The celebrities of the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice have arrived in Venice, because the premiere of the big-screen sequel kicks off the Italian movie competition.
Director Tim Burton has revisited his 1988 cult traditional for the movie, which sees Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton return to the franchise.
They’ve been joined within the sequel by actors together with Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe.
Woman Gaga, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Julianne Moore and Brad Pitt are among the many A-listers anticipated to look in Venice all through the remainder of the competition, which runs for 10 days.
The celebrities and director of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice arrived by water taxi forward of the sequel’s premiere, later signing autographs and posing for images.
Most have been wearing darkish, gothic colors, with a number of sporting black-and-white costumes, a reference to the Beetlejuice aesthetic made well-known by the unique movie.
It marks a return to kind for the movie competition, which hosted a lower-key occasion final 12 months because of the Hollywood writers’ strike.
Beetlejuice’s sequel sees Keaton reprise his position because the titular chaos-causing ghoul. The movie is launched within the UK on 6 September.
Burton, who has additionally directed Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility and Alice in Wonderland, mentioned the fantastical enterprise into the afterlife was a venture “from my coronary heart”.
“Up to now few years I bought just a little bit disillusioned with the film trade,” Burton advised journalists forward of the competition’s opening.
“For me, this film was re-reenergising, type of getting again to the issues that I like doing, the best way I like doing it, the individuals I like doing it with.”
Winona Ryder is returning for the sequel after starring within the 1988 unique
Director Tim Burton signed autographs and posed for photos
Jenna Ortega shot to fame because the star of the The Addams Household Netflix spin-off Wednesday
Monica Bellucci additionally wore black and white, a nod to the Beetlejuice aesthetic
The movie sees Michael Keaton reprise his position because the chaos-causing ghoul