Ahead of Wednesday’s premiere on Netflix, the showrunners are already teasing potential spinoffs following different Addams Family members.
Pop tradition’s creepiest, kookiest household is getting reimagined as soon as once more for the Netflix collection Wednesday. Partly directed by Tim Burton, the present was created by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough who additionally function showrunners. The collection places Wednesday Addams entrance and middle with Jenna Ortega starring within the function, although the opposite family members are featured in supporting roles, akin to Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzman as Gomez, and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
Wednesday may be focusing totally on Wednesday Addams, but when the collection is a success for Netflix, we could possibly be seeing extra of the opposite Addams’ adventures. During an interview for The Hollywood Reporter’s TV Top 5 podcast this week, Millar and Gough touched on the potential for branching out after Wednesday is launched. As the 2 clarify, they crafted Wednesday with the hope that a few of its characters could be getting spinoff reveals, which is partly why they introduced in such large names to play the opposite Addams members of the family.
“We’ve undoubtedly talked about it, and we talked about it with Netflix. And once more, once you create a world like this, the intention is any one in all these characters could possibly be the lead in their very own present. Certainly, it is solid that means. You know, when you’ve Fred Armisen, when you’ve Catherine Zeta-Jones, when you’ve Luis Guzman. So that is definitely one thing that we have mentioned and would very very like in success to essentially sort of department out this world past simply Wednesday.”
Will Fester’s Quest Be a Wednesday Spinoff?
Before Uncle Fester’s casting was introduced, there had been numerous hypothesis over who’d play him, although the casting of Fred Armisen within the function has been very well-received. He appeared in a brand new trailer that additionally supplied a primary have a look at unique Wednesday Addams actress from the live-action films, Christina Ricci, in her particular function within the collection. Jenna Ortega admitted she was terrified to work with Ricci heading into the shoot.
“I felt like I was genuinely having a panic attack when I was told,” Ricci told Empire Magazine. “I was terrified. She’s a really cool lady. I was fine meeting her, but the first time we did a scene together, and she had to see me done up the way she was done up 30 years ago, it was nerve-racking.”
The solid of Wednesday additionally options Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Emma Myers, Percy Hynes White, and Gwendoline Christie.
Wednesday is about to premiere on Netflix on Nov. 23, 2022.