The first trailer for Netflix’s The Addams Family sequel series, Wednesday, reveals our first look at Scream star Jenna Ortega in action as the title character. Released via the official Netflix YouTube Channel, the trailer offers our first insight into this twist on the beloved gothic family, which comes courtesy of Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar alongside Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton. You can check out the first trailer for Wednesday below.
Wednesday will be a coming-of-age supernatural mystery comedy focusing on Wednesday Addams and her years as a high school student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her psychic powers, stop a monstrous killing spree of the town citizens, and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family 25 years ago—all while navigating her new relationships.
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The series will put a spin on the story of The Addams Family, introducing a version of Wednesday Addams, who is now in her teenage years. Still gloomy but now seeking some sense of adolescent independence, Wednesday finds the daughter of Gomez and Morticia sent to a prestigious boarding school for outcasts. Soon after her arrival, the town is suddenly plagued by several murders…
Wednesday stars X and You star Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, George Burcea as Lurch, and Victor Dorobantu as Thing. The likes of Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Gwendoline Christie, and Christina Ricci make up the rest of the supporting cast.
Wednesday Will Put on a Twist on The Addams Family
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Jenna Ortega has previously discussed her leading role in Wednesday, teasing how the Netflix series will put a twist on the familiar family. “The thing is, there are several different paths that anyone could have taken for this character,” Ortega explained. “We’ve never seen Wednesday Addams as a teenage girl, so some of her harsh mannerisms may come off as hilarious when she’s younger, but as you get older, how much of that can you get away with? Or how do you keep that at the forefront of her personality without people growing to dislike her or find her annoying? So, just trying to balance that.”
Burton will helm four of the eight episodes of the first season of Wednesday, with the aim to “make it an eight-hour Tim Burton movie."
Wednesday is due to land on Netflix this fall.
