Tom Cruise nearly starred in a Tim Burton movie 34 years ago, and Beetlejuice 2 has the perfect role for him that could've made up for the lost part.

Burton's attempt at diversity falls flat, worsening casting controversies with a problematic cultural reference.

Tim Burton has some experience with streaming under his belt, as he is an executive producer on the hit Netflix series Wednesday, but in the discussion of making Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the idea of making it as a Max original was apparently a non-starter. In the words of producer Pamela Abdy,

Tim Burton is known for repeatedly working with actors, and here is every frequent collaborators who appears in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

The Beetlejuice sequel was "a very personal project" and not a cash grab made "for loads of money." "Over the past few years, I got disillusioned with the movie business. So I knew if I was going to do something I wanted to do it from my heart,