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[Jeana Rodia]

A Wednesday ! 3: The New Netflix Series Inspired by the Cult Movie

If you are a fan of the 2008 Indian thriller movie A Wednesday!, you might be interested in the new Netflix series Wednesday, which is loosely based on the same premise. The series follows Wednesday Addams, a smart and sarcastic teenager who investigates a murder spree at her boarding school, Nevermore Academy, while also dealing with her emerging psychic abilities and her eccentric family.

The series is directed by Tim Burton, who is known for his dark and whimsical style, and stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, Gwendoline Christie as Principal Weems, Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill, and Luis GuzmÃn as Gomez Addams. The series also features Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in supporting roles.

Wednesday is a comedy-crime-fantasy series that combines mystery, humor, and horror elements. It has received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike, who praised the performances, the visuals, the writing, and the homage to the original movie and the Addams Family franchise. The series has been nominated for two BAFTA Awards and has won six other awards.

The first season of Wednesday consists of eight episodes that were released on Netflix on November 10, 2022. The series has been renewed for a second season, which is expected to premiere in late 2023 or early 2024. If you are looking for a binge-worthy show that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make you laugh out loud, you should definitely check out Wednesday on Netflix.

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If you want to learn more about the behind-the-scenes facts and trivia of Wednesday, here are some interesting tidbits that you might not know:

• Not only did Jenna Ortega learn to play the cello, she also took fencing, archery, canoeing, German, and boxing lessons to prepare for her role.

• Wednesday very rarely blinks. She only seems to blink when she is injured or caught off guard. The idea came from Tim Burton, who was impressed by Ortega's unblinking stare.

• Christina Ricci replaced Thora Birch as Marilyn Thornhill, Wednesday's therapist and Morticia's sister. Several scenes had to be reshot with Ricci acting in front of a green screen.

• The Weathervane, the name of the coffee shop in the series, shares its name with the Westfield High School student literary magazine, where Charles Addams, the creator of the Addams Family, first started working as an art editor and published his cartoons.

• Gomez Addams has generally been portrayed in live-action as a suave, handsome character. Tim Burton wanted his appearance in the show to resemble the Charles Addams depiction, where he was drawn as fat and porcine.

• The series set a record for Netflix viewing figures with 341 million hours watched (over 50 million households) in the first week of release (November 2022), taking it to the top one spot in many countries.

• Principal Larissa Weems drew fashion inspiration from a Hitchcock classic. Her outfits are based on Tippi Hedren's iconic green suit from The Birds (1963).

• Wednesday lives in Ophelia Hall at Nevermore Academy. Ophelia was the name of Morticia's sister on the original Addams Family TV series.

• A magician was cast as Thing, the disembodied hand that helps Wednesday. Victor Dorobantu is a professional illusionist who impressed Tim Burton with his hand skills[^1^].

• Ortega unknowingly had COVID-19 while filming the dance scene. She was instructed to film while feeling sick and later tested positive for the virus[^1^].

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