Timeline of Beetlejuice Fandom

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Timeline of The Beetlejuice Fandom


80s

1988

  • March 30, 1988 - Film Release Date
  • June 25, 1988 - Soundtrack entered the Billboard 200 Albums chart peaked at #145 then #118. Stayed on the charts for six weeks.

1989

  • September 9, 1989 - Season 1 Premiers

90s

1990

  • Ghostbuster: House Call Features: Beetlejuice (Street Show 1990-1991)
  • Jonathan Gems was Hired to write the sequel Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian
  • Adventures of Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet is a video game released for MS-DOS in 1990.
  • September 8, 1990 - Season 2 airs on ABC

1991

  • Beetlejuice: Dead in Concert (Street Show 1991 - 1993)
  • Beetlejuice video game developed by Rare and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991.
  • September 7, 1991 - The Animated Series Season 3 airs on ABC
  • September 9, 1991 - The Animated Series Season 4 airs on Fox
  • December 6, 1991 - Last Episode "Not So Peaceful Pines" Airs

1992

  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue Debuts at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida

1994

  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue in Florida is refurbished

1995

  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue in Hollywood is revamped and moved indoors

1996

  • Warner Bros. approached Kevin Smith to rewrite Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian script [[1]]

1997

  • TheNeitherworld.com started (by Sparky) started out as a subdirectory on the University of Southern California web account
  • Later that summer - The movie site Sparky Created was moved to the Webpage For The Recently Deceased (Creator Unknown) [[2]]

1999

  • April 1999 - Sparky purchased the www.theneitherworld.com domain
  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue in Hollywood closed

00s

2001

  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue opens in Universal Studios Japan (Titled: Universal Monsters Live Rock and Roll Show)

2002

  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue in Florida Story changed to match Japan and 1995 Hollywoods show
  • Extreme Ghostbusters: The Great Fright Way (Street Show 2002 - 2005) Features Beetlejuice

10s

2010

  • July 2010 - Fred China contacts actor Glen Shadix (Otho in the film) about an idea for a documentary. [[3]]
  • September 7, 2010 - Glen Shadix passed away.

2011

  • Grahme-Smith is hired to to write and produce a sequel to Beetlejuice. [[4]]
  • Oct 14, 2011 - TV Tropes Page First Update for the Animated Series [[5]]
  • Oct 17, 2011 - TV Tropes Page First Update for the Film[Beetlejuice the Movie]

2013

  • Winona Ryder confirms her involvement in the rewritten sequel [[6]]
  • June 1, 2013 - DVD REVIEW: Nelvana’s “Beetlejuice: The Complete Series [[7]]

2014

  • Tim Burton speaks about the progress of the sequel [[8]]
  • Aug 16, 2014 - Cobweb and Stripes Debuted on Deviantart [[9]]
  • Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue in Florida is revamped and named "Beetlejuice's Graveyard Mash-Up"

2015

  • Grahame-Smith says the script is ready and they are ready to begin filming later that year [[10]]
  • April 9, 2015 - Cobweb and Stripes Tumblr Blog Began

2016

  • Work Began on a Broadway Adaptation
  • January 5, 2016 - Beetlejuice's Graveyard Mash-Up closed.
  • April 12, 2016 - [It’s a Ship Literally] the first Beetlejuice/Lydia centered Tumblr blog debuted.
  • May 6, 2016 - Beetle House Opens in New York [[11]]
  • October 1st, 2016 - Beetlejuice Minute Podcast by Cinema Bliss airs it's first episode [[12]]

2017

  • May 20, 2017 - Beetle House opens in Los Angeles [[13]]
  • August 2017 - Beetlejuice - Documentary for the Recently Deceased Indiegogo Project opened for support
  • September 12, 2017 - Lego Dimensions Beetlejuice Fun Pack
  • October 2017 - Mike Vukadinovich was hired to re-write the script [[14]]

2018

  • October, 14 - November 18, 2018 - Musical Premiere at the National Theatre in Washington D.C.
  • Dec 22, 2018 - TV Tropes Page First Update for the Musical

2019

  • March 2019 - Kickstarter for Beetlejuice - Documentary for the Recently Deceased opened for support
  • April 2019 - Warner Bros. Announces the sequel is shelved [[15]]
  • April 25, 2019 - Beetlejuice The Musical Debuts on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre
  • June 7, 2019 - Beetlejuice the Musical Soundtrack is released
  • November 20, 2019 - Casts of Hadestown, Oklahoma!, Beetlejuice, More Sing on Carols for a Cure: Volume 21 [16]

20s

2020

  • February 21, 2020 - Sophia Anne Caruso Leaves Beetlejuice. Understudy Presley Ryan becomes the new Lydia Deetz.
  • March 10, 2020 - Broadway Closes the Musical due to Covid-19 Pandemic before its scheduled June 6th closure.
  • May 7, 2020 - Cobwebs and Stripes announces that it will no longer update [[17]]
  • October 2-5, 2020 Beetlejuice, voiced by Alex Brightman, makes an appearance on Teen Titans Go!
  • October 30 - Eddie Perfect releases the Album Beetlejuice—The Demos! The Demos! The Demos! featuring cut songs that never made it to the final product of the musical [[18]]
  • October 31, 2020 - TigerMistArt on Tumblr announced that [BJsRoadhouse] will be relaunch [[19]]
  • December 23, 2020 - The release of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Beetlejuice" [20]

2021

  • Jan 2021 - Fans who backed the Documentary of the Recently Deceased began to receive their goodies. The documentary is still in the editing phase.

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