Beetlejuice (Disney film)

Beetlejuice is an American hand-drawn animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and was released on October 31, 2019. It is the 58th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics canon, and marks the 31th anniversary of the character's first apperance. It was written, produced and directed by Tim Burton, the producer of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and executive produced by John Lasseter, with original music provided by Danny Elfman. It is also the very first full-length animated feature from Disney to be directed by Tim Burton.

Characters
Beetlejuice (Stephen Ouimette) - The main protagonist

Lydia Deetz (Alyson Court) - Daughter of the Deetz family, Beetlejuice's love interest and the deuteragonist.

Mr. Deetz (Roger Dunn) - Lydia's father and the tritagonist.

Mrs. Deetz (Elizabeth Hanna) - Lydia's mother and the tetaragonist.

Claire Brewster (Tara Strong) - Lydia's rival and a secondary antagonist.

Bug-Spray (Jeffery Jones) - Beetlejuice's teacher and the main antagonist.

Easter eggs
As woth most recent Disney animated offerings, there are hidden easter eggs in the film.

Production
The idea for a Beetlejuice feature film came about in 2015, following the success of Big Hero 6. The film uses the character designs from the 1989-1992 television show Beetlejuice.

Release
The film was originally announced in 2015 during that year's D23 Expo, the film's title and premise were revealed by Disney and Pixar's Chief Creatice Officer, John Lasseter during their Walt Disney Animation Studios panel. The theatrical release was accompanied by the short film, Big Hero 6 Ever After, based on the 2014 film Big Hero 6.

Marketing
The first trailer for Beetlejuice was revealed at the 2018 D23 Expo, The Walt Disney Company's official convention. Disney also released a comic book tie-in from its Marvel Comics subsidiary. The trailer later debuted with ''The Avengers: Wrath of Thanos. A second trailer was released on June 11, 2019, coinciding with Tiny Toon Adventures and Finding Dory and a third and final trailer was released on August 20, 2019, coinciding with Cars 3 and The Incredibles 3''.

Beetlejuice

 * Beetlejuice has a few similarities with Quasimodo as both of them are main protagonist who are shunned by their people who thought of their ugly appearance, and they befriend a deuteragonist (Quasimodo and Esmeralda; and Beetlejuice and Lydia)