After the success of ‘Merlina’ on Netflix, Jenna Ortega joins Michael Keaton in ‘Beetlejuice 2’

Jenna Ortega’s career has changed drastically with the success of the Netflix original series, ‘Merlina’, because the actress is becoming one of the stars of the moment in the film industry, and now she has joined the cast of one of the most interesting and anticipated films of recent years, ‘cockroach juice 2’.

Through the medium Variety confirmed the Jenna Ortega’s arrival at the cinema ‘cockroach juice 2’, where he joins two of the main protagonists of the original film released in 1988, for none other than the famous actors Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder have been confirmed.

Also, young people lead actress of ‘merlin’ will work again with director Tim Burton, as it was this director who created the successful production of Netflix, which now returns to shoot the second part of the adventure of this unique and funny ghost, a film that had some problems for its production.

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It is worth mentioning that ‘Beetlejuice 2’ was confirmed a couple of years ago, however, it had some problems to start with its production, because according to reports, the creatives behind this title would not agree on the story it would show this new film, this despite the fact that Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder They have already confirmed their return.

As for the role the actress would play in following of ‘cockroach juice’, it was revealed that Jenna Ortega would give birth to the daughter of none other than Lydia Deetzthe cold, curious and dark character that Winona Ryder played in 1989, so the protagonist of “Merlina” would have an important role in this fun sequel.

Merlina as Lydia Deetz’s Daughter in “Beetlejuice 2”

No doubt, Jenna Ortega’s performance in ‘Merlina’ makes her an ideal actress to play the daughter of Lydia Deetz, because the role that Winona Ryder played in 1989’s ‘Beetlejuice’ bears similarities to the young daughter of ‘Los Locos Addams” that many Netflix subscribers enjoyed from start to finish.

Since production is proceeding very slowly, it is currently difficult to speculate on the release date of ‘beetle juice 2’, Since for the moment what is a fact is that the wait to see this production will be long, because it is said that it could start with its recording until next year, so it will hit theaters until 2025.