Everything You Need to Know about Wednesday

By Mia Evelyn

17 January 2023

The new Netflix television series Wednesday features the return of Wednesday Addams. While the majority of people are familiar with the iconic Addams Family from earlier portrayals, such as the Barry Sonnenfeld-directed movies from the 1990s that starred Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams, this project is distinct from all the others and offers a fresh perspective on the character.

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Here is all you need to know about the forthcoming Wednesday television series.

All about Wednesday Show

Wednesday, according to Netflix, will bring a new, fresh approach to the characters and plot while maintaining the same tone and spirit of previous Addams Family iterations.

Netflix described Wednesday's particular narrative as "a detective story, laced with supernatural elements, covering Wednesday's years as a student at the odd Nevermore Academy."

The character Wednesday Addams "attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that ensnared her parents 25 years ago—all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships with the strange and diverse student body," according to the television series.

The new program will use a combination of drama and dark comedy to present a mysterious mystery story. With Wednesday in mind, we can expect to witness a fresh spin on the traditional coming-of-age tale, with the lead character undoubtedly getting into more trouble than she needs to while navigating Nevermore Academy and the mystery from more than two decades ago.

The Cast

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Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams

  • · Karina Varadi as Young Wednesday
  • · Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems
  • · Oliver Wickham as Young Larissa Weems
  • · Riki Lindhome as Dr. Valerie Kinbott
  • · Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin
  • · Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
  • · Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe
  • · Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
  • · Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
  • · Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger
  • · Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
  • · Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka
  • · Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill

A Recap of the Netflix Show

Wednesday attends the strange Nevermore Academy, where members of her family have studied for many years. While balancing her newly acquired psychic abilities, she learns about mysteries in the neighborhood and regarding her parents. In essence, this new institution is for misfits since it is full of supernatural oddities like werewolves, vampires, and shapeshifters. Wednesday stands out as a death-obsessed goth girl in between them.

In this Netflix series, we learn about the struggles Wednesday endured as she formed connections, encountered allies, and enemies, and worked to solve the mystery surrounding her parents.

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Jenna Ortega’s Incredible Acting

Jenna Ortega, who has previously been in You Season 2 and the most recent incarnation of Scream, was eager to portray Wednesday Addams to give the character a more accurate depiction, including a more accurate picture of her ethnic origin.

Anyone would find it difficult to play such a well-known character as Wednesday Addams, but Jenna Ortega has, in the opinion of many, done a fantastic job. Wednesday, which is currently available on Netflix, follows Ortega as an older teenage version of Wednesday as she joins Nevermore Academy and uses her psychic abilities to unearth the institution's most sinister secrets. The Addams Family franchise had a mainly positive response, earning the second-highest score on Wednesday, just behind the first TV series. Additionally, viewers want Netflix to order a second season of the program.

On Wednesday, whose music is being created?

Longtime Burton colleague Danny Elfman will provide the music for the new series. Big Fish, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands, three of Burton's finest movies, previously included music by Elfman.

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