Wednesday
A sardonic teen with psychic gifts lands at a school for outcasts, where a killing spree tests her detachment.
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About the series
The wait has been torture.
What it’s about
Wednesday Addams starts at Nevermore Academy, a school for supernatural outsiders. Her emerging psychic abilities pull her into a hunt for a local serial killer and a buried secret about her parents.
What hooks you
Jenna Ortega plays the title character, whose unblinking stare and deadpan delivery anchor this Tim Burton series. It won Saturn Awards for best fantasy television series and best young performer, plus an MTV Award for Ortega. Burton pushed for a Gomez Addams closer to Charles Addams's original drawings: stout and piggish. Production took place in Romania, and Ortega trained in cello, canoeing, fencing, archery, and German for the role.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who enjoy gothic whimsy, deadpan humour, and mysteries set in schools for the strange. Those who like Halloween-flavoured fantasy and stories about teenage outsiders will find its tone familiar.
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 296 votesCreative team
All 15-
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Jenna Ortega
Wednesday Addams / Goody Addams
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Gwendoline Christie
Actor
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Emma Myers
Enid Sinclair
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Steve Buscemi
Barry Dort
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Hunter Doohan
Tyler Galpin
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Jamie McShane
Actor
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Joy Sunday
Bianca Barclay
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Riki Lindhome
Valerie Kinbott
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Georgie Farmer
Ajax Petropolus
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Percy Hynes White
Actor
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Victor Dorobantu
Thing
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Thora Birch
Tamara Novak
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13
Moosa Mostafa
Eugene Ottinger
Trivia
All facts 8
- Gomez Addams is usually portrayed on screen as a courteous and likable character. Director Tim Burton wanted him to be as Charlie Addams described him — fat and pig-like.
- Filming took place in Romania.
- While preparing for the shoot, Jenna Ortega learned to play the cello, and also took lessons in canoeing, fencing, archery and German. According to actress Joy Sunday, the canoeing sessions were especially difficult — every day for an hour, the actors involved in the project and some of the stunt performers raced each other in canoes, sometimes starting at half past five in the morning.
- Wednesday does not blink often. She blinks only when she is injured, or when she is caught off guard. It all started because she was not supposed to blink in a certain scene, and Tim Burton liked it so much that he told Ortega not to blink on camera anymore.
- Jenna Ortega came up with and choreographed her own dance to The Cramps' "Goo Goo Muck," drawing inspiration from British singer Suzi Quatro, choreographer Bob Fosse, and 1980s club music.
- In December 2021, Thora Birch left the project; Christina Ricci replaced her, and some scenes had to be reshot.
Awards and nominations
3 wins · 15 nominations
- 2 wins Saturn Awards
- 1 win MTV Movie & TV Awards
- Best Fantasy Television Series Saturn Awards · 2024
- Best Young Actor/Actress in a Television Series Jenna Ortega Saturn Awards · 2024
- Best Actor or Actress in a TV Show Jenna Ortega MTV Movie & TV Awards · 2023
Also nominated Golden Globe Awards3 Emmy Awards3 Screen Actors Guild Awards2
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