Tim Burton has some experience with streaming under his belt, as he is an executive producer on the hit Netflix series Wednesday, but in the discussion of making Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the idea of making it as a Max original was apparently a non-starter. In the words of producer Pamela Abdy,

Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' almost went straight to streaming on Max, Warner Bros Discovery execs told the New York Times.

Burton's attempt at diversity falls flat, worsening casting controversies with a problematic cultural reference.