00:00Death is hard.
00:02Yeah, sometimes I think life is harder.
00:04Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton,
00:06Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, and Janet Ortega
00:09will kick off this year's Venice International Film Festival.
00:12This will mark the world premiere for Tim Burton's
00:14hotly anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy horror hit.
00:18When I was a teenager,
00:20a trickster demon terrorized our entire family
00:23and tried to force me to marry him.
00:25The film will premiere in Venice on August 28th,
00:30screening out of competition.
00:31The Warner Brothers release hits the big screen
00:33in North America on September 6th
00:35and internationally beginning September 4th.
00:38Burton said in a statement,
00:39I'm very excited by this.
00:40It means a lot to me to have the world premiere of this film
00:43at the Venice Film Festival.
00:44The movie sees Ortega play Astrid,
00:46the daughter of writer's character Lydia.
00:48When Astrid opens the portal to the afterlife,
00:50Lydia's family must deal with the consequences.
00:52If you say his name three times,
00:55he will appear.
00:58Beetlejuice.
01:00The juice is loose.
01:03For much more on this story
01:05and all the latest movie news,
01:07head to THR.com.
01:09This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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