Jenna Ortega will participate as the daughter of Winona Ryder.
The actress earned $3 million for her role as Merlina.
The series was viewed by 50 million households in its first week of release.
Jenna Ortega has been confirmed for the prequel to ‘Beetlejuice’, the successful film was released on March 30, 1988. After 35 years of waiting, there is finally a confirmed release date. Director Tim Burton has signed the beloved ‘Merlina’ for the second installment, as well as its original protagonists Winona Ryder, who will be her mother, and Michael Keaton.
The first part narrated that of a couple who dies in a car accident and, while in limbo, he must deal with a very strange family moving into his house and wanting to change everything. Then they discover that, being ghosts, they can’t do much, but that there is someone who can help them: ‘Beetlejuice’, played by Keaton.
The film had a box office gross of 74 million 220 thousand 408 dollars. Production was handled by Warner Bros & The Geffen Film Company. He also won an Oscar for makeup, managing to become a cult classic.
Fans believed for decades that they would not see the peculiar ghost in a striped suit again, however, Tim Burton surprised the world by making it known that as of this Filming for the second part will begin on May 10 in London and will be in charge of the Plan B Entertainment studio, Founded by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.
While the script will be written by Mike Vukadinovichwho has been in charge of showtimes like Kidding. The release date will be September 6, 2024.
Tim Burton’s mastermind
In 1985, Tim Burton had his first approach to the cinematographic world with the feature film, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’, which lays the foundations of a very bizarre world, where the fantastic and the dark compete. Three years later his career took off with ‘Beetle Juice’.
Then in 1990 he produced ‘El Joven Manos de Tijera’, for the first time collaborating with Johnny Depp; then would come ‘The Headless Horseman’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, among others.
Recently, the director collaborated with actress Jenna Ortega for the series ‘Merlina’ on the Netflix platform. The young woman took the lead role and earned standing ovations for her somber portrayal of Morticia Addams’ daughter.
According to the Celebrity Net Worth platform, Jenna Ortega received 3 million dollars for the first season. This would place it as one of the highest paid actresses and, even, could renegotiate his contract after seeing the success that he obtained.
In its first season, ‘Merlina’ broke records, adding more than 341 million hours of reproduction of the first eight chapters on the platform streaming; Viewed in over 50 million homes during the first week of release on Netflix.