Winona Ryder reunites with Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega for Wednesday season 3
Before the second season of their hit Addams Family show Wednesday even premiered, Netflix had already ordered a third season of the show – and now, Deadline reports that Winona Ryder has joined the cast of Wednesday season 3, reuniting with her Beetlejuice Beetlejuice daughter Jenna Ortega and director Tim Burton. Ryder and Burton previously worked together on Frankenweenie, Edward Scissorhands, and both of the Beetlejuice movies.
This move also keeps Ryder in the Netflix family, as she recently finished working on five seasons of another hit Netflix show, Stranger Things. Deadline notes, “Wednesday and Stranger Things dominate the streamer’s Top 5 most popular English series, with Wednesday‘s two seasons at #1 and #5 and the last two seasons of Stranger Things as #3 and #4.”
Reminder
Wednesday comes to us from Millar Gough Ink, Tim Burton Productions, Toluca Pictures, and MGM Television, and is described as a comedic, supernaturally-infused coming-of-age series that follows the teenage girl’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the town, and solve a mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new relationships at Nevermore. Snap snap. Here’s the season 2 synopsis: Wednesday Addams returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await. This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.
Jenna Ortega plays the title character and beyond Wednesday, other members of the Addams Family include Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Gomez and Morticia, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, and Joanna Lumley as Grandmama.
In addition to Winona Ryder, Wednesday season 3 will see Eva Green joining the cast to play Aunt Ophelia, the sister of Wednesday’s mother Morticia. Green has also worked with Tim Burton multiple times. Their previous collaborations: Dark Shadows, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and Dumbo.
On the classic sitcom version of The Addams Family, Ophelia was presented as being the opposite of Morticia: a cheerful blonde. That’s not Wednesday‘s approach. References to her on the show have set her up as a troubled psychic who was committed to a psychiatric hospital. In the final moments of season 2, she was shown to be locked in a cell beneath her mother’s house, and she had written “Wednesday Must Die” on the wall in her own blood. So there has been quite a build-up to this character’s season 3 appearance.
UPDATE: Netflix has just announced that Chris Sarandon (Child’s Play), Noah Taylor (Almost Famous), Oscar Morgan (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), and Kennedy Moyer (Roofman) have also joined the cast! More information can be seen in the announcement video embedded above.
Ryder
Wednesday creators/showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar had this to say about Winona Ryder joining the cast: “When it comes to Outcasts, Winona Ryder is the GOAT. Her legendary partnership with Tim Burton has defined some of cinema’s most unforgettable characters. We loved collaborating with her on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome her to Nevermore.“
Director/executive producer Burton added, “I am so happy that Winona has joined us, she fits right into this world. And she’s a dear friend. I always feel lucky to work with her.“
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