Jenna Ortega Talks ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 As Trailer And Release Info Revealed

Wednesday Season 2 star Jenna Ortega and director Tim Burton are excited about what’s ahead for the series as Netflix announced release dates and dropped a new trailer on Wednesday.

Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and executive produced by Burton, Wednesday Season 2 features Wednesday Addams return to Nevermore Academy. The new trailer for Season 2 begins with Wednesday checking several weapons unique to dark sensibilities at an airport to the strains of a creepy version of the classic The Sound of Music tune “My Favorite Things.”

In addition to starring in Season 2 of Wednesday — which will be released in two parts on Aug. 6 and Sept. 3 — Ortega returns to the series as a producer, according to Netflix’s Tudum.

“The most exciting thing is being able to revisit her,” Ortega told Tudum in an interview published Wednesday. “Wednesday Addams is one of the coolest characters of all time, so to have gotten the opportunity to play her once was incredible, and then to be able to slip into the costume and tone again, it’s so much fun.

"She runs circles around everyone that she has a conversation with, so to play someone who’s so much more intelligent than you will ever be, it’s quite funny and strange and enjoyable,” Ortega added.

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‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Features More Of The Addams Family

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán’s Morticia and Gomez Addams have been promoted to series regulars for Wednesday Season 2, which means they’ll have a greater screen presence this season on the Nevermore campus. In addition, Wednesday’s younger brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), is a new student at Nevermore.

“Your family at school is the worst thing possible, isn’t it? I never wanted my parents to come to school. Wednesday is an even more extreme version of that," Tim Burton told Tudum. “Poor Pugsley. He’s kind of an outcast among outcasts, so I feel for him. He comes into Nevermore for the first time, so we get to see his experience at school. Everybody has their own specialty power, and he’s new to his own. He’s just exploring his newfound teenage powers.”

The Wednesday Season 2 trailer features several familiar faces like Wednesday’s roommate Enid (Emma Myers) and Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) and Thing (well, he doesn’t have a face), as well as new ones including Principal Dort (Steve Buscemi) and Grandmama Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley).

Wednesday Season 2 will be released on Netflix in two parts, on Aug. 6 (Episodes 1-4) and Sept. 3 (Episodes 5-8), which of course, are two Wednesdays.