First Photo From ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Arrives

Preview:

The first photo of Jenna Ortega in ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 is online.
Season 2 has just wrapped filming in Ireland.
The series will return to Netflix in 2025.

‘Addams Family’-aligned series ‘Wednesday’ has been a massive hit for Netflix.

The show, starring ‘Scream’s Jenna Ortega, ranks as the most-watched English language show that the streaming service has ever released and was nominated for 12 Emmys, winning four.

So naturally, fans have been clamoring for any word of when it might be back on our screens. And while there is still no properly confirmed date (see below), we do at least know that the second season exists, albeit in raw form as Netflix has marked the end of production on the latest batch of episodes by posting a suitably spooky shot of Ortega.

“Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside.”

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She’s posing, in true Wednesday form, in what appears to be a graveyard, with a gothic gate and two robed statues carrying lanterns behind her. What were you expecting? Rainbows and kittens? Storm clouds and a pet cemetery are more her style.

While this is the first official picture from the new season, we have had a previous first look behind-the-scenes clip released as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week celebrations…

And the biggest recent news for the new season is the announcement that Lady Gaga will be appearing in a relatively small role.

What has happened with ‘Wednesday’ Season behind the scenes?

Cast and crew of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’. Photo: Netflix.

Given the sheer level of excitement around the first season (Netflix took the rare step of releasing actual figures since it had something to crow about: ‘Wednesday’ notched up most hours viewed in a week with 341.2 million hours, tied the record with fellow genre powerhouse ‘Stranger Things’ fourth season for the most viewed show in 83 countries and stands as one of only three titles to cross 1 billion hours viewed on the service within one month, along with ‘Squid Game‘/ and the aforementioned ‘Stranger Things.’

That prompted the company to spawn all manner of merchandising and real-world “experiences” and naturally to commission a second season.

The production for Season 2 shifted (for budget and scheduling reasons) from Romania to Ireland, and it had to accommodate a few challenges, including a delayed start due to star Ortega’s schedule on Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.’

It’s worth noting that Burton is also involved in ‘Wednesday’ as an executive producer as well as directing several episodes.

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar serve as the series’ showrunners, keeping things on track through the new season.

Who else will appear in ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?

(L to R) Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in Netflix’s ‘Wednesday.’

Ortega will once again star as mordant title character Wednesday Addams, while Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo are all now regulars for Season 2.

Zeta-Jones plays Morticia (Wednesday’s mother), while Guzmán plays Gomez (her father) and Ordonez plays brother Pugsley.

Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, and Georgie Farmer will also be returning, as will Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester) and Jamie McShane (Sheriff Donovan Galpin) in guest roles.

New series regulars include Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor. Thandiwe Newton has a guest role, as do the likes of Christopher Lloyd (who played Fester in the two live-action ‘Addams Family’ movies) and Haley Joel Osment.

Here’s what ‘Wednesday’ show-runners Al Gough and Miles Millar said about the new cast:

“We are thrilled that the entire Addams family will be enrolling in Nevermore Academy this season along with a dream cast of icons and new faces.”

Burton is back as the main director for the new season alongside Paco Cabezas and Angela Robins.

What’s the story of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in 'Wednesday.'

The first season told the tale of Wednesday’s enrollment at the Nevermore Academy, where she discovers she has inherited her mother’s psychic abilities, allowing her to solve a local murder mystery.

Season 2 will pick up the threads of that, while plunging her into a new mystery, likely with fresh creatures to deal with. The expanded roles for her family members means we can expect more of the Addams clan this time around.

And we predict potential dancing, given the viral TikTok “Wednesday dance” that spread across social media in 2022 following the release of Season 1.

Will Netflix choose to go all ‘Stranger Things’/‘Cobra Kai’ and spread the new episodes out across different chunks? That remains to be seen, but you just know they’ve considered it.