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After the runaway success of Netflix and Tim Burton’s Addams Family stand-alone series Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega, the streamer renewed it for second season in January 2023. That decision came less than three months after the eight-episode Season 1 premiered, eventually becoming the most-watched origi…

Netflix has revealed the main cast and guest stars for the upcoming second season of hit supernatural mystery Wednesday, headlined by Jenna Ortega, which has started production in Ireland for a 2025 premiere. Joining Wednesday as new series regulars are Billie Piper (Scoop), previously revealed Steve…

Netflix on Tuesday morning unveiled the series regular and guest cast for the upcoming second season of its hit Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday, headlined by Jenna Ortega. As the announcement suggests — and Deadline has confirmed with sources — three Season 1 series regulars whose characters…

EXCLUSIVE: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers and creators of the smash hit Netflix series Wednesday, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures to develop films through the duo's Millar Gough Ink banner, Deadline has learned. Season 2 of Wednesday, the most watched…

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…

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…

Jenna Ortega is opening up about her role in the Beetlejuice sequel and confirming she’s playing Lydia Deetz’s daughter. In a new interview, the Scream alum talked about the Tim Burton-directed sequel titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice where she will give life to Astrid. “She's weird, but in a…

Netflix has unveiled the slate of TV series set to release new seasons in 2024, and some of the streamer’s biggest series are not on the list, delayed by the writers and actors strikes. Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season, which just started production earlier this month, will not debut until…

Jenna Ortega is teasing the second season of Wednesday, saying that each episode will feel like a movie. “I’ve received some scripts now for the second season, and we’re definitely leaning into a little bit more horror,” Ortega told Laverne Cox while being interviewed for E! on the Emmys red carpet.…

New insights are still being unearthed after Netflix dumped the viewership data for nearly its entire catalog from the first half of 2023, which includes more than 18,000 titles. One of those observations is that young adult and female-centric content are doing especially well for the streamer. In…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Myers has a closed a deal we hear to star in Warner Bros and Legendary’s Minecraft feature film. Myers stars as Enid Sinclair on Netflix’s most watched series ever, Wednesday, which counts 1.72 billion global hours watched off 252.1M views. She currently stars in the streamer’s Ed…