Beetlejuice Beetlejuice —the decades-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s spooky-season classic—was a box-office hit, meaning that even if it didn’t make quite the same cultural impact as its inspiration, talk of a threequel is already in the air. But even if Hollywood has its hopes up, Burton and star Jenna Ortega aren’t making any promises.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was a huge success, and while Beetlejuice 3 has been announced, doing it without Tim Burton would be a big mistake.

Safe to say Burton would indeed feel disrespected if Beetlejuice 3 went on without him at the helm. “I feel very proprietary about everything I do, even if I don’t own the characters,” he explained. “When they did the [Beetlejuice Broadway musical], I got pissed.” Warner Bros., beware!