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Tim Burton ‘s “ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ” will open the 81st annual Venice Film Festival, IndieWire has confirmed. The film will be screened out of competition on Wednesday, August 28 at the Sala Grande, marking its world premiere. Warner Bros. will release “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” in theaters September 6.

"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," the slow-burn sequel to Tim Burton’s cult classic, will open the 81st Venice International Film Festival out of competition on August 28, it was announced Tuesday.

Tim Burton’s hotly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 cult hit stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara.

Come se dice “Beetlejuice” in Italiano? The first of the major fall festivals has announced its opening night film, and, perhaps a bit surprising, the Venice International Film Festival will kick off with “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,

"Alien," "Avatar" and "Ghostbusters" icon Sigourney Weaver is to receive the Golden Lion for Life Achievement at the Venice Film Festival this summer.

Actor Sigourney Weaver, best known for her iconic role in Alien, will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year's Venice Film Festival, a statement from organisers said on Friday.Weaver, who will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st festival on Venice's Lido,

Us actress Sigourney Weaver will get a career achievement Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival at the Lido from August 28 to September 7, organisers said Friday. The fest called Weaver an "iconic" American actress and noted that she was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Alien,