Summary

• Tim Burton's upcoming collaboration with Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice 2 marks a long-awaited reunion with his actors.
• Sarah Jessica Parker's return to horror in Hocus Pocus 2 sets the stage for a potential reunion with Tim Burton after 28 years.
• While Parker won't appear in Beetlejuice 2, there's hope for a reunion in Burton's upcoming female-centric horror film remake.

Tim Burton’s potential to reunite with one major actress in a movie after 28 years became more likely after Disney’s 2022 legacy sequel to its classic horror-comedy. In addition to his trademarks that include stop-motion animation, outcast characters, gothic settings, and Danny Elfman scores, one of the biggest calling cards of Tim Burton’s movies is his frequent actor collaborators. Burton has created his own troupe of actors over the years by often reuniting with certain performers on various projects, with Johnny Depp holding the record for most Burton movie appearances.

With the impressive cast of Beetlejuice 2, Tim Burton is reuniting with a few of his frequent collaborators who haven’t starred in one of his movies in over a decade. In addition to Burton’s five-time movie collaborator Michael Keaton, the filmmaker is working with Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara again for the first time since 2012’s Frankenweenie. Beetlejuice 2 proves that it’s never too late for Burton to reunite with actors after decades without a project together, especially if the actor makes a preceding return to the horror genre. As such, the time is right for Burton to finally reunite with an actress he hasn’t worked with since 1996.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Hocus Pocus Return Sets Up The Perfect Time To Reunite With Tim Burton

Parker previously starred in Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!

Despite working together multiple times in the 1990s, Tim Burton and Sarah Jessica Parker have yet to reunite after the black comedy sci-fi movie Mars Attacks! in 1996. Sarah Jessica Parker and Tim Burton first collaborated on the 1994 movie Ed Wood, in which she starred as real-life ‘50s horror actress Dolores Fuller. Burton then recruited Parker to appear in the star-studded cast of Mars Attacks! as Nathalie Lake, a talk show host who sought to report on the arrival of flying saucers from Mars.

While the director and actor haven’t collaborated in the 28 years since the 1996 Tim Burton horror movie, Sarah Jessica Parker’s 2022 film role sets up a possible reunion. Arriving 29 years after 1993's Hocus Pocus, Sarah Jessica Parker reprised her role as Sarah in the cast of Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+. The long-delayed sequel resurrected the Sanderson Sisters for more chaos on Halloween night, seeing Parker act in the horror genre for the first time since 1996. With Parker finally making her return to horror-comedies in Hocus Pocus 2, a reunion with Burton in this genre could be in store in the future.

Tim Burton & Sarah Jessica Parker Could Finally Reunite On His Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman Remake

Tim Burton has a female-centric horror movie coming up

It’s highly unlikely that Sarah Jessica Parker will appear in a cameo for Tim Burton’s next movie, Beetlejuice 2, but she could reunite with him in his other film that’s currently in the works. Tim Burton is set to direct a remake of 1958’s Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, which could provide the perfect opportunity for Sarah Jessica Parker to return to his filmography. Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman is another female-centric tale after Beetlejuice 2’s Deetz family story that could utilize plenty of Tim Burton’s frequent actress collaborators, such as Parker, Ryder, O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, or Eva Green.