Tim Burton and Netflix’s The Addams Family spinoff has found its Wednesday Addams, and it’s someone the streamer is very familiar with. It was revealed that Jenna Ortega will take the title role in Wednesday, a live-action series centered on the Addams’ morbid child.
Happy Wednesday! @JennaOrtega will play the iconic Wednesday Addams in our upcoming live-action Wednesday series, directed by Tim Burton. pic.twitter.com/yQRJXgnUo4
— Netflix (@netflix) May 19, 2021
Wednesday will be a different take on The Addams Family, as it will be more of a coming-of-age teen series centered on Wednesday Addams. If there’s something to compare it to, Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina seems like a good bet.
Ortega and Netflix have a strong working relationship already, with the actress having starred in the popular series, You, the family comedy Yes Day, and voicing a character in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
