Tim Burton and Netflix Announce New TV Series About Wednesday Addams

Tim Burton will be making his directorial TV debut with Netflix‘s coming-of-age comedy, Wednesday.

Based on The Addams Family‘s very own daughter, Wednesday, the eponymous series is the pop culture icon’s first young adult television series:

“The series is 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.”

Burton is set to serve as both director and co-executive producer alongside showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar plus other executive producers Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman and Gail Berman — some of whom have worked on other versions of The Addams Family.

The inaugural season will be comprised of eight episodes, however casting information, a trailer and its release date are all yet to be announced.

Rumors of Burton’s interest in creating this Wednesday-focused Addams Family series swirled in late 2020, and reports claimed that although several buyers were bidding for the project, Netflix was finishing first in the race.

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