A much-anticipated Addams Family sequence is debuting on Netflix this week.
On Wednesday, November 23, the streaming service will launch Tim Burton’s Wednesday. The present is an eight-episode sequence described as a coming-of-age comedy that shall be a sleuthing, supernaturally-infused thriller. The live-action sequence shall be led by Jenna Ortega (Yes Day) in her first main TV undertaking because the titular lead, together with Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Victor Dorobantu as Thing, in addition to Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, Fred Armisen as Fester, and George Burcea as Lurch. In addition, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Christina Ricci can also be set to seem as a wholly new character. She famously portrayed Wednesday Addams within the early 90s.
“The series will chart the titular heroine’s years as a student at the peculiar Nevermore Academy as she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability,” reads the synopsis, “While also thwarting a monstrous killing spree terrorizing the local town and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships of the strange and diverse student body.”
Burton (Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride) government produced and directed Wednesday in his tv directorial debut. The acclaimed filmmaker ought to have written and produced an animated Addams Family movie for Illumination Entertainment. However, the undertaking would go on to ultimately flip into 2019’s The Addams Family, which was directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan.
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Netflix New TV & Movie Additions | November 21-27
What to Watch on Netflix on Monday, November 21
- My Little Pony: Winter Wishday – NETFLIX FAMILY
- StoryBots: Answer Time – NETFLIX FAMILY
What to Watch on Netflix on Tuesday, November 22
- LEGO: City Adventures: Season 4
- Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would – NETFLIX COMEDY
What to Watch on Netflix on Wednesday, November 23
- The Boxtrolls
- Blood, Sex & Royalty – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Christmas on Mistletoe Farm – NETFLIX FILM
- Lesson Plan – NETFLIX FILM
- The Swimmers – NETFLIX FILM
- Taco Chronicles: Cross the Border – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- The Unbroken Voice – NETFLIX SERIES
- Wednesday – NETFLIX SERIES
- Who’s a Good Boy? – NETFLIX FILM
What to Watch on Netflix on Thursday, November 24
- First Love – NETFLIX SERIES
- The Noel Diary – NETFLIX FILM
- Southpaw
- The Vanishing
- Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
What to Watch on Netflix on Friday, November 25
- Blood & Water: Season 3 – NETFLIX SERIES
- Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
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