has revealed he considered retiring from filmmaking after the release of his 2019 movie , but that his positive experience working on the hit series reinvigorated him enough to return with the forthcoming . The horror comedy sequel, which sees reprise her role as Lydia Deetz from the original 1988 film, is set to be released on September 6. Speaking to Burton, 65, said that after the release of , he wasn’t sure whether he would continue making films: “I really didn’t know.
I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired, or become..
. well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again, that’s over.” The director said that it was that “reconnected me to making things.
” The Netflix series, which is a spinoff from the supernatural Addams Family series, was created by screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar with Burton joining as a director and executive producer. “We went off to and it felt like it was a creative health camp,” recalled Burton. “It went so well.
” was a huge hit for Netflix. After just one week of release, it had been streamed for a total of 341.2 million hours, beating a record previously held by .
A much-anticipated second season is expected to arrive next year Meanwhile, will reunite Ryder with Michael Keaton, as the titular ghoul, and star Catherine O’Hara who returns as Lydia’s mother Delia Deetz. Newcomers to the cast include Monica Bellucci, who plays Beetlejuice’s wife, Willem Dafoe, who plays the sinister Wolf Jackson, and Justin Theroux as a character named Rory. ’s Arthur Conti also joins the cast to make his feature film debut.
Earlier this year, He told that getting Keaton back into the iconic costume and makeup was “a weird out-of-body experience”. “He just got back into it,” Burton said. “It was kind of scary for somebody who was maybe not that overly interested in doing it.
It was such a beautiful thing for me to see all the cast, but he, sort of like demon possession, just went right back into it.” He added that he and Keaton had discussed a sequel for years, but that “unless it felt right, he had no burning desire to do it.” Burton continued: “I think we all felt the same way.
It only made sense if it had an emotional hook.” He said they found that hook in Ortega’s character Astrid. “I so identified with the Lydia character, but then you get to all these years later, and you take your own journey, going from cool teenager to lame adult, back and forth again,” explained Burton.
“That made it emotional, gave it a foundation. So that was the thing that really truly got me into it.”.
