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㽶ƵֱBeetlejuice Beetlejuice㽶Ƶֱ prepares to open 81st Venice Film Festival

Keaton and Ryder revisit Tim Burton㽶Ƶֱs 1988 hit nearly 40 years later
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Jenna Ortega, from left, Catherine O㽶ƵֱHara, Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci participate in the 㽶ƵֱBeetlejuice Beetlejuice㽶Ƶֱ cast photo call at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The 81st edition of the is kicking off in Hollywood fashion with the world premiere of 㽶ƵֱBeetlejuice Beetlejuice㽶Ƶֱ Wednesday.

Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O㽶ƵֱHara and Monica Bellucci are among the cast expected to grace the red carpet.

The film is a sequel to Tim Burton㽶Ƶֱs 1988 horror-comedy, which brings the Deetz family back to the family㽶Ƶֱs country home after the death of Charles. Ryder㽶Ƶֱs sullen Lydia is now mother to her own 㽶Ƶֱsurly㽶Ƶֱ teenage daughter, Astrid, played by Ortega, the star of Netflix㽶Ƶֱs popular series 㽶ƵֱWednesday.㽶Ƶֱ

And like Lydia did a few decades ago, Astrid stumbles upon that old model city in the attic and unleashes Keaton㽶Ƶֱs mischievous ghoul.

A Warner Bros. release, 㽶ƵֱBeetlejuice Beetlejuice㽶Ƶֱ is premiering out of competition before opening in theatres worldwide next week. The evening will kick off a the barrier island across the Venetian lagoon where the festival has been headquartered since 1932.

The festival will and Brad Pitt back later in the week, with the out of competition premiere of 㽶ƵֱWolfs㽶Ƶֱ and close out with on Sept. 7 before the awards are announced.

vying for the Golden Lion include Todd Phillips㽶Ƶֱ 㽶ƵֱJoker: Folie à Deux,㽶Ƶֱ with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix; Pablo Larraín㽶Ƶֱs starring Angelina Jolie; the erotic thriller 㽶ƵֱBabygirl㽶Ƶֱ starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson from filmmaker Halina Reijn; Luca Guadagnino㽶Ƶֱs William S. Burroughs㽶Ƶֱ adaptation 㽶ƵֱQueer,㽶Ƶֱ with Daniel Craig; and Pedro Almodóvar㽶Ƶֱs first English-language film, 㽶ƵֱThe Room Next Door,㽶Ƶֱ starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.





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