Tim Burton’s upcoming series, ‘Wednesday‘ has added 10 more actors to its ensemble cast according for sources for THR. The series will be an update on the Addams Family story, and follows Jenna Ortega‘s (The Babysitter: Killer Queen) Wednesday. The new cast members are also joining the previously announced Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán as Morticia and Gomez Addams.
The black clad, deadpan and ever sarcastic teen will be heading to a new school with some new friends. Wednesday is said to be “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. 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.”
Joining ‘Wednesday‘ are:
· Thora Birch (The Walking Dead) will play Tamara Novak : “Wednesday’s dorm mother and the only ‘Normie’ on staff at Nevermore Academy with a focus on all things botanical.”
· Riki Lindhome (Knives Out) will play Dr. Valerie Kinbott: “A local therapist in the sleepy town of Jericho who takes a particular interest in her newest patient Wednesday Addams.”
· Jamie McShane (Mank) will play Sheriff Donovan Galpin: “Born and bred in Jericho, this Sheriff has always had an issue with Nevermore Academy and a vendetta against former student Gomez Addams.”
· Hunter Doohan (Your Honor) will play Tyler Galpin: “A townie who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Wednesday Addams. Tyler has a troubled relationship with his father, the local sheriff.”
· Georgie Farmer (Treadstone) will play Ajax Petropolus: “A student at Nevermore Academy who also happens to be a Gorgon. Awkward and shy, Ajax is anxious about looking anyone in the eye.”
· Moosa Mostafa (Nativity Rocks!) will play Eugene Otinger: “One of Nevermore Academy’s quirkiest students and president of the school’s bee-keeping club.”
· Emma Myers (Girl in the Basement) will play Enid Sinclair: “She is Wednesday’s sunny and colorful Californian roommate at Nevermore Academy. Enid hails from a pack of San Francisco Werewolves.”
· Naomi J. Ogawa (Skylin3s) will play Yoko Tanaka: “A vampire with Harajuku-inspired Goth flair and one of the cool kids at Nevermore Academy.”
· Joy Sunday (Dear White People) will play Bianca Barclay: “One of Nevermore Academy’s most popular students, Bianca descends from a long line of Sirens with a mesmerizing power to persuade.”
· Percy Hynes White (The Gifted) will play Xavier Thorpe: “A charismatic and supernaturally artistic Nevermore Academy student, who comes from wealth thanks to his celebrity psychic father.”
Written by showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville), the first season which is said to consists of eight episodes, will be directed by Burton who will also be executive producing. The Addams Family have been loved by those with a dark streak, since their creation in 1938 by cartoonist Charles Addams.
With Burton‘s past projects, such as Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow, fans are sure to enjoy his take on the creepy and kooky Addams Family. There is currently no release date for Wednesday, however we should expect to see it sometime in 2022 only on Netflix. Be sure to follow ScaryNerd for more of all things horror, sci-fi and more.
