After the resounding success of Netflix and Tim Burton’s standalone series Addams Family Wednesday Starring Jenna Ortega, the streamer renewed the series for the second season in January 2023. This decision came less than three months after the eight-episode first season premiered, ultimately becoming the most-watched original series of all time on the streamer, with more than 252 million views to date Stranger Things‘Season 4, Dahmer and season 1 of Bridgerton on the eternal list.
At the end of the first season, she received twelve Emmy nominations, including for Ortega in the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, becoming only the third Latina to ever be nominated in a Lead Actress category. The series won four Emmys, but Ortega lost Abbott Elementary School‘S Quinta Brunson on Emmy night.
When does season 2 come out?
The Hollywood strikes in 2023 delayed the resumption of production on the MGM Television-produced series, but in November 2023 it was confirmed that filming of the second season would begin in Ireland in late April 2024. This is a change from the first season, which was filmed in Romania (the series’ success made the location a tourist hotspot, but logistical challenges made a move necessary). There is no premiere date set on Netflix yet.
How will Season 2 expand on Season 1?
Not much is known about the plot of the second season. Creators Al Gough and Miles Millar hinted that there might be more members of the Addams family – confirmed by the cast during a Tudum appearance, although they wouldn’t say who – and the idea of an expanding universe is already in Work, Netflix and the series producer MGM Television already have a spin-off series about Uncle Fester in the works. Fred Armisen played Fester, the bald but soft-hearted brother of Gomez Addams, in a guest appearance in Season 1, when he showed up at Nevermore Academy to help Wednesday and Thing out of trouble.
Gough and Millar also said that Wednesday’s relationship with her mother (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in Season 1) may also get a bit more screen time in Season 2, a hint that will be shared with Zeta-Jones, along with Luis Guzman and Isaac Ordonez , was further confirmed. now elevated to series regular. Ortega, who is now also an executive producer, also suggested that the new season would have a greater emphasis on horror rather than teen romance, which Season 1, er, flirted with a little.
“I think everything is bigger,” Ortega said of season two on the Emmys red carpet. “It’s a lot more action-packed. I think each episode will probably feel a little more like a movie, which is nice.”
Are the original cast returning?
The studio expanded the options for the first season’s main cast and when production began on the second season, it was confirmed that Zeta-Jones (Morticia), Guzman (Gomez), Ordonez (Wednesday’s younger brother Pugsley) and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Sheriff Deputy Ritchie Santiago) were now regulars in the series. They will be joined by new series regulars Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor.
Netflix also confirmed that Percy Hynes White (Xavier), Jamie McShane (Sheriff Donovan Galpin and Tyler’s father), and Naomi J Ogawa (Yoko Tanaka) will not be returning in this capacity. McShane was listed as a guest star.
The first year cast was led by Ortega and included Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, McShane, Hunter Doohan, White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Ogawa, Christina Ricci and Moosa Mostafa, with Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman returning.
Christie’s Rector Weems, Lindhome’s Dr. Kinbott and certainly even Ricci’s Marilyn Thornhill aka Laurel Gates seemed to be in a serious situation at the end of the first season, but can anyone really be left out of future episodes due to the show’s fantasy elements?
Are new actors joining the cast?
In addition to the new series regulars, Netflix confirmed that season two will feature Joanna Lumley as Grandmother, Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo and Joonas Suotamo will be guests. Armisen reprises the role of Uncle Fester, with Christopher Lloyd, who played Fester in the films, also taking on a guest role.
Here’s how to watch the series
Like the first season, Wednesday Streams on Netflix, which offers three tiered plans: Standard with ads ($6.99/month), Standard ($15.49/month), and Premium ($22.99/month).