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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTim Burton has revealed that his long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel, titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, was inspired by his own journey “from cool teenager to lame adult”.The original 1988 film, which has become a cult favourite, followed the recently deceased Maitlands (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) as they recruit the demon Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) to try and rid their former home of…

Posted in: Batman, Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, DC Comics | Tagged: Batman '89, tim burtonWriter of the Batman movie from 1989, Sam Hamm, has continued to write that story with Batman '89: Echoes from DC Comics.Writer of the Batman movie from 1989, Sam Hamm, has continued to write that story with Batman '89 Echoes from DC Comics, even as it slips down the schedules somewhat. It's still comparatively early as to when Sam Ham's Batman 2 sequel script would originally have come out, if Batman Returns hadn't…

It's almost too wild to believe but, after nearly 40 years since the release of its famous predecessor and years of sequel speculation, Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 has finally wrapped! Not only that, but it's also landed on the 2024 movie schedule. Now, the Ghost With the Most himself, Michael Keaton, opened up about how it feels to finally be able to return to his iconic character. Additionally, he opened up about collaborating with Burton again after all these years.Michael Keaton is slipping back into the ghostly shoes…

As the Mayor said in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: “Terrible news, folks! The worst tragedy of our time!” The 1993 flick (which is now considered one of the best claymation Christmas movies) was originally undervalued by audiences. However, in the past three decades, it has become a staple of many people’s watchlist, even becoming a comfort film that can be viewed during the holidays or far after they've passed. So, of course, fans have long been asking for a sequel, which would give them a chance to…

Netflix has a teaser for Family Pack, the board game-based film starring Jean Reno. Taika Waititi is adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun with Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams set to star, and there’s a new poster for murderous teddy bear movie Imaginary. It’s spoilerin’ time!V. E. Schwab on Her New Fantasy Series, Anime, and Book Recommendations | io9 Interview (Part 1)Screenshot: YouTubeAttack of the 50 Foot WomanDeadline reports Tim Burton is attached to direct a new remake of 1958's Attack of the 50 Foot Woman…

It’s been five years since Tim Burton’s last movie, the live-action Dumbo remake, came out (an subsequently led to him not wanting to work with Disney again), but thankfully he’s making his big cinematic return for the 2024 release schedule. His Beetlejuice sequel arrives in the fall, and thanks to the new poster, we now know it’s officially titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Now, ahead of that flick’s arrival, it’s been revealed that Burton will be remaking a sci-fi classic as his next movie.Continuing his run at Warner…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTim Burton is set to direct a remake of sci-fi classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.The original film, released in 1958, told the story of a wealthy heiress who has a close encounter with an enormous alien and subsequently grows into a giant.It was directed by Nathan Juran and starred Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers.According to reports in Deadline, Burton will oversee…

LeVar Burton got a glimpse into his lineage in “Finding Your Roots” and discovered something about his ancestors that shocked him. The former “Reading Rainbow” host, freedom-to-read advocate and actor knew little about his lineage. He’d been estranged from his father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, since he was 11, and his mother, Erma Gene Christian, had been tight-lipped about her own history. Burton said it was “impossible” to get her to open-up about her upbringing. On the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” host Henry…

On Tuesday night’s episode of Finding Your Roots, LeVar Burton was shocked to discover that he’s part-white. Burton, the renowned host of PBS educational series Reading Rainbow and star of Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, came into the show with questions about his family tree, since him and his two sisters were raised by a single mother, Erma Gene, in Sacramento, California. And Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the PBS genealogy series that traces celebrities’ ancestry, and is currently in its tenth…

When director Tim Burton met Jack Nicholson to discuss the possibility of him playing the the Joker in the 1989 Batman film, Burton claimed he was terrified. However, it wasn’t because of Nicholson himself — rather, it was something Nicholson didn’t know Burton was afraid of. Batmania took over in the summer of 1989 thanks to Warner Bros. showering the world with ads and merchandise, creating Bat-fever in anticipation of the film’s release. Then, when the movie turned out to live up to the lofty expectations, everyone…