It's official guys: Wednesday has been renewed for a second season by Netflix!
Much to fans' delight, the supernatural show starring Jenna Ortega, Christina Ricci, and Catherine Zeta-Jones will be getting a second installment very soon.
In a statement released by showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, they expressed their happiness about the success of the first season.
"It’s been incredible to create a show that has connected with people across the world," they said. "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."
The first season, which debuted on November 23, consisted of eight episodes and told the story of Wednesday Addams, a "smart and sarcastic" 16-year-old who investigates a mysterious murder spree while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.
As per the official 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 parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”
According to Variety, 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, it was reported that 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.
Prior to the exciting announcement of the show's renewal, Gough teased a potential season two during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
"We wanna sort of explore and sort of complicate all of those relationships going forward. The school was closed when they left, which gave us the most possibilities for season two, and I think that’s something that we’re excited to explore," he said.
"For us, the show also is really about this female friendship, with Wednesday and Enid (Emma Myers) really being at the center of that. The fact that they really connected with audiences, it has been really gratifying. So, we’re excited to explore now that Wednesday’s dipped her toe into the friendship pool, what’s that gonna look like? It’s like, she hugged."
He continued: "That was her big arc for the season, right? So it’s like now, we do that. Then, the other thing that’s really interesting is to continue to explore the Wednesday-Morticia mother-daughter relationship as well, which now that Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) knows about the power, it has given her sort of an idea of how that’s going to go," before adding: "How is their relationship going to evolve?"
So there's a bit of a snippet of what to expect in the upcoming season, but so far, no other details have been revealed.
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