RELATED STORIES From the queen of autotune to the King of the Underworld, there was no shortage of iconic characters on display at the 2019 Tony Awards. Sunday’s 73rd annual ceremony once again brought to the best of Broadway into America’s living rooms for an unforgettable night of singing, dancing and occasionally communing with the […]
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‘Documentary for the Recently Deceased: The Making of Beetlejuice’ Sneak Peek: Crowdfunded Documentary Examines Tim Burton Classic
It’s showtime! With a Beetlejuice musical out, it was only a matter of time before a documentary dove into the making of the Tim Burton cult classic. But it will take more than saying “Beetlejuice!” three times to conjure up this documentary. The feature-length documentary, titled Documentary for the Recently Deceased: The Making of Beetlejuice, is currently running a crowdfunding […]
‘Beetlejuice’ Musical First Look Reveals a “Younger, Punkier” Version of the Ghost with the Most
Over the years, there have been rumblings of a sequel to Tim Burton’s horror comedy classic Beetlejuice, but the plans never seem to come together. In the meantime, a different take on the ghost with the most is making its way to Broadway in the form of a stage musical adaptation of the movie, and […]
‘Beetlejuice’ Originally Had a Much Darker Ending
Beetlejuice is on everyone’s mind lately due to the film’s 30th anniversary. While you’re reflecting back on Tim Burton‘s 1988 dark comedy, here’s something you may not know: the film almost had a much darker ending. Read about the Beetlejuice alternate ending below. Happy 30th birthday, Beetlejuice – you don’t look a day over 29! In 1988, […]
30 Years Later, ‘Beetlejuice’ Remains Peak Michael Keaton
It’s been too long, painfully so, since Michael Keaton got to be even remotely as funny and wild on screen as he is as the title character of Beetlejuice. Keaton has mercifully had a bit of a career revival in the last handful of years, having starred in two of the last four Best Picture […]
‘Beetlejuice’ Musical Sets Its Pre-Broadway Premiere, Just in Time for Halloween
Your millennium has just been made. The long-awaited Beetlejuice musical has just set its pre-Broadway premiere in Washington, D.C. And it’s just in time for Halloween. It’s the 30th anniversary of Beetlejuice this month, so what better time to announce the debut of its long-in-the-making musical? Yes, it’s been 30 years since Michael Keaton’s sleazy ghost first […]
Mondo Live: How a ‘Beetlejuice’ Poster Was Designed on Stage in One Hour
The artistic process can be painful and awkward. Artists toil away in isolation, working through a hundred bad ideas before settling on something that works. Only after much trial and error, after much experimentation, does something beautiful actually take shape. It’s a private process. A personal process. A mysterious process. And that’s what made MondoCon 2017‘s […]
We Are Still Threatened With ‘Beetlejuice 2’ as New Writer is Hired
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetle—” It feels like we’re stuck in that limbo between the second uttered “Beetlejuice” and the final repetition of the title character’s name that will summon the long-gestating sequel. Still, Beetlejuice 2 continues to inch toward development: a new writer has been hired to revise the script of the project that has been a longtime resident […]