Netflix has released the first footage of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton's Addams Family live-action series Wednesday. The 28-second teaser clip was released on Monday, the first day of Netflix's Geeked Week.
Wednesday is an upcoming Netflix Original family fantasy show directed by the legendary Tim Burton. Netflix won the bidding war for the show, beating out all of its competitors to get the exclusive global distribution right. The creators of the series are Al Gough and Miles Millar.
It has already been announced that MGM TV is the production studio behind Wednesday's development, with Burton on board as executive producer in addition to his duties as director. Burton is joined by Jon Glickman, Andrew Mittman and Gail Berman as producers of the Original.
The coming-of-age comedy, written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and directed by Burton, stars Ortega as Wednesday Addams during her years at Nevermore Academy. It is described as a supernaturally infused mystery. In the series, Wednesday tries to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous murder spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that engulfed her parents 25 years ago, all while navigating her new and highly tangled relationships in Nevermore.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Gwendoline Christie, Christina Ricci, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Joy Sunday, Emma Myers, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Georgie Farmer, Naomi Ogawa, Moosa Mostafa also star.
The demon spawn of Gomez and Morticia Addams, sorry daughter, is finally getting the spotlight it deserves. Wednesday Addams, the death-obsessed teen whose idea of a quiet summer Friday involves electrocuting her brother, is headed to Netflix later this year, with You actress Jenna Ortega in the title role. We still don't know much about just how macabre Netflix will be in its portrayal of everyone's favorite goth, but since Tim Burton is attached to the direct, we do get an idea of the show's grim and wacky aesthetic.
Billed by Netflix as "a supernaturally infused, sleuthing mystery," Wednesday will follow the Addams' only daughter as she attends boarding school Nevermore Academy, where she juggles her newfound psychic powers and a supernatural murder mystery connected to her own family. Here's everything we know about Wednesday's solo treatment.