‘Wednesday’ could run for seven seasons, with Netflix planning “top secret” spin-off

The creators of Wednesday have hinted that the show may run for seven seasons, with a spinoff show also being planned.

The first season of the show centred on the goth teen at the heart of the Addams Family proved to be a huge hit for Netflix, becoming the streamer’s biggest English-language series of all time.

The second season is now imminent – with the first part to land on August 6, before part two follows on September 3. Jenna Ortega returns in the title role, while half of the new episodes have been directed by Tim Burton.

The first two minutes of season opener ‘Here We Woe Again’ have been shared with fans already and you can watch those below.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ortega and Burton confirmed that the third season of Wednesday has already been commissioned, with showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar also now working on a spinoff series.

While the actor and director were coy about what the future of the show might be beyond the third season – Burton said they were “two of the worst people to ask that question” – the piece did suggest that Gough and Millar do have a long-term vision.

The report suggested that the pair “hope to keep Wednesday enrolled through the character’s Nevermore tenure, which lasts seven years (or seasons)”.

She would never leave you hanging.

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Details about the spinoff, meanwhile, remain “top secret”. Gough told The Hollywood Reporter: “It’s something we’re definitely noodling; there are other characters we can look at.”

“There’s a lot to explore in the Addams Family,” added Millar.

In a four-star review of season one, NME wrote: “This is a reinvention, not a rewriting – and the core character survives intact. Wednesday’s acerbic wit, her sassy putdowns, are put to excellent use by Jenna Ortega, who is perfectly cast. She’s spoken in interviews about “challenges” and having to fight to protect her vision for the role, but any creative differences appear to have been worked out.”