Soon after, word broke that Netflix had officially renewed Wednesdaystar of the series Jenna Ortega has been in the news. After the Addams family reboot series debuted on Netflix in November, it was an instant hit. The series quickly became one of the streamer’s most-watched titles of all time, in addition to widespread acclaim from critics and viewers alike. An extension seemed obvious and inevitable, although it was not officially announced until January 6. Now that the news is official, Ortega was finally able to thank everyone.
“Thank you to everyone who made this upcoming season possible,” Ortega wrote on Twitter, sharing a post of the official announcement of the Season 2 renewal.
She added, “This has all been pretty surreal.”
Indeed. While remakes and reboots of classic properties are never guaranteed to be successful, there was no certainty that Wednesday would be such a hit it has. That being said, the goal, of course, was for the series to continue beyond the first season. Creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have also teased where they plan to take the series into a second season.
“The school was closed when they left, which gave us the most opportunities for Season 2, and I think we’re eager to explore that,” Gough previously said. THR. “For us, the show is also really about this female friendship, with Wednesday and Enid really at the center of that. The fact that they really connected with the audience was really satisfying. So we’re excited to explore now that Wednesday dipped her toe in the friendship pool, what’s that gonna look like? It’s like she hugged. That was her big arc for the season, right? So now we do.
Gough went on to tease: “The other thing that’s really interesting is also continuing to explore the mother-daughter relationship between Wednesday and Morticia, which now Morticia knows about the power, it’s kind of given her a sense of how that going. to go. How will their relationship evolve?”
Jenna Ortega celebrates Wednesday
Wednesday moves the story forward a few years from most adaptations of The Addams family, now follows a slightly older version of the character after she leaves the family home to attend Nevermore Academy. While there, Ortega uses her special abilities to sort out a mystery involving the school and her own family, making an unlikely friend along the way.
Ortega is part of an ensemble cast starring Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Christina Ricci, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa and Moosa Mostafa. The series also features Luis Guzman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Isaac Ordonez, and Fred Armisen as other Addams family members.
Wednesday streams on Netflix. Season 2 does not have a premiere date yet.