Winona Ryder revealed to Slash Film that she had a hard time imagining Lydia Deetz as a grown up, much less a mother and TV personality

For decades now, we’ve heard rumors about a sequel to Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s 1988 hit, which cemented his signature style. The story of a young goth girl (Winona Ryder) who tries to help two ghosts in her haunted home scare her parents away. The ghost they hire is a “Bio-exorcist” named Beetlejuice to do the deed. A cult classic to this day, plans for a sequel have always been rumored. During the ’90s, they even floated “Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian” to Kevin Smith.

But now, some 35 years after the original hit theaters, a sequel to the adventures of the “Bio Exorcist” is finally on the way. Original star Michael Keaton, director Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, and Scream and Wednesday star Jenna Ortega have all signed on for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Speaking of Ryder, she revealed to Slash Film that she had a hard time imagining Lydia Deetz as a grown up, much less a mother and TV personality.

“I think certainly, I never pictured Lydia either having children or in any type of relationship,” Ryder said. “I just always thought she was just probably in her own world as she got older. Just sort of in the attic and happy, but alone.”

But, after meeting Ortega and Justin Theroux, who plays Lydia’s boyfriend Rory, it was easier to find this unexpected version of Lydia. We certainly didn’t think she’d be on TV, either.

Let’s bust out that Handbook for the Recently Deceased; here is everything we know about the upcoming Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

As we hoped, the title for this movie is Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! We love it, because this way, if they ever make it a trilogy, they can call the third one Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! and Michael Keaton will magically appear when summoned, just by saying the title.

The Beetlejuice sequel will center on the daughter of Lydia Deetz from the first film. And somehow, the previously unknown wife of Beetlejuice will play a part as well. We think it’s safe to say that both ghosts and the afterlife will play a rather large role. The teaser trailer also finally have our first look at Ortega and Keaton in their roles. We get to see Ortega’s character in deeper detail in another Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer.