Alfred Gough and Miles Millar Reflect on Tim Burton and Writing ‘Beetlejuice 2’

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[{"selector":"#anim-3597f141-b00e-44b5-8370-8dbf22d03cce [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.514648210040342%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Burton, a talented stop-motion animator, intended to develop an animated version of The Addams Family, but it never happened.

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[{"selector":"#anim-3eb1d927-b56a-4a8c-8f6d-dd6935ff762b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.19454215761422%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Miles and I met with Tim every morning in his trailer to go over the day's sequences when we shot Wednesday's first season.

[{"selector":"#anim-4abe16cd-2711-447d-ae3c-1f689b138855 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.240844612732676%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] He was generally in his car and gone for the day after shooting, Gough and Millar informed me in a Zoom conversation this week.