The mix of dark comedies in Wednesday has made it one of the most famous Netflix shows of 2022. It has already been watched for more than 752,000,000,000,000 hours. This is why the show was given another season.
“The series broke the record for the most hours watched in a week by an English-language TV series on Netflix not once, but twice: when it debuted at #1 with a record-breaking 341.23M hours watched, and again in its second week with a staggering 411.29M hours watched.” Wednesday, Tim Burton’s first movie as a director, got people excited when Netflix showed the first picture of Jenna Ortega in the iconic gothic costume of Wednesday Addams. Tim Burton is both a producer and a director for the project.
Will there be a Wednesday season 2?
We were all thankful to the Addams family because the first season of Wednesday came out right around Thanksgiving. Now, the fan-favorite show is coming back for another season on the streaming giant. Netflix posted a video to Instagram on January 6, 2023, saying that the second season of “Wednesday” would be coming back for a second season. Jenna Ortega, playing the Addams Family character, says in the video, “Over the past few weeks, I’ve been hunted, haunted, and copied millions of times across the internet.”
What’s the best? The announcement video is set to Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary,” which became popular on TikTok because of a dance challenge inspired by Wednesday.
Wednesday Season 2 Plot
The most difficult thing for Wednesday’s second season to do is to meet the demands of its fans. Season 1 was a surprise hit, which was good because The Addams Family was less important in pop culture after a couple of animated movies that didn’t do well at the box office. When Tim Burton was hired to direct Wednesday and up-and-coming scream queen Jenna Ortega was cast as the title character, the project seemed interesting but not dangerous. If the show didn’t do well, it could be seen as just another fun throwback show, and no one’s reputation would be hurt.
Season 1 seemed to have little to lose, but now that it is one of the most popular shows in the world, season 2 has a lot of work to do. The mix of murder mystery and Gothic horror in Wednesday, along with Burton’s completely balanced sense of camp, made for a story that kept getting fun and surprising as the season went on. People who didn’t know what to anticipate from the show were thrilled by it. Now that the tone, character characterizations, and storylines of the show are no longer a secret, Wednesday will have to use this excitement to grow it.
Wednesday Season 2 Cast
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
- Riki Lindhome as Dr. Valeria Kinbott
- Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin
- Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
- Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
- Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger
- Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
- Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
- Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
- Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester
- Victor Dorobantu as Thing
- George Burcea as Lurch
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
Wednesday Season 1 Review
Wednesday is also not a typical teenager. She is the daughter of Morticia and Gomez, so that is a given. She lives alone, loves black, and isn’t afraid to hurt anyone who gets in her way. She has been back for days because she doesn’t like to lose. Wednesday isn’t happy about moving schools at first, but Nevermore isn’t as sad as she thought it would be. She is busy with a murder mystery at the school and trying to stop the monster from eating the students and locals.
The show has grown into a cultural icon in part because of how well it was cast. From Jenny Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, and Christina Ricci (who played a young Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family Values in 1993), the cast does a great job bringing these characters to life. Jenny Ortega is a master of the deadpan look, and her snarky comebacks help her become Wednesday in a way that no one else could.
Second, the show’s fashion doesn’t let you down. Fans went crazy over the mix of goth-chic, soft punk, and statement pieces. It adds to the story and makes it more interesting. Most of the people who watch the show would end up dying for this kind of look. There are already a lot of videos on TikTok of content creators and influencers attempting to recreate Wednesday’s dress from episode four’s “Rave’N” dance party. Each character has their own style that is effortlessly chic, and viewers can easily tell which character is which based on their style. This just makes the series even more exciting.
Tim Burton is an absolute genius when it comes to directing. He gives this show a certain “something” that only he can do with his gothic style and skill at telling scary stories. This show has great cinematography, a set design, and a great story. Wednesday is a dark and twisty thriller, but it also manages to be funny in some ways. It’s perfectly balanced and done very well, which makes it a must-see show. It will be one of the best series of the year for sure.
Who are the Creators of Wednesday?
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar made and wrote the Netflix show Wednesday. April Blair and Kayla Alpert also wrote for the show. Both Gough and Millar are well-known producers, writers, and showrunners. They are best known for writing for movies like Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and co-writing Spider-Man 2. The two also made and produced the TV shows Smallville, Into the Badlands, and The Shannara Chronicles.
Along with Gough, Millar, Alpert, Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Gail Berman, Jonathan Glickman, Tommy Harper, Kevin Lafferty, and Kevin Miserocchi, Tim Burton is one of the show’s executive producers. Burton is the director of the first four episodes of the first season of Wednesday. He is known for making modern classics like Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland, among many others. He is expected to return for the second season in a similar role. The first season of the show was also directed by James Marshall and Gandja Monteiro.
Wednesday Season 2 Release Date
The first season came out on November 23, 2022. It had a total of eight episodes. The first season got a lot of good feedback from viewers, and right now, Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 72% approval rating. The show was picked up for a second season in January 2023. But the creators of Wednesday Season 2 haven’t said when it will come out yet.
How many episodes will be in Wednesday Season 2?
The first season of “Wednesday” had eight episodes, and each one was about an hour long. So, the second season is likely to be the same and have eight episodes that are each about an hour long. There’s also a chance that Season 1’s success could lead to more episodes, which is something that often happens with TV shows. Stay tuned, and we’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything new about the Season 2 episodes of Wednesday.
