Director Tim Burton has paved the way for a sequel to his classic 1988 comedy horror Beetlejuice.

It had already been confirmed that writing and production duo Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg were working on ideas for a follow-up to the film, but, in an interview with MTV, Burton has admitted for the first time that he may get involved with the project, and hinted that Michael Keaton may reprise his role as the freelance bio-exorcist Beetlejuice.

Burton said: “I love that character, and Michael [Keaton] is so great in it. I always think about how great and fun that character was, so I just said to Seth, ‘If you have some idea about it, go for it, and then I’ll look at it freshly.’”

He added: “Michael was so great in it. I’m sure he’d strangely tap right back into it.”

Speaking to Moviehole.net in 2010, Keaton himself said “I’d do that in a heartbeat – absolutely, that’s the one thing I’d love to do again.”

Tim Burton is currently working on 2 films – Dark Shadows (a gothic opera scripted by Seth Grahame-Smith) and Frankenweenie (a 3D black and white stop-motion remake of Burton’s own 1984 short film of the same name).

Grahame-Smith is also adapting his book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, for the screen; Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are producing the film.

As for Michael Keaton, he’s currently filming the Joseph Ruben thriller Penthouse North, in which he plays a charming but sadistic criminal.

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