On March 22, the sequel to the fantasy horror comedy "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" directed by Tim Burton ("Batman", "Big Fish", "Edward Scissorhands") released a teaser, and the archmage "Beetlejuice" returned after 36 years.
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The film has a luxurious cast, including: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Katherine O'Hara return to star, Jenna Ortega, Justin Therox, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe new arrivals.
"Archmage of Hades 2" is written by Alfred Guff and Miles Miller ("Critical Number Four"), and Brad Pitt's Plan B company is involved in the production. The film was completed at the end of November last year. According to Tim Burton, the film was also affected by the strike of Hollywood screenwriters and actors during the filming process, and the production cost increased slightly.
The previous work, Beetlejuice, was released in 1988. It tells the story: Adam and Barbara, who run a hardware store, died in a traffic accident and became ghosts, and they were reluctant to live in the house they lived in. However, the Deeds and Charles families, who moved in, made extensive changes to the couple's house. Adam and Barbara come up with a haunting trick to try to scare the Deeds away but it doesn't work, but they are seen through by Lydia, Dicki's weird daughter who loves to stay in the dark, and it's rare to be a ghost. So he hired an archmage from the underworld, "Beetle Juice", to try to scare the new occupants away.
The film has a good reputation, with a Douban score of 7.7 and more than 16,000 people. "The Archmage of Hades" won $75 million at the global box office at a cost of $15 million, and also won awards such as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, and was also selected as one of the top 100 comedy films in AFI's 100-year film history.
It is worth mentioning that in the list of "Top 10 Most Anticipated Films by North American Audiences in 2024" announced by Fandango, the largest ticketing website in North America, "Archmage of the Underworld 2" beat "Ghostbusters: The Frozen City", "Dune 2", "Venom 3" and other films, ranking second, second only to "Deadpool 3/Deadpool and Dead Friends".
And in the list of "Most Anticipated Movie Roles of 2024" announced by Fandango, Michael Keaton's archmage "Beetle Juice" ranked third.
"Archmage of Hades 2" will be released in North America on September 6.