‘Wednesday’ Spinoff Ideas: Addams Family Reunion, Nevermore Prequel

Netflix has doable plans to create a Wednesday spinoff round Uncle Fester — however Us has another concepts about the place the story may go.

The collection, which premiered in November 2022, relies on the character Wednesday Addams, who was initially launched in The Addams Family cartoons. The idea later was tailored right into a TV collection, a number of function movies and a dwell musical adaption.

Wednesday reintroduced followers to a brand new model of the fictional character, performed by Jenna Ortega, as she tried to grasp her psychic powers at Nevermore Academy whereas coping with a murderous monster on the free. The present additionally supplied a glimpse at Wednesday’s members of the family together with mom Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and father Gomez Addams (Luis Guzmán).

But apparently it was Wednesday’s Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) who caught the attention of executives on the streaming service and at manufacturing firm Amazon MGM Studios. Reports surfaced in December 2023 a few potential spinoff collection being thought-about, which might revolve across the eccentric character.

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Creators Al Gough and Miles Millar beforehand hinted at conversations with Netflix about increasing the Wednesday universe.

“When you create a world like this, the intention is any one of these characters could be the lead in their own show,” Gough advised The Hollywood Reporter in November 2022. “Certainly it’s cast that way, when you have Fred Armisen, when you have Catherine Zeta-Jones, when you have Luis Guzmán. It’s certainly something we’ve discussed and would very much like to, in success, really branch out this world beyond just Wednesday.”

Not each fan, nonetheless, had an Uncle Fester spinoff on the prime of their wishlist when there are such a lot of different tales well worth the funding.

Keep scrolling for some spinoff concepts compiled by Us:

Morticia and Gomez’s Prequel Era

Viewers obtained a glimpse on the early days of Morticia and Gomez’s love story throughout the first season of Wednesday. Gwen Jones performed a teenage Morticia reverse Lucius Hoyos‘ young Gomez — and the resemblance was uncanny. In addition to the strong casting, Wednesday featured flashbacks showing how Gomez got arrested when he took the fall for Garrett Gates’ loss of life (Lewis Hayes) following a duel for Morticia.

Those scenes proved that there was a possibility to return in time to point out Morticia and Gomez’s love story on display screen. Fans may even get the prospect to see the origin tales of extra members of the Addams Family.

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An Addams Family Reunion

Speaking of the Addams Family, the characters on the heart of the collection initially turned a family title as a result of 1991 film The Addams Family and its sequel, Addams Family Values.

Wednesday talked about the names of different iconic members of the family — and had Thing (Victor Dorobantu) by her facet all through season 1 — however that doesn’t compete with a present targeted completely across the kooky group. Some potential characters who’ve but to make an look embrace Gomez’s Cousin Itt, Grandmama, their pets and presumably Wednesday and Pugsley’s (Isaac Ordonez) toddler brother, Pubert.

The household’s butler Lurch (George Burcea), Uncle Fester, Pugsley and Thing may even have a bigger function to play on the potential spinoff.

Keeping Up With Laurel

As quickly as Christina Ricci — who performed Wednesday within the ’90s movies — was solid on the Netflix collection, the theories about who she can be enjoying took off. She turned out to be the antagonist of the primary season after manipulating Tyler (Hunter Doohan) into turning into her Hyde and ordering him to kill individuals as a strategy to carry Joseph Crackstone (William Houston) again to life.

Wednesday seemingly killed Laurel Gates however that doesn’t imply Ricci couldn’t by some means return to our screens. The prospects embrace a present targeted on how Laurel Gates infiltrated Nevermore as Marilyn Thornhil.

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An Interview With a Hyde

Season 1 launched a mysterious monster that was killing individuals within the close by city. It took eight episodes for Wednesday to determine that her boyfriend — and now ex — Tyler was accountable after he discovered tips on how to flip right into a Hyde. Putting a well-known face to the title made viewers extra invested however there wasn’t a lot time to point out Tyler’s standpoint.

A restricted collection that tracked the months earlier than Wednesday arrived at Jericho may provide some much-needed perspective. Especially since Tyler seemingly returns within the second season.