WednesdaySeason 2 may still be a few months away but Netflix is giving fans a taste to tide them over before the return of everyone’s favorite storm cloud. At Tudum, the streamer unveiled the first six minutes of the sophomore season of theTim Burtonshow.Jenna Ortegareturns once again as Wednesday Addams and brings along her family to her second year at Nevermore Academy. From the trailer, we know she’s never gone back to the same school for a second year in a row, so Nevermore really must be different in a way Wednesday will never admit.
In the first six minutes, we get a glimpse into what Wednesday kept herself busy with the summer before returning to Nevermore. She wakes in the basement of a serial killer’s home, next to the doll (among dozens of others) that she gives Enid (Emma Meyers) in the images released earlier this year. She walks it back, talking about howshe’s mastered her psychic ability over the summerand with that accomplished, she’s determined to come face to face with a serial killer that she’s been obsessed with since early childhood. Once she’s able to use her abilities to identify him, played byThe Sixth Sense’sHaley Joel Osment. And because she’s Wednesday, she quickly outsmarts Osment’s serial killer and the preview ends with a menacing Wednesday heading for him, asking ifhewants to play dolls.
‘Wednesday’ Creators Tease an Even Darker Tone in Season 2
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, creatorsMiles MillarandAlfred Goughteased how the series will shift to an even darker tone in Season 2. Millar explained:
“Season 2 definitely has some moments which are more straightforward horror, and we’re very aware that the show is watched by everybody in terms of the age groups.So we want to make sure that it’s never torture porn, but that there’s enough bite to it that it feels that there are real stakesand that people die in this world, and it’s scary at moments. And I think that’s the great tonal shift that the show makes between comedy and horror.”
Adding a darker tone and a hugely stacked cast for Season 2, sets the 73% Rotten Tomatoes score show up for success. Millar tells Entertainment Weekly that for Season 2, “We certainly set out to really stretch ourselvesand stretch what the show could do and see where our characters could go.” The mystery of Season 2, in addition to being darker in tone is “more complex,” says Gough. He says he “also just feel[s] likethe world is bigger and you get to really explore other characters.” From the trailer, fans already know that Wednesday’s little brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) will be joining her at Nevermore (with some pretty cool electrokinetic powers) and we’ll also see the return ofCatherine Zeta-JonesandLuis Guzmánas Morticia and Gomez Addams. Coupled with along list of guest starsincluding the likes ofBillie PiperandSteve Buscemi, there will be a lot of moving parts within that bigger world that Gough talks about.
You can watch Season 1 ofWednesdaynow on Netflix. Catch the first six minutes of Season 2 above ahead of the premiere on August 6. Stay with Collider for the latest updates.
