Jenna Ortega could work on another Tim Burton project after ‘Wednesday’

At 20 years old, Jenna Ortega is adding projects at high speed to her acting career. It has already added two very high-voltage products: at the end of last year it premiered ‘Wednesday’, one of the best original series on Netflix, and now it returns to theaters with ‘Scream VI’ after we saw it in 2022 in ‘ Scream’ and ‘X’. seems to have

Now, After having put himself under the orders of Tim Burton in the Netflix series, he could repeat with him for a role in ‘Bitelchus 2’ As reported by Variety, although it was on the Hot Mic podcast, he was the first to hear about this casting choice news.

The actress is currently in talks to play the daughter of Lydia Deetz, the character played by Winona Ryder. in the original movie. This would be the second time he has worked with Burton, as the filmmaker executive produced “Wednesday” and directed four of its eight episodes. Michael Keaton is also set to reprise his role as the title character.. The representatives of Warner Bros. and Ortega have not given any statement about the possible new project of the actress.

The sequel had been in the works at Warner Bros. for some time before Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company officially boarded it in February of last year.. The original ‘Bitelchus’ centers on Charles (Jeffrey Jones), Delia (Catherine O’Hara) and Lydia Deetz (Ryder), who live in a house formerly occupied by the Maitlands (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis). The Maitlands died in a car accident, but their ghosts want to return to their old house and recruit Bitelchus (Keaton), a “bio-exorcist”, to scare the Deetz away.

Received with critical acclaim, ‘Bitelchús’ grossed $74 million in North America on a budget of only $15 million.

Conversations about a possible sequel to the film arose in 2013., when Keaton confirmed that he and Burton were talking about doing a sequel. Burton said in 2014 that he missed the character Beetlejuice (originally Beetlejuice), saying, “There’s only one Beetlejuice, and that’s Michael. There’s a script, and I’d love to work with him again. I think there’s a better opportunity now than ever before.” … I miss that character. There’s something cathartic and amazing about it. I think it’s closer than ever.” Ryder reconfirmed that the film was in the works during an interview on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ in 2015.

This would be one more production that adds to Ortega’s career, after the second season of ‘Wednesday’ was confirmed.