NetflixShe’s creepy, she’s kooky, mysterious and spooky, and she’s altogether ooky – and finally, in 2025, our favorite member of Netflix’s Addams Family will return in Wednesday Season 2.
The first season followed Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday as she navigated the trials and tribulations of being the new girl in high school. It was an extraordinary success, becoming Netflix’s most-watched English-language series in history – yes, it’s even bigger than Stranger Things.
However, a lot has happened since then. From the writers’ and actors’ strikes to allegations against one of its lead stars, the show has faced a series of delays, meaning it’s been nearly three years since the first chapter debuted on the streaming service.
Thankfully, Netflix has given viewers a big Wednesday Season 2 update, as well as the opening six minutes, so here’s the lowdown as we prepare for our trip back to Nevermore.
Wednesday Season 2 is coming to Netflix in August 2025
Annoyingly, Wednesday Season 1 has been split into two halves – Part 1 will drop on August 6, 2025, with Part 2 following on September 3, 2025.
NetflixThe season is eight episodes long, so we’re looking at four episodes per part.
Filming kicked off in Ireland in May 2024, as reported by Variety. That’s the price of casting one of the biggest up-and-coming stars in the world as your lead, with Ortega also starring in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this year and working on other projects.
As of December 4, 2024, filming officially wrapped. Netflix also confirmed a 2025 release on the same day.
There had also initially been some concern over which streaming platform was going to host the second season, as last year Amazon Prime and MGM signed an $8.5 billion merger, potentially shifting the rights to Wednesday away from Netflix. However, a report from Indiewire confirmed that the show would remain at Netflix.
Netflix drops new photos & behind-the-scenes look
Netflix has released its first batch of Season 2 images, which you can see below (and throughout this page).
NetflixIt also contains little meta joke poking fun at itself, with the line, “The wait has been torture.” And the official Wednesday X/Twitter account added, “They call it a ‘highly anticipated return’. I call it a deeply unfortunate encore.”
Back in September 2024, Netflix shared a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the new season, too:
“This season is going to be bigger and more twisted than you can ever imagine,” Catherine Zeta-Jones says in the video, but don’t expect to find out much. We know Tim Burton has been back on set directing… and that’s about it.
“If we showed you any more your eyes would bleed… and I’m not that generous,” Ortega adds.
Wednesday Season 2 cast
Jenna Ortega will officially return as Wednesday Addams, with Tim Burton also to return to direct one episode.
NetflixCheck the cast list below:
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
- Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Deputy Richie Santiago
- Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester
- Victor Dorobantu as Thing
- George Burcea as Lurch
- Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
- Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Otinger
- Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
- Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
- Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka
- Thandiwe Newton
- Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort
- Billie Piper
- Evie Templetone
- Owen Painter
- Noah Taylor
- Christopher Lloyd
- Frances O’Connor
- Haley Joel Osment
- Heather Matarazzo
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Joanna Lumley as Hester Frump
- Lady Gaga as Rosaline Rotwood
One star who will not be returning is Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe following the sexual assault allegations against him.
NetflixDepending on the plot of Season 2, it’s unclear whether or not we will see Marylin Thornhill (Christina Ricci) again as well. Plus, death may not be the end at Nevermore, so who knows, Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie) may also return (although it’s looking unlikely for now).
According to What’s on Netflix, Wednesday Season 2 will introduce three new characters: Karloff, a “young, athletic male teen”; Wolfgang, another male teen who is “charming and confident”; and Annie, a female teen who is “whip-smart and wise beyond her years”.
It was also revealed the new season will get a new love interest. Bruno is a “Hispanic/Latino teen character who’s a new love interest in the show. Described as having a smoldering look.”
In April 2024, Variety reported that Steve Buscemi would make his debut in Wednesday Season 2 as Nevermore’s new principal. As per Netflix’s Tudum, other newcomers who will be series regulars include Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor.
Meanwhile, Westworld’s Thandiwe Newton will join the cast as a guest star, alongside Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Lumley, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Joonas Suotamo.
Lumley stars as Grandmama Hester Frump. She told Netflix, “There’s always something thrilling about working for Tim Burton. His whole mind takes him to a different world, and the world that they’ve created here for Wednesday and Nevermore and the family is just intoxicating. It’s wonderful. I get to wear many, many huge wigs, one on top of the other — and lots of quite constraining clothes, so I love it.”
Buscemi is also taking over as Principal Dort, adding “I’ve always been a fan of the Addams family — the movies, the TV show, and I was a big fan of Wednesday, so I was very excited to know that they were interested in me to play the new principal of Nevermore. Barry Dort is a bit of a mysterious figure. Something about him is not right, but he loves the school and he has real outcast pride.”
Lady Gaga will guest star as Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday. According to the TUDUM live event, she’ll be in Part 2.
As well as starring in the title role, Ortega will also be a producer for Season 2.
What will happen in Season 2?
While there is currently no official plot for Wednesday Season 2, we need to get to the bottom of Wednesday’s stalker and Nevermore’s new principal, so expect both these threads to be tied up in Season 2.
NetflixRegarding the stalker, many assume it to be Xavier, but it could easily be someone else. The series of course ended with Tyler turning into a Hyde, so he may very well be a problem for Wednesday – he may even attempt to help Marylin Thornhill return.
When it comes to Nevermore, it needs a new principal after the death of Larissa Weems and it may also need new students. Who knows, Pugsley may even be enrolling at some point.
In a video with Variety, star Ortega revealed that the second season would be leaning more into horror, and less into romance: “We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror aspect of the show a little bit more.
“Because it is so light-hearted, and a show like this with vampires and werewolves and superpowers, you don’t want to take yourself too seriously. [Also] We’re ditching any romantic love interest for Wednesday, which is really great.”
Ortega recently doubled down on the claim that Wednesday Season 2 will be more of a horror movie as she told E! during the Emmys red carpet, “I’ve received some scripts now for the second season, and we’re definitely leaning into a little bit more horror. It’s really, really exciting because all throughout the show [Wednesday] never really changes and that’s what’s wonderful about her.”
She continued, “There’s some really good one-liners and 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.”
The showrunners of Wednesday, Al Gough and Miles Millar, also have plenty of ideas about what to do next. Speaking to TV Line, Millar stated how they wanted to focus more on characters such as Morticia, who had been somewhat side-lined in the series:
“We felt like we just touched the surface with those characters and the actors are so amazing in those roles. Catherine is, I think, an iconic Morticia. The relationship between Wednesday and Morticia is also essential to the show, and the idea that Wednesday is trying to forge her own path outside the family is important.”
Since Ortega will be a producer in the second season, she will have far more control over the course her character takes in the future.
“Season 1 really focused on Wednesday, but you met the other characters but didn’t get to know them, and now we get to expand their storylines and expand the scope and breadth of the show,” creator Alfred Gough told Tudum.
“Nothing is what it seems in Season 2,” creator Miles Millar added. “Wednesday goes into this season thinking she knows Nevermore. It’s the first time she’s returned to a school willingly. But as soon as she gets back, nothing happens that she’s expecting. She thinks she’s going to be in control, that she knows where all the bodies are buried, and she doesn’t.”
Wednesday Season 2 trailer
Netflix dropped the first teaser for Season 2 on April 23, 2025, which you can catch up with below:
You can now also watch the first six minutes of Season 2 Episode 1:
In the meantime, find out what’s going on with Stranger Things Season 5, The Sandman Season 2, and find more TV shows on streaming this month.
