

Back in the spring of 2023, "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega said on a podcast that she personally rewrote some parts of the Netflix show's script that she didn't think quite worked. So, what do the show's creators think about that?

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who created the series for the streamer, were speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about their work on the Burton-Ortega collaboration "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" when the outlet brought up Ortega's comments. To be honest, both Gough and Millar handled it very professionally.

"That's hard," Gough admitted, adding that he and Millar have dealt with somewhat similar situations before. "We've done a few of these shows, like 'Smallville,' which was a big hit out of the gate. Suddenly, you have these young stars in the spotlight. They're going to misstep. They're going to say things. I think you just have to give them grace and know that it happens.

The 2022 TV series "Wednesday," created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, is a modern update of the Addams Family, characters featured in a series of ghoulish comic strips that first appeared in the pages of the New Yorker in 1933. Over the decades, the Addams Family characters were given their own sitcom, a few animated shows, and multiple theatrical features and TV movies, not to mention comic books, video games, and pinball machines.

The myth of the Addams Family has remained consistent throughout: The Addams are a loving, healthy family whose values only happen to be a complete dark mirror of ordinary people's. The Addams Family love death, bleakness, and misery. They regularly commit murder, and seem to be immortal. And yet, they love everything they do. The family patriarch Gomez is enthused and sexually devoted to his wife Morticia. The young daughter Wednesday is a classic Goth kid, and happy to harm her brother Pugsley.

[This story includes spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.]

Clocking in at just under two minutes, the involuntary calypso dance sequence in the original Beetlejuice, during which Catherine O’Hara’s Delia Deetz leads her dinner guests in a lip sync of Harry Belafonte’s “Day-o,” is arguably the most famous scene from the 1988 film. An homage in the sequel was always a given.

But, for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, director Tim Burton wanted to go even harder. The film’s climax includes another dance number — this one set to all seven minutes and 21 seconds of Richard Harris’ bonkers and much covered “MacArthur Park.” (Donna Summer’s disco-fied version spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1978.) It isn’t just another needle drop. It practically drives the narrative of the entire third act.

Screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, no strangers to the Burton-verse with their massive hit Netflix series Wednesday, spoke with...

This article contains mild spoilers for "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice."

Tim Burton's 1988 film "Beetlejuice" followed the post-death adventures of Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) after they died in a driving accident. By the movie's lore, the afterlife is a soul-deadening bureaucracy and ghosts have to wait in years-long, Dmv-like lines just to talk to their personal social workers. The Maitlands are unexpectedly assigned a haunting job that, according to some oblique contract, will require them to stay inside their country home for the next 125 years. This only becomes an issue when the house is sold and a family of caustic, stressed-out yuppies move in.

Luckily, the Maitlands bond with the yuppies' teenage daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder), as she is a gloomy Goth able to see ghosts. By the end of the film, the Maitlands and the yuppies, the Deetzes, learn to live in the same house.

Worldwide box office September 6 - 8 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros) $145.4m $145.4m $35.4m $35.4m 70 2. Alien: Romulus (Disney) $17.6m $314.4 $13.7m $217.2m 53 3. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney) $15.6m $1.3bn $8.4m $673.2m 53 4. It Ends With Us (Sony) $14.6m $309.4m $10.8m $168m 61 5. Despicable Me 4 (Universal) $9.1m $929.5m $7.3m $571.6m 85 6. Reagan (various) $5.2m $18.5m $9,740 $15,609 6 7. Go For Broke (various) $4.9m $52.7m $4.9m $52.7m 1 8. Inside Out 2 (Disney) $4.8m $1.7bn $4.1m $1bn 53 9. Blink Twice (Warner Bros) $4.2m $38.5m $2.1m $18.2m 69 10. The Forge (various) $3.2m $21.6m $262,130 $845,000 11

Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.

’Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ gets autumn...

Worldwide box office September 6 - 8 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros) $145.4m $145.4m $35.4m $35.4m 70 2. Alien: Romulus (Disney) $17.6m $314.4 $13.7m $217.2m 53 3. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney) $15.6m $1.3bn $8.4m $673.2m 53 4. It Ends With Us (Sony) $14.6m $309.4m $10.8m $168m 61 5. Despicable Me 4 (Universal) $9.1m $929.5m $7.3m $571.6m 85 6. Reagan (various) $5.2m $18.5m $9,740 $15,609 6 7. Go For Broke (various) $4.9m $52.7m $4.9m $52.7m 1 8. Inside Out 2 (Disney) $4.8m $1.7bn $4.1m $1bn 53 9. Blink Twice (Warner Bros) $4.2m $38.5m $2.1m $18.2m 69 10. The Forge (various) $3.2m $21.6m $262,130 $845,000 11

Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.

’Beetlejuice Beetlejuice...

The Juice has well and truly been set loose at the box office, as Tim Burton's long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel claims the No. 1 spot from Deadpool and Wolverine with a record-breaking domestic debut.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice scared up an estimated $110 million in North America ($145M worldwide) to give it the 3rd biggest opening of 2024; 2nd biggest opening ever for Tim Burton; 2nd best September opening, and 2nd biggest opening ever for a horror film, surpassing Warner Bros.' It: Chapter 2.

This also means that the sequel has already surpassed the original movie's entire global gross ($74 million) after a single weekend in theaters.

Getting back to Marvel Studios' massively successful first foray into R-rated territory, and it looks like the movie is set to premiere on Digital platforms early next month (we're still waiting on an official announcement).

Box Office: The Juice Is Loose!

- #BeetlejuiceMovie wins weekend with $110M+

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"Smallville" began as a Superman origin story, showing Clark Kent (Tom Welling) growing up as a Kansas farm boy in the early aughts. His best friend? Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum), of course! About halfway through, it became a straight-up Superman show that just didn't have the title or costume. Once you introduce the Justice League, you're out of the "prequel" period.

As this change happened, "Smallville" got very liberal about bringing in DC Comics characters — Clark even fought friggin' Darkseid in the 10th and final season! That makes two big absences stand out all the more. Batman and Wonder Woman, Superman's closest comrades and fellow parts of the DC Trinity, never show up in "Smallville."

At the 2024 TerrifiCon convention, Welling revealed it wasn't only fans who wanted Batman to pop in on "Smallville." Welling, though, said his ideal crossover would've been more low-key and free of any black, pointy-eared costumes:...

Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is off to a rip-roaring start at the domestic box office as if no time had passed between now and when the first film graced the big screen 36 years ago.

From Warner Bros., the first event pic of the fall season opened to a monstrous $111 million, coming in on the high end of expectations and even ahead of Sunday’s estimated $110 million. Whether it can successfully revive the franchise will depend on its staying power.

There’s also the question of overseas, where the original film didn’t play in theaters so doesn’t have the same nostalgic factor (it has developed some markets including the U.K and Australia). Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘s foreign launch of $35 million from 69 markets is notably behind its domestic showing, but the hope now is that it picks up momentum after placing No. 1 in numerous territories, and also...

Tim Burton’s highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy classic “Beetlejuice” had huge opening weekend numbers at the domestic box office. The new film, titled “Beetlejuice Returns,” brought in $41.5 million on its first Friday, including $13 million from previews on Thursday night. Studio projections show the movie could make over $102 million during its opening weekend. If achieved, this would make it the second highest grossing film for the month of September, second only to the 2017 thriller “It.”

“Beetlejuice Returns” sees Michael Keaton reprise his memorable role as the ghostly trickster Beetlejuice, along with returning cast members Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara. The sequel introduces new characters played by Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, and Willem Dafoe. The story follows Lydia Deetz and her family as they return home after a loss, only to discover Lydia’s daughter Astrid has inadvertently opened a portal to the afterlife.

Early audience reactions have been very positive.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is now in theaters, and we're breaking down the long-awaited sequel's batsh*t crazy final act to see if the door to the Afterlife might be left open for a third movie.

Major spoilers follow.

When her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) is tricked into trading her soul to restore the ghost of murderous neighbour/love-interest Jeremy (Arthur Conti) to life, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) reluctantly summons Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton) for help. The Ghost with the Most agrees to bring Lydia to the Afterlife to rescue Astrid... if she'll sign a contract promising to be his bride.

Lydia manages to bring Astrid home, but has already agreed to marry Rory (Justin Theroux), who Betelgeuse exposes as a gold-digging cad. Still, the prospect of tying the knot with a lecherous demon isn't exactly appealing to Lydia, and Astrid manages to find a loophole which allows her mother out of the bargain.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is finally here.

The sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, once again directed by Burton, brings back a number of your favorite characters from the original, including Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder), her stepmother Delia Deetz (Catherine O’Hara) and, of course, the ghost with the most himself Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton). Of course, there are a few exceptions. Notably, Jeffrey Jones doesn’t return, with his character Charles Deetz killed off during a stop-motion animation sequence. (This has as much to do with narrative drive as it does with Jones’ off-camera status as a real-life sex offender.)

But perhaps the most jarring exclusion in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s Barbara and Adam Maitland. Not only were they the main characters in the first film, but the sequel makes it a point to return to the Maitland’s house in Winter River, Connecticut, including to the model...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the loooong-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s beloved 1988 classic, is a bold attempt to recapture the magic of its predecessor. With original stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara reprising their roles, Burton reunites with his eccentric creation, hoping to evoke the whimsical macabre style that defined his early career. Yet, despite a healthy dose of nostalgia, quirky visual effects, and Danny Elfman’s unmistakable score, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice falls short of its potential, delivering an uneven, overstuffed Halloween romp that’s more style than substance.

The film picks up 36 years after the original, with Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) now a famous TV ghost-hunter and mother to rebellious teenager Astrid (Jenna Ortega). Lydia, still haunted by her past encounter with Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton), finds herself drawn back into the Neitherworld when Astrid unwittingly becomes trapped in the afterlife. Astrid, duped by a local boy named Jeremy (Arthur Conti...

With the juice officially loose a second time in theaters as of Sept. 6, those looking to remember what the 1988 original Beetlejuice was about might want to watch the first film.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice features a cast of some new characters as well as familiar faces that appeared in the first film. The sequel comes from director Tim Burton and writers Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith.

Find details below on where to stream the first Beetlejuice film.

Where Can I Watch Beetlejuice(1988)? Is It Streaming?

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is available to stream on Max. Prime Video, Hulu and Disney+ will also have the film with the Max extension.

Who Was in the Cast of Beetlejuice(1988)?

Aside from those already mentioned, Annie McEnroe played realtor Jane Butterfield, who was so eager to sell the Maitland house even before they died. Glenn Shadix played Otho, Delia’s decorator, who also took...

While Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is set to become a major success, its writers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, are setting up their next project. THR reports that the writers of the Beetlejuice sequel are set to produce a movie adaptation of Ice Cream Man, the horror anthology comic written and created by W. Maxwell Prince.

Screen Gems recently acquired the rights to Ice Cream Man and is in early development on the movie. Gough and Millar will produce through their Millar Gough Ink banner, and Aaron Schmidt will also produce for the company. The search is currently on for a writer. The comic tells a series of loosely connected horror stories which typically share the common link of Rick, an ice cream man whose motives are mysterious. Sometimes friend, sometimes foe, Rick uses his inexplicable powers to string together tales of woe and wonder. The series is illustrated by Martin Morazzo with colours by Chris O’Halloran.

Image Comics’ popular comic book series Ice Cream Man was at one point being turned into a television series for the now defunct Quibi, but the property has found new life this week.

THR reports this afternoon that Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) are producing a film adaptation of the Ice Cream Man comics for Sony’s Screen Gems.

“Ice Cream Man serves up a range of horror flavors and genres, all threaded by the weaver of these tales, the titular character, who could be friend or foe, an angel or a devil.”

The Hollywood Reporter notes in today’s exclusive report, “The project is in early development and a search for a writer is currently underway.” Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

Ice Cream Man was created by W. Maxwell Prince. The “semi-anthological dark comedy horror comic book series” debuted back in 2018 courtesy of Image Comics.

The Ice Cream Man is ready to ring you up a scoop of suffering.

Sony genre label Screen Gems has acquired film rights to the horror anthology comic book that was written and created by W. Maxwell Prince.

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of the smash hit Wednesday series and writers of the new Beetlejuice movie, are on board to produce the adaptation via their Sony-based Millar Gough Ink. The company’s Aaron Schmidt is also producing.

Ice Cream Man serves up a range of horror flavors and genres, all threaded by the weaver of these tales, the titular character, who could be friend or foe, an angel or a devil. Artists Martin Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran joined Prince on the book.

The comic has been in and out of the Hollywood freezer since it debuted in 2018 from Image Comics. It was once set up at a series...

The Juice is on the loose.

Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed a promising $13 million in Thursday and Wednesday previews at the North American box office.

The Warner Bros. event pic is on course to deliver one of the biggest September openings of all time with anywhere from $90 million to $110 million in its domestic debut, based on tracking data and advanced ticket sales. Tracking services show the film opening to $100 million-plus, but Warners is erring on the side of caution.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice delivered the second-biggest September preview number of all behind fellow Waners’ R-rated blockbuster It, which took in $13.5 million on its way to a $123 million opening in early September 2017, not adjusted for inflation. It, based on a Stephen King novel, remains the record holder for biggest September opening. (Beettlejuice Beetlejuice can claim the biggest September preview number for a PG-13 title).

The second-biggest September opening belongs to...

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, is now in theaters, and, as fans hoped it would, the movie does explain what happened to the original film's protagonists.

Though Michael Keaton's titular Ghost with the Most was obviously the main attraction in Tim Burton's horror comedy classic, the main characters were actually Adam and Barbara Maitland (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis).

The recently married couple are killed in a car accident in the first few minutes of the movie, and their displaced spirits wind up summoning Betelgeuse in an effort to drive the new owners of their house (Winona Ryder's Lydia Deetz and her family) away. Things don't exactly go according to plan, however.

Ultimately, Betelgeuse is banished, and the Deetzs and Maitlands agree to share the house.

Keaton, Ryder and Catherine O'Hara (who plays Lydia's mother) reprise their roles for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but Baldwin and Davis don't appear.

The path to finally getting a “Beetlejuice” sequel off the ground started on the set of the Netflix series “Wednesday.”

“Wednesday” creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar would meet with Tim Burton, the show’s executive producer and the director of the first half of the season, every morning during production. They would go over the scenes that were supposed to be shot that day, just to talk them through. But then they got a text one day from Burton. He wanted to meet them after the shooting day had wrapped.

“We thought something was wrong,” Gough admitted in an interview with TheWrap.

But something wasn’t wrong. Instead, Burton wanted to talk to them about something – a sequel to his 1988 hit “Beetlejuice.”

“He basically said, ‘Beetlejuice is the movie that everybody asks for a sequel to,’” Gough said. Burton, at the time, had been talking to original...