Netflix announced today that they have ordered eight episodes of a “live-action coming-of-age comedy” called Wednesday, focusing on Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family fame. The series comes from Executive Producer/Director Tim Burton and showrunning the series will be Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar!
“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,” Netflix said in a press release.
Here’s the logline:
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.
Considering the success Gough and Millar had with Superman, we are very encouraged to see what they do with another icon.
