Netflix Wednesday (Addams) - Live Action Series by Tim Burton (1 Viewer)

[Malcolm R]

Netflix announced on (appropriately) Wednesday that its platform will release Wednesday, a new eight-episode comedy focusing on the lovably twisted Wednesday Addams. This marks Tim Burton's television directorial debut on an entire series, as he's set to helm all installments.

Al Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of Smallville, spearhead the series as showrunners, and they'll executive produce alongside Burton.

"The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy," reads an official plot description. "Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore." (above from EW.com)

Sounds promising.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Had me at Tim Burton, lost me at Al Gough & Miles Millar.

 

[Malcolm R]

Jenna Ortega to play Wednesday Addams:

https://ew.com/tv/jenna-ortega-will-play-wednesday-addams-in-new-netflix-series/

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Jenna Ortega to play Wednesday Addams:

I can see it. She reminds me a bit of Christina Ricci when she was in her late teens.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Luis Guzmán will recur as Gomez Adams

Again, I can see it.

 

[Kevin Hewell]

Luis Guzmán will recur as Gomez Adams

Again, I can see it.

I'll always remember him from "Oz" and "Boogie Nights".

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

She definitely looks the part:


Interesting that Thing appears to be a Frankenstein-style creation in this series.

 

[joshEH]

Apparently Christina Ricci will be playing a recurring character in this series, though they're keeping her role under wraps for now:

‘Wednesday’ Teaser: Netflix Reveals Jenna Ortega as the Addams Family Icon

Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton's new Netflix horror comedy series based on "The Addams Family."

www.indiewire.com

 

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[Adam Lenhardt]

Gomez doesn't look right. The hair is a mistake, but I also think Luis Guzmán's face is too rectangular now with his older man jowls. The quality they need to recapture is John Astin's childlike ebullience.

 

[Malcolm R]

Pugsley is also too tall.

 

[Alex...]

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Guzmán's smile in that trailer is just like Charles Addams's drawings of Gomez, at least. I like Catherine Zeta Jones's take on Morticia too.

Not sure I buy Wednesday castrating that boy. Usually, she's more of an agent of chaos than an outright villain when she's out in the world. She saves the really violent hijinks for around the house, which is less of a big deal since her family seems largely immune to serious injury. I do like the way Jenna Ortega delivers Wednesday's lines, though. There's a mournful quality that suits the character, since "Wednesday's child is full of woe."

I kind of like the cut stitches around Thing's wrist, too. Like the hand was cut off from the multi-armed Thing that reached out of all of the boxes in the old TV series.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Premiering November 23rd:

Weird that they're holding it until almost Thanksgiving. You'd think they'd want to capitalize on the interest in spooky stuff around Halloween.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Agreed - I wonder if it’s just not ready or if they felt it wasn’t going to be ready by the time they needed to commit to an October date.

 

[Walter P. Thatcher]

I think there's too much hair on Gomez's head:

 

[Clinton McClure]

They had me at Catherine Zeta Jones.

 

[EricSchulz]

I was under the impression (mistakenly, apparently) that this and The Munsters were debuting close to each other….

 

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