Tim Burton on Why Now's the Right Time for 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

Director Tim Burton chats with THR at the world premiere of 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' in London and reveals why now was the right time for a sequel.

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00:0036 years since the first Beetlejuice. Why now?

00:05Well, because the Lydia character interests me.

00:08Going older, this is where you start thinking about what happens to you.

00:11You start as a cool teenager, then what happens in life?

00:14Relationships? Do you have kids?

00:17What are they like? What are you like? How do you change?

00:20These are all things that I know and experience,

00:22so it felt more right to make this now rather than back in 1989.

00:27Will there be a Beetlejuice 3?

00:29Well, if the time frame goes wrong, I'll be about 100.

00:32So, maybe. I doubt it.