The second season of ‘Wednesday’ adds Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi in ‘Boardwalk Empire’. Photo: HBO Entertainment.

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In the second season of ‘Wednesday’, Steve Buscemi will join the ensemble.
He will appear alongside star Jenna Ortega.
The Netflix series has been a great success for the streaming service.

Since the first season was a huge hit for Netflix, the streaming service was naturally eager to start working on the second to capitalize on its pop culture awareness (translation: the series broke the record for hours watched on the service). and has been massive on TikTok).

However, it was hampered by last year’s writers and actors’ strike, not to mention the increasingly busy schedule of star Jenna Ortega, who plays the title character, the eldest daughter of the Addams family.

Now, however, with production set to begin any day now (with a location change from the first season’s Romania to Ireland), news is finally starting to emerge, as variety reports that Steve Buscemi joins the cast.

Who does Steve Buscemi play in the second season of ‘Wednesday’?

Steve Buscemi in ‘Fargo’ in 1996. Photo: Gramercy Images.

Official information on Buscemi’s character, naturally, is being kept under wraps for now, but according to Variety’s sources, he is the new director of Nevermore Academy, where Wednesday studies (and solves mysteries. And gets caught up in triangles loving, to their surprise). and disgust).

It’s not a job to be taken lightly: the previous incumbent (Gwendoline Christie’s Larissa Weems) died from a poisoned injection.

Who else is on ‘Wednesday? Season 2?

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams and Isaac Ordóñez as Pugsley Addams in Netflix's 'Wednesday'.

(L-R) Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gómez Addams and Isaac Ordóñez as Pugsley Addams in Netflix’s ‘Wednesday.’

Confirmed to return so far are Ortega, Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair) and Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay), who stopped by last year’s big Netflix fan event to give information about the new season .

We apparently expect another member of the Addams Family to appear (so far the show has seen Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gómez, Isaac Ordóñez as Pugsley and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester), although details are not yet available . being released.

What is the story of the second season of ‘Wednesday’?

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in 'Wednesday'.

Nothing else has really been revealed about the new season, although Ortega has hinted at a focus more on the horror side than the teen romance angle.

This is what he said on the Emmys red carpet:

“I think everything is bigger. It’s much more action-packed. “I think each episode will probably feel a little more like a movie, which is good.”

‘Wednesday’ season 2: the showrunners speak

Director Tim Burton and director of photography David Lazenberg in 'Wednesday'.

Here’s what co-showrunners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough said about season 2 in 2023:

“We can’t wait to dive headfirst into another season and explore the wacky, spooky world of Nevermore… We just have to make sure Wednesday hasn’t drained the pool first.”

Director Tim Burton (who produced and directed several episodes of Season 1) is expected to return for this one.

When will season 2 of ‘Wednesday’ be on Netflix?

Netflix has yet to confirm a date for the second season, but with filming just starting now and a post-production schedule likely full of effects, we can’t imagine it hitting screens much before the end of this year.