‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Promises a Lot More Addams Family Antics

Jenna Ortega is still the star. The show is still called Wednesday. But season two of Tim Burton’s Netflix hit will be widening its focus a bit to focus more on Wednesday’s notorious family—and the actors who play the other Addams couldn’t be more thrilled. Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays Morticia, even gets to show off her sword-fighting skills, and while we’re not sure how that’s going to fit into the show’s new mystery, we are now even more excited to see it unfold. A new featurette shared by Netflix offers a tantalizing tease of season two, with Ortega, Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán (Gomez), and more—including executive producer and director Burton—talking about what’s to come. Co-showrunners and creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough promise more “Addams family lore,” as well as an expanded scope and character arcs. We’ll also get to see a lot more of Nevermore Academy, Wednesday’s curse-plagued boarding school, where her brother Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) is now also a student (“an outc ... Read full article.