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Jenna Ortega is back as the Addams family’s death-loving daughter.

In a new photo from Season 2 of “Wednesday,” Ortega is seen frowning her and crossing her arms against a spooky outdoor backdrop — potentially a cemetery — with a gothic gate and two robed statues carrying lanterns behind her. This is the first photo from the Netflix series’ second season, though the streamer previously released a behind-the-scenes clip. Netflix released the photo just after production on Season 2 wrapped in Ireland. The season is set to premiere in 2025.

“Wednesday” follows the titular character’s journey at Nevermore Academy, where her parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luiz Guzmán) first met 25 years ago. In Season 1, Wednesday worked to master her emerging psychic abilities while tracking down a monster terrorizing the local town.

Along with Ortega, Zeta-Jones and Guzmán, the Season 2 cast includes Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer,...

Lady Gaga is set to appear in Netflix’s Wednesday in its forthcoming second season.

The Oscar and Grammy winner will have a role in the Netflix hit, which is in production in Ireland. Details on Gaga’s role are being kept quiet for now.

Lady Gaga has a tangential connection to Wednesday already: A remix of her song “Bloody Mary” overlaid on Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) season one dance scene that went viral on TikTok and other social platforms after the show’s 2022 premiere.

Gaga will be one of a host of new faces in season two, which added Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter and Noah Taylor as series regulars and Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo and Joonas Suotamo in guest roles.

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“Fingernails,” starring Jesse Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White, is to close the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The tender and idiosyncratic romantic drama, co-produced by Cate Blanchett, is the sophomore outing from director Christos Nikou, who made a splash with his debut “Apples.”

The film centers on the Love Institute, a scientific organization that tests the mutual compatibility of people who have decided to embark on life’s journey together. It is here of all places that the incurable romantic Anna finds a job, temporarily mentored by the thoughtful and sympathetic Amir.

“After being in the jury of Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2021 and having the chance to present my first feature ‘Apples’ to the Czech audience, I am so excited and grateful to return to a festival and a city that feel like home. I would like to thank [festival chiefs] Karel Och and Krystof Mucha for honoring us as...

Thandiwe Newton has joined the recently announced Steve Buscemi on the cast for the upcoming season 2 of Netflix series ‘Wednesday’. As with Buscemi’s announcement, Newton’s character details are being kept under wraps.

It has been confirmed that Jenna Ortega will be reprising her role as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming season of the Addams Family series. In this season, we will see Wednesday navigating through the challenges of her teenage years, all while continuing to solve a string of gruesome murders. The previous season ended with Wednesday triumphantly saving her school, Nevermore, from being destroyed and its students from being harmed.

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The show is created, co-showrunned and executive produced by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The first four episodes of Season 1 were directed by Tim Burton, who is also an executive producer on the show.

Thandiwe Newton is the latest to join the Season 2 cast of Wednesday, sources confirm to Deadline.

Character descriptions and details for Season 2 are being kept under wraps. As it was previously reported, Steve Buscemi also has joined the Season 2 cast.

Netflix declined comment.

The coming-of-age comedy is from Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and directed/EPed by Tim Burton. Other EPs are Steve Stark (Toluca Pictures), Andrew Mittman (1.21 Entertainment), Kevin Miserocchi (Tee and Charles Addams Foundation), Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman (Glickmania), Gail Berman, Tommy Harper, and Kevin Lafferty.

The Addams Family spinoff is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ (Ortega) years as a student at Nevermore Academy. That’s where she 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...

Thandiwe Newton is the latest new cast member to join “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix.

Variety has learned exclusively from sources that Newton will star in the second season of the megahit series. Exact character details are being kept under wraps. She is the latest new cast member to be revealed, as Variety previously reported that Steve Buscemi will also appear in Season 2.

Reps for Netflix declined to comment.

Newton has held a number of TV roles in her career, perhaps most notably starring in the HBO series “Westworld.” She received three Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a drama for that show, winning the award in 2018. Her other TV credits include “The Slap,” “Big Mouth,” “Human Resources,” and “Rogue.” In film, Newton is known for starring in features such as “Crash,” “Beloved,” “The Pursuit of Happyness,” and “W.”

She is repped by WME and Independent Talent Group.

Few details...

Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of the Netflix Addams Family spin-off series ‘Wednesday’ for season 2.

Details for the new season are being kept buried six feet under but it is thought Buscemi is on board to play the new principal of Nevermore Academy.

It has been confirmed that Jenna Ortega will be reprising her role as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming season of the Addams Family series. In this season, we will see Wednesday navigating through the challenges of her teenage years, all while continuing to solve a string of gruesome murders. The previous season ended with Wednesday triumphantly saving her school, Nevermore, from being destroyed and its students from being harmed.

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The show is created, co-showrunned and executive produced by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The first four episodes of Season 1 were directed by Tim Burton,...

We’ll be seeing a new face in Season 2 of Netflix’s Wednesday. Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of the Jenna Ortega-led series in an undisclosed role, sources confirm to Deadline.

The coming-of-age comedy is from Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and directed/EPed by Tim Burton. Other EPs are Steve Stark (Toluca Pictures), Andrew Mittman (1.21 Entertainment), Kevin Miserocchi (Tee and Charles Addams Foundation), Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman (Glickmania), Gail Berman, Tommy Harper, and Kevin Lafferty.

The Addams Family spinoff is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ (Ortega) years as a student at Nevermore Academy. That’s where she 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.

Season 2 details are being kept under wraps.

Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.

Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but sources say Buscemi will play the new principal of Nevermore Academy.

Reps for Netflix and Buscemi declined to comment.

Few details are available about the new season of “Wednesday,” aside from the fact Jenna Ortega will return as the titular Addams Family daughter going through her teenage years. The first season ended with Wednesday successfully solving a series of grisly murders while also thwarting an attempt to destroy Nevermore and its students.

Buscemi is a highly-celebrated actor, known for his ability to take on drama and comedy roles in equal measure. He has starred in films like “Reservoir Dogs,” “Fargo,” “The Death of Stalin,” and numerous Adam Sandler productions. He has also starred in shows like “Boardwalk Empire,” “Miracle Workers,” Season 5 of “The Sopranos,...

Jenna Ortega is revealing a bit more about the second season of Wednesday.

On the red carpet at the 75th Emmy Awards, the star of the Netflix series revealed that she’s read finally read some scripts for Season 2.

“We’re definitely leaning into a little bit more horror but it’s really, really exciting because all throughout the show, while Wednesday does need a little bit of an arc, she never really changes and that’s the wonderful thing about her,” Ortega teased to E! “There’s really, really good one-liners, and I think everything’s bigger, it’s a lot more action-packed. Each episode will probably feel a little bit more like a movie, which is nice.”

Wednesday, which was renewed in January, hails from MGM Television and from Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and executive producer/director Tim Burton. So far, there hasn’t been...

While Netflix awaits Season 2 of its breakout hit “Wednesday,” the latest adaptation of the “Addams Family” franchise, it is already eyeing a way to expand that universe. Variety has confirmed that Netflix and producer MGM Television are indeed aiming to spin off “Wednesday” to focus on Uncle Fester.

Armisen’s casting was a surprise when it was first revealed in October 2022 during a trailer teaser drop. He joined the Addams family that also included star Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams), as well as Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams.

Armisen first rose to prominence via his sketch comedy roles in “Saturday Night Live” and “Portlandia”; in recent years his TV appearances have included “Barry,” “History of the World, Part II,” “Unstable,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “The Kids in the Hall,” “Our Flag Means Death,” “Schmigadoon,” “Moonbase 8” and “Shrull.

Netflix is looking to build a franchise around its reigning most popular series. A Wednesday spinoff revolving around Fred Armisen’s Uncle Fester character is in early development at the streamer from MGM Television, Deadline has confirmed.

Conversations about the offshoot are happening alongside preparations for Season 2 of Wednesday — a new take of The Addams Family starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams — which became a ratings and pop culture phenomenon when it launched in November 2022. The horror comedy ranks as Netflix’s most popular English-language series with 252.1M views, almost doubling the next most popular TV season on the streamer.

Armisen guest starred in one episode of Wednesday‘s first season in a memorable appearance as Uncle Fester, brother of Wednesday’s father Gomez Addams (Luis Guzman), who used his ability to generate electricity to revive Thing.

Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers,...

Netflix is looking to add another branch to its Addams Family tree.

The streamer is in the early stages of development on a spinoff of Wednesday. The potential series would focus on Uncle Fester, Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) paternal uncle, played by Fred Armisen.

That a spinoff would be in the offing is no surprise, given the runaway success of Wednesday, which premiered in November 2022 and became Netflix’s biggest series to date in terms of streaming “views” (calculated by dividing a movie or show’s total viewing time by its running time). It was renewed for a second season in January.

Amazon MGM Studios, which produces the series and owns rights to the characters, is fully on board as well, per Bloomberg (which first reported development of the spinoff).

Wednesday creators and showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar had spinoff ideas brewing even before the series debuted. Gough told...

“Wednesday” is moving production from Romania to Ireland for Season 2, and is tentatively scheduled to start shooting in April, Variety has confirmed.

The eight-episode first season, which originally debuted last November on Netflix, was shot in Romania from September 2021 to March 2022. After breaking multiple streaming series records, including most hours viewed for an English language series in its first week with over 341 million hours, the horror comedy series was renewed for Season 2 in January.

“Wednesday” follows Jenna Ortega as the titular “Addams Family” character, who enrolls at Nevermore Academy. Per the official first season description, Wednesday “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.”

Along with Ortega, the cast of Season 1 included Gwendoline Christie, Jamie McShane, Percy Hynes White,...

Exclusive: Netflix’s reigning most popular series, Wednesday, is headed to a new locale. The upcoming second season of the Addams Family offshoot will be filmed in Ireland, sources tell Deadline. Details are still being firmed up, but I hear start of production is tentatively slated for late April.

Season 1 of Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, was shot in Romania from September 2021-March 2022. Following the massive global success of the coming-of-age horror comedy, which was released in November 2022, the Wednesday sets became a major attraction, giving Romania a TV tourism boost.

Still, the Balkan location presented logistical challenges, with speculation starting soon after production had wrapped that, if the series would go to a second season, it might film elsewhere. Wednesday, which was renewed in January, hails from MGM Television, whose sibling Amazon Studios has recent experience with relocating a sprawling genre series after Season 1 with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power...

Linda Marric sits down with director Christos Nikou to talk about his latest film, AppleTV+’s Fingernails starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy and Luke Wilson. The film is out today and very much worth your time.

The film was directed by Nikou, co-written by Nikou & Sam Steiner & Stavros Raptis, and produced by Coco Francini, Andrew Upton, Cate Blanchett, Lucas Wiesendanger and Nikou, with Glen Basner, Milan Popelka, Alison Cohen, Ashley Fox, Kevin Lafferty and Jerome Duboz serving as executive producers.

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Anna and Ryan have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir.

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Jessie Buckley has doubts about a futuristic program aimed at finding her perfect match as she balances her feelings for Jeremy Allen White and Riz Ahmed in the first trailer for the Apple TV+ film Fingernails.

Christos Nikou’s sci-fi romance gets a limited theatrical release Oct. 27 before hitting the streaming platform Nov. 3. The movie centers on Anna (Buckley), who works at an institute that uses controversial technology to determine ultimate compatibility in romantic partnerships. However, she begins to question her connection with supposed soulmate Ryan (White) as she gets to know co-worker Amir (Ahmed).

“I founded this institute to take the risk out of love,” says Duncan (Luke Wilson), boss of Anna and Amir, in the trailer. “No more uncertainty, no more wondering if you’ve chosen the right partner, no more divorce.”

Later, Buckley tells Wilson’s character, “I was wondering if it was possible that one person...

Some people say love is a battlefield, but what if there was a scientific solution to determining your compatibility with your chosen partner? Would the results confirm your evolution from lust to emotional adoration? Could you discover if the person you’re with is better suited for someone else? Some people would prefer to remain in blissful ignorance, but in Apple TV+‘s Fingernails trailer, love gets tested, and the results could destroy even the strongest of bonds.

Christos Nikou directs Fingernails from a script he co-wrote with Stavros Raptis and Sam Steiner. The story focuses on Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White), a couple who believe they’ve found true love, and a controversial new technology proves it. There’s just one problem. Anna is curious to know if the results are accurate. So, she takes a position at a love testing institute, where she meets Amir (Riz Ahmed), and sparks fly.

Christos Nikou’s “Fingernails” challenges the role of technology in modern love stories, with Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed starring as co-workers at a company that specializes in determining people’s soulmates based on their (you’re hearing this right) fingernails. The film first premiered at Telluride.

Buckley plays Anna, a new employee at the Love Institute, where the machines are housed. She starts training with senior instructor Amir (Ahmed), yet Anna is already committed to Ryan (Jeremy Allen White), and the machine has already confirmed they are a perfect match. So why is she developing feelings for Amir?

“Fingernails” is co-written by director Nikou, Stavros Raptis, and Sam Steiner, with Luke Wilson and Annie Murphy also starring.

The film is Nikou’s second feature and first English-language film after making his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed “Apples.” Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is among the producers of “Fingernails,” along with Nikou,...

Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Allen White and Riz Ahmed find themselves caught in a love triangle in the new Apple film “Fingernails,” which debuted its first trailer Tuesday morning.

Directed by Christos Nikou and produced by Cate Blanchett, the sci-fi film is set in a not-so-distant future. The story follows Anna (Buckley) and Ryan (White) who use a mathematical, machine-determined proceudre to determine if they are truly in love.

Luke Wilson plays Duncan, who heads up the Love Insitute. Anna declares she wants to work at the Institute because “Ginger Spice” studied there. She finds herself mentored by Amir, played by Ahmed. And the more time she spends around Amir and at the lab, she finds herself asking him, and herself “Is it possible that one person could be in love with two people at the same time?”

In addition to Blanchett, the film’s producers are Coco Francini, Andrew Upton,...

Apple Original Films announced the release date and unveiled a set of new images for its romantic drama and Toronto International Film Festival selection, ‘Fingernails.’

The feature follows Anna and Ryan, who have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute and meets Amir.

Jessie Buckley and Jeremy Allen White in “Fingernails,” premiering globally on November 3, 2023 on Apple TV+. Courtesy of Apple

Starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson, ‘Fingernails’ is the second feature and first English-language film from visionary director/writer/producer Christos Nikou, whose directorial debut was the critically acclaimed ‘Apples.’

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Jessie Buckley in “Fingernails,” premiering globally on November 3, 2023 on Apple TV+. Courtesy of Apple

Co-written by Nikou,...

Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed in ‘Fingernails’ (Photo Credit: Apple Original Films)

Apple Original Films has announced that Fingernails, which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, will open in Los Angeles and New York on October 27, 2023. Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley lead the cast of the romantic drama that marks the first English language feature film from director, writer, and producer Christos Nikou (Apples).

The drama will expand to additional theaters and will be available on Apple TV+ on November 3, 2023.

In addition to Oscar winner Riz Ahmed (The Long Goodbye short) and Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson (Stargirl) star.

Christos Nikou co-wrote the screenplay with Stavros Raptis and Sam Steiner. Nikou, FilmNation Entertainment’s Lucas Wiesendanger, and Dirty Films’ Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini produce. Kevin Lafferty, Jerome Duboz, and FilmNation Entertainment’s Glen Basner,...

Forget reading palms: What if the key to finding your soulmate was at the tip of your fingernail?

Director Christos Nikou’s (“Apples”) feature “Fingernails” offers a sci-fi love triangle rooted in nature over nurture. The film is co-written by Nikou, Stavros Raptis, and Sam Steiner, and is set in an alternate reality where a machine can determine whether a couple is in love or not by studying the makeup of their discarded fingernails.

Jessie Buckley stars as Anna, a new employee at the institute where the machines are housed. She starts training with senior instructor Amir (Riz Ahmed). Yet Anna is already dating Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) and the machine has confirmed they are a perfect match. So why is she developing feelings for Amir?

“Fingernails” is the second feature and first English-language film from visionary director/writer/producer Christos Nikou, whose directorial debut was the critically acclaimed “Apples.

The Jenna Ortega-starrer web-series ‘Wednesday’ has been renewed for Season 2, on Netflix. The eight-episode first season of the series centred on the titular ‘Addams Family’ character, originally debuted on November 23, reports Variety.

Netflix announced shortly thereafter that the series set a new platform record for most hours viewed for an English language series, in its first week with over 341 million hours.

Since then, the show has grown to become the second biggest English language season of television on Netflix with over 1.2 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days, among other streaming series records.

Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in the horror comedy series. Per the official first season description, the show centres on Wednesday’s “years as a student at Nevermore Academy.”

“She attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorised the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago,...

Reports of the death of “Wednesday” at Netflix have been greatly exaggerated. Just days after the spread of rumors that the “Addams Family” teen series might leave the streamer for its rival, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix finally gave a second season renewal to the series January 6, confirming that it would air “Only on Netflix.”

“It’s been incredible to create a show that has connected with people across the world,” showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said in a statement to Netflix’s official fandom website Tudum. “Thrilled to continue Wednesday’s tortuous journey into season two. We can’t wait to dive headfirst into another season and explore the kooky spooky world of Nevermore. Just need to make sure Wednesday hasn’t emptied the pool first.”

Since its eight-episode first season premiered on November 23, “Wednesday” has been touted by Netflix as one of its all-time most successful series, breaking...

To the surprise of no one, “Wednesday” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.

The eight-episode first season of the series centered on the titular “Addams Family” character originally debuted on Nov. 23. Netflix announced shortly thereafter that the series set a new platform record for most hours viewed for an English language series in its first week with over 341 million hours. Since then, the show has grown to become the second biggest English language season of television on Netflix with over 1.2 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days, among other streaming series records.

Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in the horror comedy series. Per the official first season description, the show centers on Wednesday’s “years as a student at Nevermore Academy. She 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...

This just in from the No Duh desk: Netflix has ordered a second season of Wednesday.

The Jenna Ortega-starrer from MGM Television crossed the 1B hours viewed mark – only the third show to do that on Netflix – in less than a month and overtook Dahmer to become the second most-watched U.S. show behind season four of Stranger Things.

For the remaining few who haven’t watched, Wednesday offers a new take on The Addams Family — the classic cartoon strip that was created by Charles Addams which ultimately became a ’60s sitcom and a ’90s feature film. Wednesday ranks No. 2 on the most popular (English) TV list with 1.237 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days.

What’s most unique about the series is how one of Netflix’s biggest rivals, Amazon, is responsible for the series after it closed a 8.5B deal to buy MGM. MGM TV has since...

Who had Amazon supplying one of Netflix’s biggest original series on their 2022 bingo card?

The Jeff Bezos-owned company, after closing its 8.5B deal to buy MGM, is now responsible for Wednesday, which has quickly become its rival’s second biggest English-language series.

The Jenna Ortega-fronted show crossed the 1B hours viewed mark – only the third show to do that – in less than a month and overtook Dahmer to become the second most-watched U.S. show behind season four of Stranger Things.

A renewal is thought to be inevitable, although sources expect that will come in the new year rather than before the end of the year. Producers are starting to talk to writers about joining the second season’s writers’ room and mulling season two locations, and even though MGM has been restructured into Amazon Studios, under Jen Salke, no one expects that to derail future seasons.

In “Woe is the Night,” the fourth episode of Netflix’s latest smash-hit series “Wednesday,” star Jenna Ortega birthed the latest dance craze with a scene in which she boogies down to “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps. But while the scene has since gone viral on TikTok, filming it was a terrible experience for Ortega, who tested positive for Covid almost immediately afterwards.

In an interview with NME released ahead of the whole sensation, Ortega said that she woke up the day the scene was filmed feeling extremely sick. Production had her shoot the dance while awaiting her Covid results.

“It’s crazy because it was my first day with Covid so it was awful to film,” Ortega said. “I woke up and – it’s weird, I never get sick, and when I do, it’s not very bad – I had the body aches. I felt like I’d...

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Netflix’s Wednesday broke another viewing record in its second week on the streamer.

After scoring the most viewing time in a single week for an English-language series on Netflix, the mystery comedy broke its own mark in the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4. Wednesday had 411.29 million hours of viewing worldwide, according to the company’s internal measurement. That marks the first time any English-language series has topped 400 million hours in a week. (Korean breakout Squid Game did so three times in its first season, with a high of 571.76 million hours for its third week of release.)

Twelve days into its run, Wednesday is now No. 3 in Netflix’s all-time ranking of English-language series with 752.52 million hours viewed. It will likely pass Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (856.22 million hours) in the coming week to take over second place and has an excellent...

She’s the queen of the goths and the queen of streaming. “Wednesday” is the third highest-viewed English-Language series on Netflix, the streamer announced.

According to numbers from Netflix, over the course of its first 12 days of availability (November 23 to December 4), the “Addams Family” spinoff series has been watched by over 115 million households for a total of 752.52 million hours viewed. This puts it at No. 3 on the streamer’s list of the top 10 English-language TV seasons, behind “Stranger Things 4” and “Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” both of which logged over a billion hours within 60 days of tracking.

The other series on the list include the first two seasons of “Bridgerton,” Season 3 of “Stranger Things,” Season 5 of “Lucifer,” Season 1 of “The Witcher,” “Inventing Anna,” and Season 2 of “13 Reasons Why.” With the ascension of “Wednesday,” the final season of “Ozark,” released this year, was quickly dethroned from the pantheon.

In addition,...

“Wednesday,” the macabre Jenna Ortega-starring series that reimagines the beloved Addams character, has entered Netflix’s Most Popular List of English-language TV series at No. 3 after just two weeks of viewership. Since its premiere on Nov. 23, the murder mystery dramedy has amassed 752.2 million hours, replacing the spot previously held by “Bridgerton” Season 2. The show is behind only “Stranger Things 4,” at 1.4 billion hours viewed, and “Dahmer,” at 856.2 million hours viewed.

In its second week leading the Top 10 list, “Wednesday” racked up another 411.3 million hours viewed, beating its own record as the most-viewed English show in a single week. Per the streamer, it’s reached nearly 115 million households since its debut. The series was also No. 1 in 89 countries.

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“Wednesday,” which finds its primary outcast at the Nevermore Academy — sleuthing and scheming alongside vampires, werewolves and Hydes...

She’s creepy and she’s kooky, mysterious and spooky, and all together uber-popular. “Wednesday,” the Netflix teen-comedy series about everybody’s favorite “Addams Family” member, has broken the streaming service’s record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language series.

According to numbers shared by Netflix, more than 50 million households watched 341.23 million hours of “Wednesday” during its first week of availability, from its debut on (appropriately) Wednesday, November 23, through Sunday, November 27. This dethrones “Stranger Things” Season 4, which previously held the record with the 335.01 million hours it logged from May 30 to June 5. Impressively, the “Stranger Things” number comes from a full seven-day week of tracking, while the “Wednesday” numbers include just five days of viewing. The long Thanksgiving weekend certainly helped.

Of course, while “Wednesday” reigns supreme among English-language shows, “Squid Game” remains Netflix’s top show of all time. The Korean series enjoyed its biggest...

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Netflix’s Wednesday had a big opening week on the streamer — the biggest ever, in fact, for an English language series.

The Addams Family offshoot, which stars Jenna Ortega as the title character, racked up 341.2 million hours of viewing worldwide last week, according to Netflix’s internal measurement. That tops the 335 million hours for Stranger Things 4 the week of May 30-June 5 as the best week for any English language series on the streamer.

Squid Game holds the all-time mark on Netflix with 571.76 million hours viewed for the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2021. The Korean phenomenon also had two other weeks above 400 million hours. Netflix’s publicly released hours viewed metric dates back to June 2021.

Wednesday hit No. 1 in 83 countries for the week, tying Stranger Things 4. Netflix estimates that more than 50 million households worldwide watched at least part of the series, dividing the total viewing...

Wednesday heads to Nevermore Academy, decides there’s something strange going on that has nothing to do with its weird assortment of students, and decides to figure it out in the trailer for Netflix’s Wednesday. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer is mostly set at Nevermore and features a surprise appearance by Uncle Fester, played by Fred Armisen.

Stick around until the trailer’s end and you’ll also get a glimpse of the 1991 The Addams Family film’s Wednesday – Christina Ricci.

The series’ Wednesday Addams is played by Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie is Principal Larissa Weems, Jamie McShane plays Sheriff Galpin, Percy Hynes White is Xavier Thorpe, and Hunter Doohan is Tyler Galpin. Emma Myers stars as Enid Sinclair, Joy Sunday is Bianca Barclay, Naomi J Ogawa is Yoko Tanaka, Moosa Mostafa is Eugene Ottinger, Georgie Farmer is Ajax Petropolus, and Riki Lindhome is Dr. Valerie Kinbott.

Season one guest stars...

Netflix’s official trailer for upcoming comedy horror series “Wednesday” has been unveiled at New York Comic Con, with comedian Fred Armisen revealed as the bald and extremely pale Uncle Fester. On top of that, the trailer unveiled Christina Ricci’s role in the series, which has been shrouded in secrecy since it was announced in March. Ricci played Wednesday Addams in Barry Sonnenfeld’s two Addams family films, 1991’s “The Addams Family” and 1993’s “Addams Family Values.” In “Wednesday,” Ricci plays a teacher at Nevermore Academy, where Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) has started as a student, and where she will hone her psychic abilities.

As for Armisen’s surprise casting, in the new trailer, Wednesday is pleasantly surprised when a supposed threat reveals himself to be her Uncle Fester, and the two ride off in a Dalmatian-patterned motorcycle with a sidecar. (Christopher Lloyd famously played the role of Uncle Fester the ’90s movies.

“Wednesday,” the Netflix series about a teenage Wednesday Addams, finally has a premiere date. The series will drop Nov. 23, Netflix announced Friday.

“Wednesday” is executive produced and directed by Tim Burton, with showrunners, EPs and writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It stars Jenny Ortega as the teenage member of the famed Adams family.

Here’s the logline for the series: “From the imagination of Tim Burton, ‘Wednesday’ is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”

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Ortega, in a statement, said...

Ever dreamed of being part of the Addams Family? Well, thanks to the ultimate back-to-school campaign, Netflix fans can join Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) at supernatural school Nevermore Academy.

“Have you ever been told you’re different? Odd? Or simply don’t belong?” the official website for the fictional elite prep school pledged. “In a world full of Normies, do you feel like an Outcast? If yes, there’s a very special place for people just like you…Nevermore Academy. Apply for admittance to Nevermore Academy where Outcasts of all kinds are welcome. Learn about the school’s notable alumni including Edgar Allan Poe and Morticia Addams, meet students currently enrolled at Nevermore and find out more about the school’s unique activities and events.”

Principal Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie) also narrates a short video for potential applicants, and students share what it’s like to be taught by the...

Netflix is kicking up the publicity campaign for Wednesday, The Addams Family spinoff premiering sometime this fall, with an invitation to join the titular character at Nevermore Academy. The fictitious school’s official website greets visitors with a quiz to make sure the school’s the right fit, with questions including how you feel about fitting in and whether your peers understand you.

The Nevermore Academy application breaks from the norm by asking which outcast group you identify with: vampire, gorgon, werewolf, or siren. Or, if none of those fit, you can select “I can’t describe it.” For the purpose of writing this piece, I chose vampire. That led to a question about the academic area I’m interested in and I picked supernatural studies.

The last step in the application process requires personal details, including an email and physical address. If you proceed and enter your info, you...

The Addams Family is back!

Netflix on Wednesday (funnily enough!) dropped the official teaser trailer for its new series, Wednesday.

The streamer also confirmed that the show will hit the air in the fall.

"The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy," the logline teases.

"There, she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore," the logline adds.

Eight episodes have been ordered, meaning we'll be getting a tightly-woven mystery that will be the perfect binge.

The trailer is as dark as you'd expect, with Wednesday's thirst for blood on full display.

The youngster goes as far as setting piranhas free in a pool, which doesn't end well for her targets.

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Wednesday Addams takes a stab at being social in Netflix’s first trailer for the Tim Burton-directed Addams Family series based on the character.

In the two-minute teaser for Wednesday, the raven-haired teen (played by Jenna Ortega) attempts to adjust to her new school, Nevermore — the very same one her parents went to — after a bullying incident with her brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) prompted Wednesday to sic piranhas on the water polo team.

Described by her father Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and mother Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) as a “magical place,” Nevermore offers Wednesday the promise of a community of people who will understand her, along with the possibility of making real friends.

“Little did I know I’d be stepping into a nightmare — full of mystery, mayhem and murder,” Ortega’s Wednesday says, amid a confetti-filled montage (including some Easter eggs) that ends in blood.

With flesh-eating piranhas, sword-fighting and ghoulish teen angst, the first teaser trailer for Netflix’s new Addams Family series “Wednesday” looks to have everything fans could want. (And you can watch it here.)

The upcoming show, which hails from director and executive producer Tim Burton, introduces a new look at the beloved characters, with Jenna Ortega starring in the titular role. She’s joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams) and Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley Addams).

The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally-infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore..tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100;padding-top:56.25}.tpd-featured-video.youtube>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100;height:100}.tpd-featured-video.

Season 3 of Netflix’s “Locke & Key” is nearly here.

On Monday, the streamer released the trailer for the final season, which you can watch above. The trailer promises to finally dive deeper into the past of the Locke children and their powers.

The series was renewed for a third installment over a year ago, before Season 2 had even debuted.

“Locke & Key” stars Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Laysla De Oliveira, Aaron Ashmore, Petrice Jones and Griffin Gluck.

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Season 1 of the long-awaited television adaptation followed siblings Kinsey (Jones), Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) and Tyler Locke (Connor Jessup), who move into their father’s childhood home, Keyhouse, with their mother Nina (Stanchfield) after he is murdered under mysterious circumstances. The kids soon discover their new home is filled with magical keys that...

Season 3 of Netflix’s Locke & Key will premiere August 10, the streamer revealed today as part of its annual Geeked Week. As Deadline revealed exclusively in April, the upcoming third season will be the supernatural thriller series’ last. Netflix also released a teaser trailer that gives a first look at Locke & Key‘s final chapter.

“The past is always with us, you can try to run away but it’s always there,” an ominous voiceover says in the opening seconds of the trailer, leading to a montage of Season 3 footage (You can watch it above).

As Deadline reported, the adaptation of the Idw comic books by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez is getting a proper conclusion since Season 3 was conceived as the show’s final chapter.

“As storytellers, we are grateful that we had the opportunity to tell our version of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s incredible story exactly the way we wanted,...

Netflix’s “Locke and Key” will end after its upcoming third season, Variety has confirmed.

Based on the comic books of the same name, “Locke and Key” follows the three Locke children who, following their father’s death, move from Seattle to his family home in Massachusetts. They soon discover magical keys hidden throughout the house — appropriately called Keyhouse — that can be used to unlock secret doors. However, a demonic presence is in search of the keys as well. Season 3 of the fantasy horror series is set to release on the streamer this year.

Co-showrunners and executive producers Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill said in a statement: “Once we began working on the series, we felt three seasons was the ideal length to bring the story of the Locke family and their Keyhouse adventures to a satisfying conclusion. As storytellers, we are grateful that we had the opportunity to tell...

Exclusive: The upcoming third season of Netflix’s Locke & Key will be its last. But fans of the supernatural thriller based on the Idw comic books by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez should not fret — they will get a proper conclusion since Season 3 was conceived as the show’s final chapter. In fact, I hear that, following the breakout success of Locke & Key‘s ten-episode first season, Netflix approached the series’ creative team with a plan for a three-season run consisting of a 10-episode second season and an eight-episode third season. That fit the vision of Locke & Key executive producers/co-showrunners Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill for how to tell the story and when to wrap it.

“Once we began working on the series, we felt three seasons was the ideal length to bring the story of the Locke family and their Keyhouse adventures to a satisfying conclusion,...

From TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for June 2021, including "Chroma", "Dark Windows", "Out of This World" and a whole lot more, with local productions responding individually, based on best practices for businesses/employers, to stop the further spread of 'Covid-19':

12 After Midnight Episodic series –Streaming Fells Point Productions ULCProd.: Miles Dale June 8/21 - Feb 16/22

13: The Musical Feature – Streaming Fireside Pictures Ulc Prod.: Neil Meron Jun 7 - Aug 11/21

Chroma Episodic Series –Streaming Netflix Prod.: Steve Wakefield Feb 8 - Aug 17/21 Dark Windows Season 1 Episodic Series – TV NBC/Universal Prod.: Mitchell Engel Dir: Don Mancini Mar 29 - Aug 13/21 Firestarter Feature – Theatrical Blumhouse Prod.: Karen Harnisch Dir.: Keith Thomas May 25 - Jul 21/21 Holly Hobbie Season 3 Episodic Series – TV Aircraft Pictures Prod.: Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo Dir.: Various Apr 19 - Jul 25/21 Kingswood Episodic Series – Streaming ABC Signature/Disney Prod.: John Ridley,...

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12 After Midnight Episodic series –Streaming Fells Point Productions ULCProd.: Miles Dale June 8/21 - Feb 16/22

13: The Musical Feature – Streaming Fireside Pictures Ulc Prod.: Neil Meron Jun 7 - Aug 11/21 A Christmas Letter Movies for Television 180 Sisterhood Productions Prod.: Rebeka Herron, Trish Rainone, David Lipper, Justin Levine May 10 - May 28/21 Children Ruin Everything- Season One

Episodic Series - TV Sticky Fingers Productions Inc. Prod.: Beth Iley Apr 5 - May 14/21 Chroma Episodic Series –Streaming Netflix Prod.: Steve Wakefield Feb 8 - Aug 17/21 Dark Windows Season 1 Episodic Series – TV NBC/Universal Prod.: Mitchell Engel Dir: Don Mancini Mar 29 - Aug 13/21 Firestarter Feature – Theatrical Blumhouse Prod.: Karen Harnisch Dir.: Keith Thomas May 25 - Jul 21/21 Holly Hobbie Season...

“Locke and Key” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix before its second season has even landed a premiere date, TheWrap has learned.

That news comes as Meredith Averill, who is co-showrunner on the fantasy series with Carlton Cuse, has signed an overall deal with Netflix that will see her develop new projects for the streaming service.

The second season of “Locke & Key” is currently in production in Toronto, with filming expected to wrap this week and the plan is for Season 3 production to begin immediately in the new year. Netflix expects to launch “Locke & Key” Season 2 in 2021.

“Locke and Key” was renewed for Season 2 back in March, just over a month after the series debuted on Netflix.

Starring Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Laysla De Oliveira, Aaron Ashmore, Petrice Jones and Griffin Gluck, Season 1 of the long-awaited television adaptation of Joe Hill and...

“Locke and Key” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix.

In addition, series executive producer and co-showrunner Meredith Averill has signed an overall deal with Netflix for TV and other projects.

News of the renewal comes ahead of the debut of the show’s second season, which is set to launch in 2021. Production is wrapping on Season 2 this week in Toronto, with production on Season 3 set to kick off in early 2021. Season 2 of the show was announced back in March.

“I’m incredibly grateful to have found a home at Netflix where I feel constantly supported, challenged and inspired,” Averill said. “I look forward to continuing and expanding our relationship.”

“Locke and Key” has had a long and troubled path to the screen, as Averill and her fellow co-showrunner Carlton Cuse explained in an interview with Variety earlier this year.

The series is based on the Idw Entertainment comic book...