WEDNESDAY SERIES. A real end-of-year hit on Netflix, “Wednesday” could potentially change streaming platform for season 2. Explanations and info on what’s next.
[Mis à jour le 3 janvier 2023 à 11h10] Wednesday was definitely the surprise hit at the end of 2022. The series of Tim Burton is thus in the top 10 of the most popular English-language series of the year on Netflix around the world. The question of its renewal for a season 2 therefore seems to be a formality, even if the announcement has still not been made. However, the specter of a platform change seems to hang over the series. Season 2 of Wednesday could potentially not be released on Netflix. In any case, this is what advances the British media The Independent, recalling that the rights to the series belong to the production company Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, better known by the acronym MGM. It has signed a financial agreement to merge some of its content with Amazon.
It is therefore not impossible that season 2 of the series will be released on Prime Video, and not on netflix. However, remember that no announcement to this effect has been made and that the information has not been confirmed by Netflix representatives, contacted by The Independent. Amazon also told Deadline that not all MGM content will necessarily be dedicated to Prime Video. Netflix could also seek a financial agreement with its competitor to retain Wednesday on its platform. We will have to wait for an official announcement from Netflix to find out more.
For the time being, Netflix has not communicated on a season 2 of Wednesday. But in terms of audiences (it is one of the 10 most-watched English-language series of the year on the streaming), it may seem like a mere formality. However, we must wait for the official announcement from Netflix to be fixed on the future of the series. In addition, the writers are ready to offer a sequel to the adventures of the eldest of the Addams family. In an Empire interview relayed by Screeningthe series’ co-creator, Alfred Gough, reacted to the script possibility of a sequel for Wednesday :Miles [Millar] and I are discussing it. What is certain is that there is still much to explore in the world of the Addams Family.”
With the Hollywood Reporter at the end of December 2022, the two showrunners gave more details on the plots they wanted to develop in season 2 of Wednesday. “We want to explore and complicate the relationships [entre les personnages] in the future.” The focus should be more on the friendship between Wednesday and Enid, but also the relationship between the eldest of the Addams and her mother, Morticia, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is now aware of her daughter’s power.
Wednesday was expected at the turn, but Tim Burton managed to seduce the critics who praise the eight episodes available on the streaming platform. Allociné “loved it […] this series connected to 10,000 volts, which never stops changing form and genre”. Fantastic, horror, teen drama, thriller, there is something for everyone. For Télérama, this “teenage horror series seeks to make the big generational gap, and succeeds rather well “. For its part, Télé Loisirs salutes “a show bringing together all the codes of teen drama […] but we do indeed find the themes dear to the filmmaker”.
Critics are also positive about the aesthetics of the series. Wednesday, but also on the interpretation of the actors. Special mention to Jenna Ortega in the title role: “her investment is up to the character” for the media specializing in TV news, when Ouest-France believes that she “brilliantly carries the series on her shoulders”. For the regional daily, “Netflix signs a nice shot with this new version of Wednesday, which will satisfy young and old”. Remember, however, that the series is not recommended for children under 13 years old.
Synopsis – Wednesday Addams is now a student at Nevermore Academy. As she learns to master her psychic powers, she must foil a series of monstrous murders that terrorize the city, and solve the mystery that her parents were embroiled in 25 years ago.
“Wednesday” is one of November’s streaming events on Netflix. This series directed by Tim Burton brings the famous Addams family back to life, with Wednesday, the eldest played by Jenna Ortega, as the heroine. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, is released on Netflix on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. For the moment, it is not known if there will be a sequel and when it could be released.
- Jenna Ortega: Wednesday Addams
- Catherine Zeta-Jones: Morticia Addams
- Luis GuzmanGomez Addams
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
- Gwendoline Christie: Director Larissa Weems
- Jamie McShaneSheriff Galpin
- Percy Hynes White: Xavier Thorpe
- Hunter DoohanTyler Galpin
- Emma Myers: Enid Sinclair
- Joy Sunday: Bianca Barclay
- Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka
- Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger
- Georgie Farmer: Ajax Petropolus
- Riki LindhomeDoctor Valerie Kinbott
- Christina Ricci: Marilyn Thornhill
Before Jenna Ortega, it was Christina Ricci who played Wednesday Addams in Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1991 film “The Addams Family”. Fans are therefore naturally wondering if the actress is making her return to the Netflix series. Indeed, Christina Ricci makes an appearance in “Wednesday”, but not as an older Wednesday Addams: she plays a certain Marilyn Thornhill, whose role is not yet revealed before the release of the series.
“Wednesday” is a series to be seen exclusively in streaming: it is Netflix which is in charge of broadcasting this sequel to “the Addams family”. It is therefore enough to have an account on the platform to discover the series produced by Tim Burton on smartphone, tablets, computer, console or Smart TV.