Writer Reveals “Beetlejuice” Sequel Details

Writer Seth Grahame-Smith says he’s working on a sequel for Beetlejuice and that he plans for it to follow the example of the original.

Talking to Bleeding Cool, Smith says that means that Beetlejuice won’t be the primary focus of the movie.

“I think the magic ingredient is trying not to over do it. Not to make it some crazy, overblown big Beetlejuice Saves the World type of story. Frankly, Beetlejuice himself is only in the original movie for about a half hour. I think using him sparingly is key. And not trying to make it so modern, family friendly and broad but to cling to the things that made it a little dangerous,” Smith says. “And obviously we’re not remaking the movie or rebooting it. It would be a sequel, and however much time has passed between the two movies, that’s the amount of time that will have passed in the story.”