Tim Burton lowered the 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' budget by nearly $50 Million to avoid a streaming-only release on Max.

Tim Burton has some experience with streaming under his belt, as he is an executive producer on the hit Netflix series Wednesday, but in the discussion of making Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the idea of making it as a Max original was apparently a non-starter. In the words of producer Pamela Abdy,

It’s been 36 years since “Beetlejuice” first crashed onto the scene, but “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” feels like a ghost of its former self. While many fans, myself included, eagerly awaited the