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Omni!
So,
there has been an exciting little rumor buzzing all around movie land and the
Internet…and if it is true, I will be the happiest girl in the world! For those who haven’t heard, supposedly,
(fingers crossed!) there is talk of a second Beetlejuice movie in the
works. And, yes, it looks like Michael
Keaton will be reprising his role as Beetlejuice!!! The only drawback – it is not certain if Tim
Burton will come back to direct the second film – What????? This can’t be true!!!
If it
is true, and Tim Burton decides not to direct, I pray to God above that whoever
takes charge will keep the adult humor and the dark quirkiness that Tim Burton
so wonderfully-established in the first film.
I am begging you, Do Not Make This Into A Kid-Friendly Cutesy-Type
Film! It just won’t work!
Just in case the writers might be stuck on what to write about or which direction to take, I am here to help. Here is my brilliant idea for part 2:
The movie starts out,
years later, same house – except now, Lydia, her husband, and their two teenage
children, live there. Lydia’s dad and
stepmom moved away years ago, leaving her the house. Though Lydia is now married, she still
remains the Goth character that we remember from the first film. To add a little dramatic flair, let’s make
her husband more of a hipster-type skeptic.
Their two teenage kids (a boy and a girl), are outcasts and misfits, and
take more after their mother; with interests in the paranormal and the
macabre. I must point out that Lydia’s
ghost couple pals, Adam and Barbara Maitland come around occasionally, but they
no longer inhabit the house. Instead,
they are busy “traveling the world.”
The drama begins one
rainy afternoon, when the bored teenagers decide to go snooping around in the
old attic. You see, Lydia and her
husband went away for the weekend. They
find a box of their mom’s old stuff…including a diary that chronicles all of
the events that occurred in the first film.
So…being full of curiosity about their mom’s interaction with the
paranormal, they break out the old Ouija board (when will people ever learn?) and
attempt to contact the spirits of the Maitlands, with no luck. Just when they feel as if their attempts were
pointless, a portal is opened, and Beetlejuice,
who has been waiting to find a way to get back to Lydia, is released. But he is not alone – a few other nasty
ghouls and one crazy poltergeist also come through.
Now it wouldn’t be a
modern-day Tim Burton film without the likes of Johnny Depp! So let’s make him the crazy poltergeist
character- real dark and creepy, but funny as hell, and oh-so-sexy! So he comes through the portal, and
immediately forms an attachment to the house, and later, to the girl. At first, Beetlejuice is fine with Depp’s character hanging around, he even
takes him under his wing to teach him the ways of the “bio-exorcist” and
supernatural troublemaker, but Beetlejuice
soon gets enraged, as he is extremely territorial, and doesn’t want any other
entities crouching on his space. He
especially thinks he still has a shot with Lydia after all these years. Beetlejuice
sends the young poltergeist packing, but there’s only one problem – Depp’s
character just won’t leave! And he is
much younger and stronger than his older counterpart.
Lydia and her husband
return home to find that there is a battle of ghoulish wits being waged, and
that their children have not only brought back Beetlejuice, but they have opened a portal. Lydia’s husband doesn’t remain a skeptic for
very long! Comedy ensues. A battle of wits and haunts to free the
household from Depp’s character and to banish the bothersome Beetlejuice once and for all to get him
to attach himself to another location, begins.
Bring in Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin as the Maitlands, who are summoned
to help, and, voila! A dark and hilarious
paranormal romp!
Yes, I am available
to write the screenplay for this – just sayin’!
Have a great week,
Everyone!
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