Tim Burton's Live-Action Addams Family Series WEDNESDAY Lands at Netflix
Tim Burton is developing a new live-action series inspired by The Adams Family titled Wednesday, and it will focus on the character Wednesday Addams. The series has been picked up by Netflix and it has received an eight-episode order.
The series is a coming-of-age comedy about “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s 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.”
The series was written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, and Burton will direct. All three of them will also serve as showrunners on the series and executive produce.
Teddy Biaselli, Netflix’s Director Original Series said in a statement:
“When we first heard Al Gough and Miles Millar’s pitch for Wednesday we were struck, like an arrow from a crossbow, right in our hearts. They nailed the tone, the spirit and the characters, but gave us a fresh way into this story. We then got the call that visionary director and lifelong Addams Family fan Tim Burton wanted to make his television directorial debut with this series. Tim has had a history of telling empowering stories about social outsiders like Edward Scissorhands, Lydia Deitz, and Batman. And now he brings his unique vision to Wednesday and her spooky classmates at Nevermore Academy.”
There’s certainly a great team of talent developing the series, and it’s sure to turn out to be something great. It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out. I’m sure that it will have Burton’s wonderfully twisted visual style, but I’m mostly curious to see what story they end up telling with the character. I imagine we’ll see all of the other members of the Addams family in the series as well.
Below you’ll find a teaser poster for the series.