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Wednesday Season 2 tease: Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams is back—and so is her darkest rival | Watch

Wednesday Addams returns in Season 2, facing darker challenges and old foes like Tyler. With new mysteries, characters, and a bigger, twisted plot, the series premieres in 2025.

Wednesday Season 2 tease: Jenna Ortega's Wednesday Addams is back—and so is her darkest rival | Watch
Jenna Ortega in a still from Wednesday Season 2

Last Updated: 08.33 AM, Jan 31, 2025

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Currently, Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is too busy to make you cry. She is occupied with paying a visit to her archenemy Tyler, played by Hunter Doohan, at the asylum where he is being detained. As evidence, here is a fresh Season 2 teaser that debuted during the Next on Netflix event: The eerie preview for the exciting new episodes that will stream in 2025 is a teaser.

Darker challenges await Wednesday

According to showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar, Wednesday faces more complicated and darker challenges this season as she deals with friends, family, new secrets, and old enemies, leading her into another year at Nevermore.

Wednesday will return with familiar faces and intriguing new characters, even though the spine-tingling series solely features Nevermore Academy's No. 1 teen investigator. A recent Geeked Week 2024 featurette had cast members Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), and Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), as well as director and executive producer Tim Burton.

Bigger and more twisted season

As the clip opens with Zeta-Jones promising that this season is going to be bigger and more twisted than you can ever imagine, the crew and cast of Nevermore Academy are shown bustling about the set. 

Gough and Millar's views are echoed by Zeta-Jones. The executive producers have expressed their excitement about the prospect of introducing a diverse cast of new characters and their anticipation of delving into additional Addams Family heritage.

In 2025, Wednesday will return to Nevermore Academy for Season 2.

Mystery and darkness continue

As Wednesday Addams continues her studies at Nevermore Academy, the series will continue following her paranormal adventures. Showrunners Gough and Millar tease that Season 2 will have a delightfully dark, kooky, and mysterious vibe. Wednesday would be the end of them if they said why. So they are keeping quiet.

An announcement video for Wednesday Season 2 revealed that the show was renewed in January 2023 with more torture to come. On Wednesday, the master detective would naturally prefer it this way.

Ortega informed Tudum in February 2023 that Wednesday is unwavering in her beliefs and does not seek approval from others. This is a trait she truly admires, especially from someone who excels at pleasing others.

Jenna Ortega's admiration for Wednesday

Not only has Ortega grown to appreciate Wednesday's portrayal of the sole daughter of the Addams family, but so has everyone else. The show received twelve Primetime Emmy Award nominations in July 2023.

Ortega will star in and produce Wednesday Season 2 as an outcast who doubles as a detective and mystery writer on occasion. The returning cast of Myers (Enid Sinclair), Sunday (Bianca Barclay), Moosa Mostafa (Eugene), Georgie Farmer (Ajax), and Dorobantu will join Ortega. 

Returning and new cast members

The cast has grown to include Zeta-Jones, Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, and Ritchie Santiago, who all play regular roles. In addition, Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester) and Jamie McShane (Sheriff Donovan Galpin) will make cameo appearances.

With the addition of several new series regulars like Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor, Wednesday's universe is growing in Season 2. 

Christopher Lloyd, who plays Gomez in The Addams Family, Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Frances O'Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Joonas Suotamo are among the new guest actors that will be appearing.

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