The director’s newest feature film Tim Burton 66, “The Ghosts Still Have Fun” premieres on Thursday (5) in Brazilian cinemas. The feature film is a sequel to the classic “Beetlejuice” released in 1988, and brings back stars who were present in the original work, as well as new names for the cast.
The film released almost 40 years ago features a couple, Bárbara (Geena Davis ) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin ), who, after suffering a car accident, are left with their spirits trapped in their old home. When a new family and their teenage daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder) move into the residence, the ghost couple tries, unsuccessfully, to scare the new residents, in order to make them leave.
Their attempts at haunting attract a flamboyant spirit, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), whose help proves dangerous for both the pair of souls and the innocent Lydia.
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara return to the sequel in their iconic roles. The film also gains the addition of Jenna Ortega (“Wandinha”, Scream 6″), Monica Bellucci (“Matrix”) and Willem Dafoe (“Spider-Man”, “The Lighthouse”).
What is “Beetlejuice Still Have Fun” about?
The new story will show Lydia’s return to the house where her family was haunted in the original plot after a tragic event involving one of her loved ones. Accompanying her will be her daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), who will be responsible for finding a model of the city, built by the ghost couple in the 1988 story.
Astrid will question her mother about past events, while meeting a mysterious young man from the city. In contrast, dark events will lead Lydia to summon the ghost Beetlejuice again.
With new colors and even more visually rich scenarios of the “afterlife” environment, Tim Burton further explores the stop-motion technique, an animation technique that consists of taking several photos of inanimate objects to assemble the scenes, and his classic fantasy, dark and “gothic” style, already seen in both the original production of Beetlejuice and in works such as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Corpse Bride”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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