Steve Buscemi in ‘Boardwalk Empire’. Photo: HBO Entertainment.
Preview:
- ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 will see Steve Buscemi join the ensemble.
- He’ll appear alongside star Jenna Ortega.
- The Netflix series has been a huge hit for the streaming service.
Given that the first season was a gigantic hit for Netflix, the streaming service has naturally been eager to have work start on the second so as to capitalize on its pop culture consciousness awareness (translation: the series broke the record for hours viewed on the service and has been massive on TikTok).
Yet it was stymied by the writers’ and actors’ strike last year, not to mention the increasingly busy schedule of star Jenna Ortega, who plays the title character, the eldest child of the Addams family.
Now, though, with production due to be underway any day now (with a location switch from the first season’s Romania to Ireland), news is finally starting to emerge, as Variety reports that Steve Buscemi is joining the cast.
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Who is Steve Buscemi playing in ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?
Steve Buscemi in 1996’s ‘Fargo’. Photo: Gramercy Pictures.
Official word on Buscemi’s character is naturally being kept in a locked dungeon for now, but according to Variety’s sources, he’s the new principal of Nevermore Academy, where Wednesday studies (and solves mysteries. And gets wrapped up in love triangles, much to her surprise and disgust).
It’s not a job to be taken lightly –– the previous incumbent (Gwendoline Christie’s Larissa Weems) died by poison needle.
Who else is in ‘Wednesday? Season 2?
(L to R) Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in Netflix’s ‘Wednesday.’
Confirmed as returning so far are Ortega, Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), and Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), who all stopped by last year’s big Netflix fan event to tease information on the new season.
We’re apparently to expect another member of the Addams family showing up (so far the show has seen Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester), though details have yet to be released.
What’s the story of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in ‘Wednesday.’ Photo: Vlad Cioplea/Netflix © 2022.
Nothing else has really been revealed about the new Season, though Ortega has hinted at a focus more on the horror side than the teen romance angle.
Here’s what she said on the Emmys red carpet:
“I think everything is bigger. It’s a lot more action-packed. I think each episode will probably feel a little bit more like a movie, which is nice.”
‘Wednesday’ Season 2: The Showrunners Speak
(L to R) Director Tim Burton, Cinematographer David Lazenberg in ‘Wednesday.’ Cr. Tomasz Lazar/Netflix © 2022.
Here’s what co-showrunners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough said about Season 2 in 2023:
“We can’t wait to dive headfirst into another season and explore the kooky, spooky world of Nevermore… We just need to make sure Wednesday hasn’t emptied the pool first.”
Director Tim Burton (who executive produces and handled several episodes of Season 1) is expected to return for this one.
When will ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 be on Netflix?
Netflix has yet to confirm a date for the second season, but with filming only starting now and a likely effects-heavy post-production schedule, we can’t imagine it hitting screens much before the end of this year.
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in ‘Wednesday.’ Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022.