Overview
Start clicking your fingers: come August 2025, Tim Burton's (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) TV dive into the world of the Addams Family will be back, with Netflix dropping the first half of Wednesday's second season. The streaming platform has been teasing what's next in this creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky realm for over a year, including via new cast announcements and an initial sneak peek. For more of what's in store, the show's full season two trailer has just dropped — along with news of an upcoming Wednesday experience Down Under.
In the latest glimpse at the series' second season, its namesake (Jenna Ortega, Death of a Unicorn) is back at Nevermore Academy and being heralded as a hero thanks to her efforts in season one. Wednesday is characteristically unimpressed by the attention. Soon, her focus is elsewhere, however, thanks to a premonition of her roommate Enid (Emma Myers, A Minecraft Movie) coming to a grave end, with Wednesday determined to do whatever she can to stop that from happening.
The show is releasing season two in two batches. Part one arrives on Wednesday, August 6, then part two on Wednesday, September 3. Another date for the diary: Saturday, August 16, which is when Wednesday Island will temporarily become a part of Sydney's landscape.
More details are to come, and soon — the timer on the pop-up's website is counting down to 12am on Friday, July 11, 2025. For now, Netflix has revealed that the Wednesday cast are heading to Australia as part of a worldwide promotional tour, and that Cockatoo Island / Wareamah in Sydney Harbour will be transformed into a Wednesday haven. Think: experiences that'll make you feel like you're at Nevermore, other activations, performances and more.
Back to the new season: Joanna Lumley (Amandaland), Steve Buscemi (The Studio), Billie Piper (Kaos) and Thandiwe Newton (Mufasa: The Lion King) are among the series' new cast additions, some of whom can be seen in its full trailer. Season two also features more of Catherine Zeta-Jones (National Treasure: Edge of History) as Morticia, Luis Guzmán (Justified: City Primeval) as Gomez, Isaac Ordonez (Color Box) as Pugsley and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Dreamers) as Deputy Ritchie Santiago, all getting meatier parts than in season one.
Among its new cast members, Evie Templeton (Criminal Record), Owen Painter (Tiny Beautiful Things), Noah B Taylor (Law & Order: Organised Crime), Frances O'Connor (The Twelve), Haley Joel Osment (Blink Twice), Heather Matarazzo (Paint) and Joonas Suotamo (The Acolyte) are also onboard — plus Christopher Lloyd (Hacks), following Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) among the stars of the 90s Addams Family films popping up in Wednesday.
Fred Armisen (Fallout) remains Wednesday's take on Uncle Fester, though — one that Netflix is so keen on that there's been talk of a spinoff about the character.
Check out the full trailer for Wednesday season two below:
Wednesday season two arrives in two parts, with part one dropping on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 and part two on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, both via Netflix. Read our full review of Wednesday season one.
For more information about Wednesday Island, which is taking over Cockatoo Island in Sydney on Saturday, August 16, keep an eye on the pop-up's website — and we'll provide more details when they're announced.
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