BEETLEJUICE 2 Adds Monica Bellucci As The Ghost With The Most's Wife & Willem Dafoe As An Afterlife Cop

BEETLEJUICE 2 Adds Monica Bellucci As The Ghost With The Most's Wife & Willem Dafoe As An Afterlife Cop

Tim Burton's upcoming Beetlejuice sequel has made a couple of major cast additions, with Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe signing on for key roles...

By MarkCassidy - May 13, 2023 05:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Via FearHQ

The Ghost with the Most has got some game!

Following the recent news that Tim Burton's Beetlejuice sequel has now officially entered production, THR is reporting that Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe have joined the cast. 

Belluci is set to play the titular bio-exorcist's wife, while Dafoe is said to be "playing a law enforcement officer in the afterlife.”

Michael Keaton is set to reprise his role as Betelgeuse, along with Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz. It's also been confirmed that Catherine O'Hara will be back as Delia Deetz.

Other new cast members include Jenna Ortega as Lydia's daughter, and Justin Theroux in an undisclosed role.

Bellucci rose to fame starring in Italian and French movies such as Malèna, Irreversible and Brotherhood of the Wolf, before going on to appear in the likes of the Matrix movies, The Passion of the Christ, and Spectre. She can currently be seen opposite Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma.

Dafoe will be best known 'round these parts for playing the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and the recent No Way Home, but he's appeared in countless films over the years, including The Northman, Shadow of the Vampire, and The Lighthouse. He will next re-team with Robert Eggers for Nosferatu.

Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are currently working on the script.

The movie will hit theaters on Sept. 6, 2024.

What do you guys make of these cast additions? Drop us a comment down below.

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micvalpro
micvalpro - 5/13/2023, 6:09 AM
Ortega should have played Keaton's daughter. Being Lydias kid I'm worried she'll be type cast as Wednesday lite.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/13/2023, 6:10 AM
@micvalpro - They might go the unexpected route and have her be happy and well-adjusted... but prob not.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 5/13/2023, 6:31 AM
@MarkCassidy - I'm betting she'll play and uninterested teen who Lydia cant connect with after Ortegas dad dies and that re/introduces Beetlejuice into Lydia/Ortegas life.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/13/2023, 8:51 AM
@micvalpro - Yeah she’s already being typecast as the younger version of both Ricci and Aubrey Plaza.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/13/2023, 6:16 AM
I wasn't sold on this at all,but Dafoe as an afterlife cop definitely has my attention
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/13/2023, 6:31 AM
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/13/2023, 6:48 AM
This is getting more and more interesting with each article.

With Ortega they had my curiosity, with Burton they had my attention, now with Bellucci?


(And you know what sword I'm talking about).

Willem Dafoe as an afterlife cop is just icing on the cake. I mean, Dafoe as an afterlife cop might just have me sold on it's own. Like, "Hey do you wanna come see a random movie about Willem Dafoe as an afterlife cop"? Who would say no to that?

It's very possible this will be shit. Maybe it will, maybe it won't, but it's gonna be a hell of a time finding out.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/13/2023, 8:21 AM
@ObserverIO - All I can say is at least it's an actual sequel instead of a reboot. And it looks like they are going about it the right way by getting the original cast back.

Top Gun 2 worked magic, but their formula set them up for success. It looks like this is following a lot of that same formula.
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 5/13/2023, 6:56 AM
Monica Bellucci, eh?

MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 5/13/2023, 7:12 AM
That. Veronica. Vaughn.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 5/13/2023, 8:23 AM
@Mother[frick]erJon - Is one piece of aaaaaace. I know from experience, dude.
Crtdacct2say
Crtdacct2say - 5/13/2023, 8:21 AM
I strongly doubt anyone is currently working on the script.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/13/2023, 8:52 AM
I’ll be happy to see her in this 😳
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 5/13/2023, 9:30 AM
Oh yes, another sequel that nobody asked for.
Vigor
Vigor - 5/13/2023, 11:24 AM
@MaxPaint - what sequels DO people ask for?
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 5/13/2023, 12:12 PM
@Vigor - You can always use google, don't be afraid of it.
RolandD
RolandD - 5/14/2023, 12:05 AM
@MaxPaint - Speak for yourself.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 5/13/2023, 9:44 AM
At that news, i perked up
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/13/2023, 9:58 AM


Boner.

MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 5/13/2023, 10:38 AM
Vigor
Vigor - 5/13/2023, 11:23 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - natural plump lips, no filler
SethBullock
SethBullock - 5/13/2023, 7:06 PM
@MosquitoFarmer -

Spoken
Spoken - 5/13/2023, 10:50 AM
I have a feeling Lydia is going to bite the dust in the movie. Delia is probably alive to take care of her granddaughter at the old "Deetz" house from the first movie which is where she is able to connect with Lydia.
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