The release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a little over three months away, and star Michael Keaton says that while his transformation into everyones favorite bio-exorcist wasnt easy to pull off this time around, hes more than pleased with the results. Keaton first donned the striped suit in 1988, portraying Betelgeuse in Tim Burtons zany horror comedy film that has gone on to become a bona fide classic.