Whenever a new Tim Burton project is announced, everyone always jokes that Johnny Depp will be getting a call soon. The partnership between the director and actor has been going since 1990’s Edward Scissorhands, with the pair working on eight movies together in total. They actually haven’t collaborated for eight years, though, with 2012’s critically panned horror comedy Dark Shadows being their last film together to date.
But they may just have something cooking behind the scenes. Insider Daniel Richtman claims that Depp has had talks with his old friend to team up once again for a new project. He can’t say for sure right now what this production might be, but he notes that it could be the long-awaited Beetlejuice 2.
Casting Depp in that belated sequel, which has been stuck in development hell for years, would be a left-field choice as he was not in the original 1988 flick starring Michael Keaton. It does make sense, though, that Burton would want to get his close friend involved in his next film. We’re now seeing the repercussions of Depp’s public legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard play out, with Warner Bros. just letting him go from the Fantastic Beasts franchise. His career is under threat, then, but his long-formed friendships in the industry – like with Burton – may keep him working.
Last month, we learned that Burton is set to helm an Addams Family live-action TV show. Fans have campaigned to see Burton’s other frequent collaborator Eva Green as Morticia, as well as Depp as Gomez. Our sources didn’t point to whether this is on the cards, but that role would certainly suit the Pirates of the Caribbean star so we’ll just have to see if that comes to anything. However, it is looking likely that Johnny Depp will return to the Burtonverse very soon.
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