Netflix Reveals a Super Accurate Cast for The New ‘Addam’s Family’ Series, ‘Wednesday’
Shifting the focus from the spooky family to their super spooky daughter, Netflix is working on a new live-action series centered around Wednesday Addams, appropriately titled Wednesday. With this adaption on the way, finding actors/actresses for these roles can be challenged, but it looks like Netflix nailed their casting calls.
After revealing Jenna Ortega would play the show’s lead, Wednesday Addams, back in May, the casting news continued to get even more interesting over the past few months. It was recently unveiled that Catherine Zeta-Jones, most known for playing Velma Kelly in Chicago, will take on the role of Morticia Addams alongside Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams. Jones made it official on August 11, a Wednesday of course, saying she has “channeled Morticia Adams many times” and is excited to costar with her former nemesis Guzmán, who played alongside Jones in the movie Traffic. Ortega also shared her excitement for the new role hoping she can “Do Wednesday Addams justice.”
Helping Netflix put together this series is non-other than Tim Burton himself. Having made timeless films like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and Sleepy Hollow, Burton has made quite the name for himself in the horror and scary movie genre. This also marks Burton’s first time producing a live-action series, as much of his current work consisted of movies and films.
According to Netflix, the series will focus on Wednesday Addams and her journey in dealing with her new “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 of the strange and diverse student body”. The first season is expected to have eight episodes of “sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting” as Wednesday works her way through school at Nevermore Academy.
Going for that coming-of-age type of feel, Ortega was the perfect fit for the role and should really capture the essence of teenage angst and confusion.
There is no release date for the series, but hopefully, more news should be out soon. Stay updated on Netflix releases here and relive the old Addams Family theme song below.
