'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara and Jenna Ortega will kick off this year's Venice International Film Festival. This will mark the world premiere for Tim Burton's hotly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy-horror hit. The film will premiere in Venice on August 28th, screening out of competition. The Warner Bros. release hits the big screen in North America on September 6th and internationally beginning September 4th.
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00:00Death is hard.
00:02Yeah, sometimes I think life is harder.
00:04Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and Janet Ortega,
00:09will kick off this year's Venice International Film Festival.
00:12This will mark the world premiere for Tim Burton's hotly anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy horror hit.
00:18When I was a teenager, a trickster demon terrorized our entire family and tried to force me to marry him.
00:27The film will premiere in Venice on August 28, screening out of competition.
00:31The Warner Bros. release hits the big screen in North America on September 6 and internationally beginning September 4.
00:37Burton said in a statement,
00:39I'm very excited by this. It means a lot to me to have the world premiere of this film at the Venice Film Festival.
00:44The movie sees Ortega play Astrid, the daughter of Ryder's character Lydia.
00:48When Astrid opens the portal to the afterlife, Lydia's family must deal with the consequences.
00:54If you say his name three times, he will appear.
00:59Beetlejuice.
01:01The juice is loose.
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