Wednesday Addams will be returning to the small screen soon.
Netflix has confirmed that a second season of the hit Tim Burton series, Wednesday, is in the making. The streaming platform announced the news with a highlight reel of clips from the first season with the caption “More torture is coming. Lucky you.”
“It’s been incredible to create a show that has connected with people across the world. Thrilled to continue Wednesday’s (played by Jenna Ortega) tortuous journey into season two,” executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar told Netflix’s TUDUM. “We can’t wait to dive head first into another season and explore the kooky spooky world of Nevermore. Just need to make sure Wednesday hasn’t emptied the pool first.”
Wednesday broke major Netflix streaming records over Thanksgiving weekend, per Deadline, with 341.23 million hours of the show being viewed in just a matter of days. The record for a top-streamed English-language series was previously held by the most recent season of Stranger Things from earlier this summer. The Korean drama Squid Game is the current all-time record holder with over 571 million hours viewed in a week on Netflix. Wednesday is also currently in the Top 10 for all 93 countries where Netflix is available.
The series follows the eldest daughter of the Addams family as she navigates life as a student at Nevermore Academy and observes her psychic ability, aiming to solve a number of mysterious murders happening campus. The series also stars Gwendoline Christie, Christina Ricci (who played Wednesday in the 1990s in The Addams Family films), and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Ortega posted a black-and-white photo on Instagram from the Wednesday premiere, the actress posing beside Christie, Ricci, and Zeta-Jones, and thanking fans for their support of the series. “Don’t even know if there’s right words. Thanks everyone for watching,” Ortega wrote.
The show’s creators have promised there are many captivating storylines to explore. Co-showrunner Miles Millar told TVLine, “We felt like we just touched the surface with those characters and the actors are so amazing in those roles. Catherine is, I think, an iconic Morticia. The relationship between Wednesday and Morticia is also essential to the show, and the idea that Wednesday is trying to forge her own path outside the family is important.”
Based on the show’s heavy production schedule for the first season (it took nearly a year to go from filming to streaming), as well as its star, Jenna Ortega, being so high in demand with other projects on the way, the best guest for when Wednesday would air would be sometime in 2024.
While the plot details for season 2 are under very tight wraps, the Wednesday stars have confirmed that the new season will introduce a new member of the Addams Family. Hunter Doohan (who portrays Tyler Galpin) added that they “don’t know who” will be joining them, but Ortega voted for Cousin Itt, while Doohan and Joy Sunday (who plays Bianca Barclay) suggested that Grandmama may be a good choice.
Whatever the case, and whoever joins her, we’re excited to see what is next for Wednesday at Nevermore Academy.
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