Jenna Ortega (Scream) has landed the role of Wednesday Addams of Addams Family fame in the upcoming eight-episode Wednesday series from MGM Television for Netflix. The series marks the directorial TV debut of Tim Burton and the showrunners and creators of this series are Alfred Gough and Miles Millar of Smallville fame.
The character has been portrayed in television, film, video games and even musicals, but Wednesday has always been part of The Addams Family ensemble until now — in her first young adult television series. The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
If you missed it before, poster art for Wednesday can be found below.
