The household’s all right here!
Netflix debuted the trailer for his or her upcoming Addams Family spin-off collection Wednesday at New York Comic Con on Saturday, in addition to rounding out the solid with the announcement of Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
Armisen, 55, seems in the trailer as the beloved bald character, shocking his niece Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) in the woods as they set off on an journey to unravel the unusual occurrences at her new faculty, Nevermore Academy.
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“I like to travel incognito,” he tells her earlier than they take off in a Dalmatian-print motorbike and sidecar, full with matching helmets that characteristic faux canine ears. “Come on, let’s roll!”
In the brand new trailer, Wednesday’s dad and mom Gomez and Morticia Addams (Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones) drop her off at Nevermore, a faculty for supernaturally gifted outcasts, the place a thriller involving “secret societies, hidden libraries, a homicidal monster” begins to unfold.
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“What other surprises are in store?” Wednesday asks in a voiceover. “Nevermore continues to be a place where the questions far outweigh the answers. I won’t stop until I find the truth. I know the suspense is killing you.”
The sneak peek additionally provides followers a glimpse at Christina Ricci in character as the red-haired, cardigan-clad Ms. Thornhill, a Nevermore college member welcoming Wednesday and her roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers).
“I trust Enid has given you the old Nevermore welcome,” she tells Wednesday, who quips: “She’s been smothering me with hospitality. I hope to return the favor… in her sleep.”
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Wednesday not solely marks Ricci’s return to the franchise after enjoying the character in 1991’s The Addams Family and the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, but additionally her reunion with director Tim Burton, who she beforehand labored with on 1999’s Sleepy Hollow.
Ricci, 42, beforehand advised Variety that Ortega, 20, “is incredible” as Wednesday, including of the collection: “It’s so true tonally to the heart and soul of [the original], but it’s then it’s incredibly modern and it’s great.”
In the present, Wednesday “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,” in keeping with a plot abstract from Netflix.
Wednesday premieres Nov. 23 on Netflix.
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