Jenna Ortega Cast as Wednesday Addams in Netflix s Addams Family Spinoff Series
The new
Addams Family series coming to Netflix has finally found its star. The title of the new series is
Wednesday, and it s a show focused on Wednesday Addams, directed and executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton. Netflix announced this week that Jenna Ortega has been cast as the titular character in the new project, taking on the beloved role of Wednesday Addams.
Ortega is a former Disney Channel star that has become something of a Netflix mainstay over the last few years. After a starring role in the second season of
Tim Burton ADDAMS FAMILY Series WEDNESDAY Coming to Netflix
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The Addams Family. But that wasn’t the whole story. Announced officially by Netflix is
Wednesday, a new series focusing on a slightly older Wednesday Addams. Directed and produced by Burton himself,
Smallville’s Al Gough and Miles Millar are returning to TV as the series showrunners. The first season will consist of eight episodes. Wednesday, “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”
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If you’ve ever wanted to witness the coming-of-age of cartoonist Charles Addams’ iconic character Wednesday Addams, Netflix has got your back. The streamer has commissioned an eight-episode young adult series centered on her with Tim Burton onboard as the director and executive producer. The show, titled
Wednesday, is created by
Smallville’s Al Gough and Miles Millar.
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There have been various iterations of Wednesday Addams on-screen and on-stage over the years, with the most memorable being Christina Ricci’s portrayal of her in the original live-action
The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel
Addams Family Values (1993). Chloë Grace Moretz voiced her most recently in the 2019 animated film.