“Wednesday” is a new original Netflix supernatural horror show that is a based on “The Addams Family”.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new series.
- Wednesday is an American coming of age supernatural horror comedy television series
- Based upon the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family
- Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and Tim Burton
- It stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character
- With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, and Gwendoline Christie appearing in supporting roles
- Four out of the eight episodes are directed by Burton
- Burton also serves as executive producer
- The series premiered on Netflix on November 23, 2022
- During pre-production on the 1991 film, Tim Burton was assigned to direct, but ended up passing on it due to scheduling conflicts with Batman Returns, resulting in Barry Sonnenfeld taking the job
- In March 2010, it was announced that Illumination Entertainment, in partnership with Universal Pictures, had acquired the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings
- The film was planned to be a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams’ original drawings
- Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct
- In July 2013, it was reported that the film was cancelled
- In October 2020, Wednesday was initially announced as an unnamed Addams Family project being helmed by Burton
- The series’ production would be handled by MGM Television, with Burton as director
- Alfred Gough and Miles Millar would serve as showrunners; while Gough, Millar, and Burton would also be executive producers alongside Gail Berman, Jon Glickman, and Andrew Mittman
- In February 2021, Netflix gave the production a series order, consisting of eight episodes
- In August 2021, Kayla Alpert was added as an executive producer and 1.21, Tee and Charles Addams Foundation, and Glickmania were also producing the series
- In December 2021, it was reported that Danny Elfman joined the series to compose the original theme and score
- Filming on the series began on September 13, 2021, in Bucharest, Romania
- And concluded on March 30, 2022
- Speaking of her experience while filming the first season, Ortega called her work on the film “very stressful and confusing” due to the production’s fast-tracked shooting schedule and “the most overwhelming job I’ve ever had”
- Ortega took inspiration from Siouxsie Sioux for her dancing scenes and choreographed her dance to The Cramps’ Goo Goo Muck herself
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 66% approval rating
- And an average rating of 6.5/10
- Based on 44 reviews
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “Wednesday isn’t exactly full of woe for viewers, but without Jenna Ortega in the lead, this Addams Family-adjacent series might as well be another CW drama”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100
- Based on 22 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
