Netflix casts Jenna Ortega in lead role for Wednesday Addams series ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 20:04 IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): Netflix has cast Hollywood actor Jenna Ortega for the lead role in its Wednesday Addams live-action series. Titled Wednesday , it was originally ordered to series at the streamer back in February.
According to Variety, the series has been described as a 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.
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Jenna Ortega Is Wednesday in Tim Burton s Addams Family Netflix Reboot
Jenna Ortega Is Wednesday in Tim Burton s Addams Family Netflix Reboot
Tim Burton s Addams Family series will follow a college-age Wednesday Addams with Jenna Ortega in the role.
Jane the Virgin). As previously reported, the
Beetlejuice and
The Addams Family. Titled
Wednesday the new series will specifically follow an older Wednesday as a student at Nevermore Academy, though the other kooky members of the Addams family are bound to show up.
Happy Wednesday! @JennaOrtega will play the iconic Wednesday Addams in our upcoming live-action Wednesday series, directed by Tim Burton. pic.twitter.com/yQRJXgnUo4 Netflix (@netflix) May 19, 2021
It has been three months since the development of Tim Burton’s new
Addams Family series,
Wednesday, was confirmed, and now Netflix has announced that the live-action project has finally found its leading star. Rising actress Jenna Ortega has officially been tapped to portray the titular role of Wednesday Addams, a character created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938. This marks the 18-year-old actress’s latest collaboration with Netflix after she starred in films such as
The Babysitter: Killer Queen, and
Yes Day as well as in shows like
You Season 2 and
The fan-favorite character was famously portrayed by Christina Ricci in 1991’s