Wednesday NEW
The Addams Family’s tearaway daughter Wednesday battles monsters and murder in a spin-off series…
The Addams Family’s Wednesday gets her own show with You actor Jenna Ortega stepping into the title role. We meet Wednesday as a student trying to fit in at the Nevermore Academy in the small town of Jericho, where a killing spree is terrorising the school. Catherine Zeta-jones and Luis Guzmán play
Morticia and Gomez Addams.
Wednesday
TAvailable: Wed 23 Nov Genre: Comedy drama Season: 1 Eps: 8 hey’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky… yes, the oddball Addams family are back for a series following the misadventures of deadpan daughter Wednesday. The comedy fantasy drama introduces a teenage Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) as she’s expelled from high school for unleashing piranhas on her classmates and forced to transfer to Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for supernaturally gifted outcasts in New England.
Determined to make her mark at the elite institution, where her parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-jones) and Gomez (Luis Guzmán), first met, Wednesday navigates the cliques of werewolves, vampires and sirens while attempting to make sense of her emerging psychic powers. But when she discovers a monstrous series of killings has been terrorising the local town of
Jericho, can Wednesday unearth a long-buried murder mystery that involved her parents 25 years ago?
Modern twist
‘Wednesday is such an iconic character and I want to do her justice,’ says You and Scream star Jenna. ‘We’ve never seen Charm
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model she see interpretation of her is more socially awkward. She’s also striving to be a writer and a detective, and she uncovers an intriguing mystery at Nevermore. Wednesday is always a few steps ahead of everyone, especially when she’s dealing with a serious investigation involving murderers and monsters.’
The series introduces a raft of new characters, including charming school principal Larissa Weems (Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie), while Christina Ricci – who famously played Wednesday in the 1990s movies – stars as kindly teacher
Miss Marilyn Thornhill.
‘Fans will love this series because it brings the story into the 21st century,’ says Catherine. ‘I loved playing Morticia because she’s such an iconic female figure, but I got to put my own twist on her.’