Johnny Depp Reportedly Making Post-Trial Return to Film, Signs on for Sequel to ‘Beetlejuice’
Actor Johnny Depp, who emerged victorious Wednesday in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, could be making a comeback soon, if social media rumors prove true. The seeds of the rumors were found in online…
Actor Johnny Depp, who emerged victorious Wednesday in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, could be making a comeback soon, if social media rumors prove true.
The seeds of the rumors were found in online searches that linked Depp’s name with the upcoming film “Beetlejuice 2,” according to KXLY-TV.
The original 1998 film directed by Tim Burton concerned a dead married couple who return as ghosts to haunt a family they do not like with the hope of forcing the family to leave their former home. The sequel is supposed to air in 2025.
No official word has been issued linking Depp with the movie.
Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are also on the list of names linked to the proposed sequel.
Ryder, who starred alongside Depp in “Edward Scissorhands,” has said she wants the film to be shot.
“I’m in! I’m definitely excited, and I’m really hopeful that it’ll happen,” she said.
“The only way we would do it is if everything was perfect and we had all the people — obviously Michael and obviously Tim,” she said. Depp has made eight movies with Burton.
During the trial, Depp claimed Heard “ruined his life by falsely telling the world she was a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp,” Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez said last week in closing arguments, according to NPR