With a lot of the same talent both in front of and behind the camera, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was always bound to be similar to Wednesday but it has a few specific references to the hit Netflix show. Released 36 years after the original film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was Tim Burtons follow-up project to Wednesday season 1, which saw his long-awaited return to the macabre (and led to his biggest success in years). Burton tapped Wednesday showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to write the sequels script and cast Wednesday Addams herself, Jenna Ortega, to play Lydia Deetzs rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid.