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Netflix’s “Wednesday” to Debut in Fall


Thu 26 May 2022 | 12:20 PM
Yara Sameh

The highly-anticipated Addams Family Spinoff series “Wednesday” will be released this Fall on Netflix.

The eight-episode series stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, and Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems.

It also features Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday Addams in the ’90s Addams Family franchise, playing a new major character in the live-action series.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Christina Ricci in Christina Ricci in "Addams Family"[/caption]

The series is focused on Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. It is described as a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery.

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It is written by “Smallville” creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and directed by Tim Burton.

Burton executive produces the project alongside Gough and Millar, who also serve as showrunners.

Executive producers include Kayla Alpert, Steve Stark, as well as Andrew Mittman for 1.21, Kevin Miserocchi, Jonathan Glickman for Glickmania, and Gail Berman.