Wednesday: Netflix is Working on a Spinoff! Here is What We Know So Far?
A spinoff of Wednesday is in the works at Netflix. According to Bloomberg, the streamer is developing a series centered around Addams Family member Uncle Fester. Fred Armisen plays Uncle Fester on Wednesday. According to reports, the Uncle Fester project is in the very early stages of development and important details such as the story, screenwriters and more are still missing, but Amazon, which holds the rights to The Addams Family, is on board the project. No other details about the spinoff are available at the moment. The idea that Netflix is developing a spinoff of Wednesday shouldn’t be surprising, considering the series’ popularity.
Wednesday is Netflix’s most popular English-language series, with over 250 million views last year. It was inevitable that sooner or later the incredible success of Wednesday would push Netflix not only to quickly announce a second season, which should arrive in time for 2024, but also several expansions of the television universe created by Gough and Miller with the help of Tim Burton. Here’s what other stories could be coming soon.
What Do We Know About Wednesday Season 2?
Not much is currently known about the second season in terms of plot, although it was recently reported that production on the second season is expected to begin next spring. Additionally, production of the series will move from Romania, where the entire first season was filmed, to Ireland. Additionally, it’s been reported that season 2 will introduce another Addams Family character to the series, and we also know that series star Jenna Ortega will have a larger role active behind the camera.
“We had already jotted down many ideas, and I am a very practical person. I want to know what’s going on,” Ortega admitted earlier this year. “And with a character like Wednesday, who is so beloved and so legendary, I didn’t want to screw up. So, I try to have as many conversations as possible. On the set, with the writers and Tim Burton, we would all get together and decide: “Okay, what works and what doesn’t?”. It was naturally already very collaborative”.
She continued: “So in preparation for a second season, we wanted to get ahead of the curve and make sure we could start the conversations sooner… And I’m so curious. I want to see the clothes, the new characters that are coming, the scripts, and they were kind enough to let me put on the producer hat”. What we know about the second season on Wednesday is that the series will lean more towards horror than the first season.
