However, they nearly got brief cameo appearances before ultimately nixing the idea.

So they kind of needed to look like they were 35, which was never going to happen.

I think Tim felt, and Miles and I agreed, that their story had been told.

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So how do we move on from that?

Its stillunclear how a cameo with the Maitlands would have workedinBeetlejuice 2s ending.

The Maitlands having a cameo wouldnt elevate the messages ofBeetlejuice 2’s resolution and thereconciliation between Lydia and Astrid.

Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) with his arms around a worried Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) in Beetlejuice.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.

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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice stars Michael Keaton as the titular “bio-exorcist”, an obnoxious spirit who specializes in driving living occupants out of homes. When Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die suddenly, they pass into the spirit realm, and must stay in their home. However, in the living world, the Deetz family purchases the house and moves in, prompting the Maitlands to enlist the help of Beetlejuice to drive them away.

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