Netflix Shares First Official Trailer And Look At Addams Family In Tim Burton's Wednesday Series
Netflix has shared the first official trailer for its brand-new upcoming original series Wednesday, which looks to premiere on the streaming platform in the latter portion of 2022. The anticipated series will focus on the emblematic Addams family's foreboding daughter, Wednesday Addams, who Scream and X star Jenna Ortega will play.
The synopsis of the upcoming Wednesday Netflix series has been kept quietly under wraps since the streamer announced the series, but the proverbial picture is becoming more evident as its release approaches. The haunting series will center around various murders that afflict a small town where Wednesday ventures to attend Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for outcasts. It's unclear what role Wednesday will play, but the setting seems appropriate for the ominous character.
Jenna Ortega Reveals What Made Her Sign On For Tim Burton's Wednesday Addams Show
The two-minute trailer sets the stage for Wednesday as she attempts to adjust at Nevermore after a bullying incident with her brother led to her expulsion from her previous school. «The only person who gets to torture my brother is me,» states Ortega in the footage before dropping bags of piranhas into a pool to attack the water polo team. The vibrant nature of the footage showcases Burton's unique style as Ortega steps into a nightmare «full of mystery, mayhem, and murder.»
The official first look of the Addams Family provided by Netflix showcases Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Jenna Ortega as the grim titular character, and Isaac Ordonez as Wednesday's woeful brother Pugsley. Well-known director Tim Burton will direct and executive produce the upcoming series. Burton previously passed on the chance to direct the 1991
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