WTF Happened to Beetlejuice?

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [Music] that was a close one a massive success upon release Beetlejuice went through a strange and unusual production that saw multiple rewrites and firings not to mention the dodging of some seriously questionable casting choices but through the terrific performances by its cast and creative skirting around a small budget the movie became one of the best horror comedies ever worthy of a sequel that has been in development hell for over three decades so let's open up the handbook for the recently deceased this book reads like stereo instructions listen to this and shake shake shake Senora because it's showtime let's find out what the happened to this movie following the massive success of peewee's big adventure which pulled in 40 million dollars on a seven budget Tim Burton had his pick of what his next project would be one thing he knew it wouldn't be talking horse movie hot to try instead he set his sights on the bat signal planning to adapt to Batman but when that didn't pan out yet he came across a script courtesy of David Geffen that's screenplayed by Michael Mcdowell was titled Beetlejuice and that's two words just as the opening credits indicate even though the poster shows it as one but I must express myself if you don't let me cut out this house and make it my own I will go and stay and I will take you with me before Geffen's hook over Larry Wilson was brought along to play with a script which the two took to Universal where they were told quote this piece of weirdness this is what you're going to go out into the world with you're developing into a very good executive you've got great taste and material why are you going to squander all that for this piece of when you guys shut up and leave me alone I've got all this paperwork to do once Geffen hired Burton as director he basically canned McDowell and Wilson over creative differences instead opting for Warren scarrin of Beverly Hills Cop to paint to incorporate more humor into the script and it needed it as McDowell's ripped was dark as in oh we'll show you a car crash all right as in Barbara wailing in pain and Freight after one of the covered bridge pilings impales her arm as in it's not a dog that causes the accident but a group of mad Hunters as in Beetlejuice was a murderous who wanted the Dietz family dead and not a lecherous perv after a child bride okay so the final final draft was a bit disturbing too there you go I'm telling you honey she meant nothing to me nothing at all it might not be a surprise now that Wes Craven was once attached it's not unusually I say cut a monkey Wes I mean Jesus you guys aren't even trying anymore are you but the market research says people love monkeys monkey do so see there were other major changes made as well in the original versions Beetlejuice has wings snake eyes and the features of a middle eastern man there was also a younger sister for Lydia Dietz named Kathy who would at one point be attacked by Beetlejuice in Squirrel form further Lydia was supposed to die in a fire these were creative differences all right she has such a tendency to overreact don't worry we're not relying on her and so casting could begin as for the title role Burton wanted Sammy Davis Jr for some goddamn reason while producers were aiming for the likes of Bill Murray Jack Nicholson Tim Curry Christopher Lloyd Dudley Moore and Sam Kinison in describing the character Wilson said he was Groucho Marx from Hell which somehow screamed the guy for a Mr Mom Michael Keaton contributed greatly to the look of Beetlejuice including the finger in an electrical socket hair nasty ass teeth and moldy face he even reportedly partly based on the look on shoptop in Texas Chainsaw 2 here here who I have to kill here hold that for me would you know there you go you don't have to kill anybody ah possession good he also had a lot of saying in beetlejuices living the bulk of his line through his mere two weeks of shooting that is why I won't do two shows a night anymore babe I won't I won't do meanwhile Alec Baldwin and Gina Davis would play the recently deceased Adam and Barbara Maitland cute Lydia Dietz the Proto Hot Topic mascot would be Winona Ryder beating out Justine Bateman Jennifer Connolly Alyssa Milano Sarah Jessica Parker Molly Ringwald Brooke Shields and more with her performance in Lucas sealing the deal for Burton your lunch is sneaky Ryder hope the role would bring her popularity in high school instead she was labeled a witch due to her look which was actually inspired by the female audience at a cure concert Lydia's parents would be played by Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O'Hara cheers wouldn't let Kirsty alley do it although Angelica Houston was closest to the role even edging out Sigourney Weaver Linda Hamilton and more The Supporting Cast would include CV icons like dick habit crooners like Robert Goulet and Classic Hollywood stars like Sylvia Sydney not bad not bad now you Greenland at a 15 million dollar budget Beetlejuice began production on March 11 1987. two key contributors would be production designer Beau Welch and cinematographer Tom Ackerman who worked closely with Burton to build the aesthetic from his Vivid storyboards Burton pointed them to German expressionism although Burton didn't pinpoint specific movies but rather moods and tones as a bonus Welch would later marry Catherine O'Hara exteriors were shot in the small Vermont town of East cornet standing in for winter River Connecticut which the team actually found through postcards it was here that the crew constructed the iconic house the covered bridge that Maitland's Drive off of and more the rest of the movie was shot in Culver City California as far as how the afterlife was conceived it was decided that it should feel like a dreary government office that had a limitless perspective that sounds about right how do I look there are no mirrors on this side fine look fine yeah fine thanks I've been feeling a little hahaha just one million dollars of the budget was designated for visual effects a lot of which was practical work mirror shots and stop motion so that decapitated Alec Baldwin yeah all trickery with the actor behind a black show card and the mirror scene where Barbara holds a horse statue in front the team turned the glass around so it faced the room moved the actors to the other side and quote you're looking into the set but the fireplace had been turned around and the mirror had been taken out really simple said art director Tom Duffield but no the sand worms were created in post sand worms you hate them right I hate him myself there was some simple trickery in the famous Deo scene too after problems achieving the desired effect of the shrimp hands grabbing the guest's face dick have it recommended Burton try shooting the scene in Reverse regarding the song itself Burton wanted to use a track by pop band The Ink Spots what it was actually Jeffrey Jones that gets credit for choosing Deo the Banana Boat Song by Harry Belafonte lending the most crucial component to the scene and to think the studio wanted to cut it are you uh how you doing down there Bobby give me that attitude you guys I'm doing it all for you of anecdotal note actor Glenn shadix who played otho had Deo play at his funeral another terrific moment had some after thought to it as well the last scene in which Beetlejuice gets his head shrunken was added after production rap as a way to send the audience out on a high note the other clothes originally had Lydia dancing to When a Man Loves a Woman instead of jumping the line what no love cats for the Cure fans goodbye Robert Smith thank you for your help visit us again this integration is the best album Ever After the movie wrapped in the movie awaited release Warner Brothers announced they wanted to rename Beetlejuice to house Goose Burton retaliated with another alternative scared sheetless yeah the title of course would remain Beetlejuice and Keaton only had to be in the movie for 17 minutes to secure it retrospectively star Alec Baldwin said and when we did Beetlejuice I had no idea what it was about I thought maybe all of our careers are going to end with the release of this film we're all going to be dead but Baldwin and Company would have little to worry about as Beetlejuice opened on March 30th 1988 at number one going on to grow 73.7 million dollars and become the 10th highest grossing movie of 1988 behind cocktail Moonstruck and die hard attention whoever you are this channel is reserved for emergency calls only the soundtrack would also do remarkably well composed mostly of Danny elfman's memorable score it also featured two Harry Belafonte songs the soundtrack hit the billboard 200 and charted for six weeks in the math test he likes it Beetlejuice didn't just fare well with the critics famed critic Pauline Hale called it a comedy classic but also on the awards circuit at the Saturn Awards it took home best horror film best supporting actress Sylvia Sydney as Juno and best makeup with another five nods but its biggest Accolade came at the 61st Academy Awards where Beetlejuice won the best makeup Oscar besting Coming to America and Scrooged and we all know that Keaton should have been nominated for best supporting actor it's okay you know why I don't want to do business with you deadbeats anyway thank you and its Legacy hasn't even begun to slow down it's consistently ranked as one of the best horror comedies ever and the American Film Institute would later rank it as the 88th funniest movie ever the year after its release came an animated series developed by Burton in which Beetlejuice and Lydia are buddies going on silly little ROMs there too were video games including a totally passable one for NES thirty years after Beetlejuice came out came the musical which opened in 2018 in Washington DC before hitting Broadway in 2019 closing temporarily during the covid-19 pandemic before officially Bowing in 2023. in the title role was Alex breitman who also voiced the character on an episode of Teen Titans Go and then there was the sequel and then there wasn't and then there was again and then and then I'm gonna come in there and I'm gonna put my foot in your ass if you say and then again talk of a Beetlejuice sequel began as early as 1990 when Jonathan gems later of Mars Attacks set out to pen Beetlejuice goes Hawaiian which would find the Dietz family off to Hawaii and Beetlejuice turning into something called josepher Burton was game apparently wanting a German expression as Beach Movie hybrid so think Dr Caligari meets Frankie and Annette even Heaton and Ryder were attached but the project was pushed aside for Batman Returns I believe the word you're looking for is in 1991 Burton approached Daniel waters of Heathers thus a Winona Ryder connection while Warner Brothers hired Pamela Norris from SNL in 1993. Kevin Smith even gave it a poke in 1996 but ditched it for Superman Liz another failed Tim Burton project he later said didn't we say all we needed to say with the first Beetlejuice must we go Tropical there was also another screenplay circling development by a Warren scarring called Beetlejuice in love in which Beetlejuice would chase the tale of a woman who recently lost her would-be fiance after falling from the Eiffel Tower while proposing that's enough now can you stop this although it's too late Charles I'm sorry as far as a more modern timeline on the Beetlejuice sequel in 2011 Seth Graham Smith later Dark Shadows also directed by Burton was set to write in 2013 Ryder hinted at a return herself the following year Burton confirmed a screenplay was indeed in the worst in 2015 writer again confirmed her return in 2017 Mike bukadinovich of television's kidding was hired for a rewrite in 2019 Warner Brothers announced it was shelved in 2022 Burton neither confirmed nor denied his involvement hope you like Italian where'd you go hey come on hey where'd you go oh hey come on you got a white Christmas here I'm just trying to cut a b what do you want me to do and yes as this video is being produced talk of a Beetlejuice sequel is running wild at this point plan B has come on board and Report have emerged of Jenna Ortega circling a roll Lydia's daughter perhaps and Jean-Claude Van Damme is reportedly playing a ghost whether or not the sequel actually ever comes to fruition is anybody's guess but who knows maybe if we say Beetlejuice 2 three times in a row it'll appear Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [Music] Beetlejuice it's your dad [Music]

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Length: 14min 43sec (883 seconds)

Published: Wed May 10 2023