First, while Seth Grahame-Smith and David (son of Jeffrey) Katzenberg state that their proposed film would be a true sequel and not just a remake of Tim Burton's classic and that they'll only do it if Michael Keaton agrees to reprise his role as the used car salesman from hell, getting him to agree to it 23 years on would seem to be something of a challenge. Still, who knows? Maybe they'll make him an offer he can't refuse. And secondly, Burton himself would apparently not be helming the sequel which to me sounds like a good enough reason to give it a pass. What would the original have been without him? Nothing is the short answer. Burton and Beetlejuice were as much a part of each other as any director/film pairing in history. Putting someone else behind the camera to "extend" what was essentially a personal vision seems like a recipe for disaster, or at best, mediocrity. Guess we'll just have to stay tuned and see how it plays out.
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