WEDNESDAY. Season 2 of “Wednesday” is currently in preparation on Netflix. Jenna Ortega has announced several welcome changes for this sequel.
New adventures await the eldest of the Addams family. And fans of Wednesday must prepare for change for season 2. The actress and now co-producer of the cartoon netflixJenna Ortega, announced a new turn for the next episodes: “We decided to look a little more at the horrific aspect of the series, she explained to Variety. of a lighthearted series, with vampires, werewolves and superpowers, we don’t want to take ourselves too seriously. We’re dropping any love interests for Wednesday, which is really great.”
For the time being, we do not know the date of the return of Wednesday for a season 2. However, it does not seem incongruous to have to wait at least until 2024 before seeing new episodes. This sequel should focus on the Wednesday Addams stalker, whose presence was teased at the end of season 1. In addition, showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar announced to The Hollywood Reporter that they wanted to further explore the relationship of the anti-heroine with her friend Enid but also with her mother, Morticia, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Season 2 of Wednesday will soon arrive on Netflix, no release date has been announced for the sequel to the series. 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 has managed to seduce 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 the events streaming from 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 November 23, 2022. For the moment, it is not known when season 2 will 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 Wednesdaybut not as an older Wednesday Addams: she plays Marilyn Thornhill.
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.