Well ahead of Beetlejuice 2‘s release, it was confirmed Jeffrey Jones would not be returning as Charles Deetz, a character from Tim Burton’s 1988 movie. Charles was the Deetz family patriarch in the original Beetlejuice, moving to Winter River with his wife, Delia, and teenage daughter, Lydia, from a previous marriage. Unless business opportunities were involved, Charles was basically aloof to everything going on in the Maitland home until Beetlejuice‘s ending, when the bio-exorcist made himself known to Charles and Delia. Ultimately, Beetlejuice was sent back to the Neitherworld, leaving Adam, Barbara, and the Deetz family in peace.

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