Director and producer Tim Burton, promoting the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, poses on the red carpet during a Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US April 9, 2024.ROME — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, will open this year's Venice Film Festival, bringing with it a slew of Hollywood stars who were largely absent from the Lido red carpet in 2023 because of an actors' strike.
The film sees Michael Keaton return to the lead role, and also stars Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, and Jenna Ortega, who last teamed up with Burton on the hit Netflix show "Wednesday". The Venice Film Festival marks the start of the awards season and regularly throws up big favourites for the Oscars.