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Wednesday‘s titular character loves to be in the dark — literally. Thankfully for the fans, there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel because a premiere date has been set for Season 2.
It's not hard to see how Wednesday, Netflix's most popular show by total views, blew up the way it did. The series — from creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and executive producer Tim Burton — provided a fresh spin on the Addams Family franchise, and Jenna Ortega captivated audiences as the teen goth who is enrolled in Nevermore Academy, a private school for outcasts in Vermont, after she was expelled from her previous school.
Here's everything we know about when Wednesday Season 2 will be released, the new and returning cast members, and what to expect based on the teasers.
Wednesday Season 2 latest news
Lady Gaga is confirmed to join Wednesday Season 2. Netflix announced this casting news and unveiled details about the artist's character at Tudum 2025: Live Event. Read on below in the cast section to learn more. At the event, the streamer also released the first six minutes of the new season, which you can watch below as well.
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Wednesday Season 2 release date
On April 23, Netflix revealed the premiere date for Wednesday Season 2. Part 1 of the new season will be released on Wednesday, Aug. 6, while Part 2 will be released on Wednesday, Sept. 3. According to the streamer, each part will consist of four episodes, with the season consisting of eight total. The two-part release has been Netflix's model for its buzziest shows of late, but at least the wait between Parts 1 and 2 is short.
Wednesday Season 2 trailers and teasers
Netflix has released the first six minutes of Wednesday Season 2. At the Tudum 2025: Live Event, fans got a closer look at the events that led up to Wednesday being tied up in a serial killer's basement. If that alone isn't frightening enough, she's sat at a table a la tea party style with creepy dolls. Thankfully, Wednesday has refined her psychic abilities since we last saw her, so she may get out of this one unscathed. Watch the video below.
In the teaser trailer that dropped on April 23, Wednesday is back at Nevermore Academy. We watch her return to the campus where she and her new friends survived murder and mayhem last season.
At Tudum: A Global Fan Event in June 2023, Netflix released a video of Wednesday stars Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, and Hunter Doohan reacting to fan theories. They discussed what's next for Joseph Crackstone's ring, Wednesday and Tyler Galpin's relationship, and more. The stars also teased that Season 2 will add a new member of the Addams family, whom we now know to be Grandmama, played by Joanna Lumley.
What will Wednesday Season 2 be about?
The official description of Season 2 teases that “fresh foes and woes” are in store for Wednesday Addams this season. Per Netflix, “Wednesday must navigate family, friends, and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.”
In November 2022, TV Guide talked to Wednesday showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar about Season 1's ending and what it means for Season 2. Here are highlights from the interview, and you can read the full story here.
It's unlikely — but not impossible — for Principal Larissa Weems to return. We didn't see Principal Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie) regain consciousness after being poisoned by Ms. Thornhill, and things were looking bleak for the head of Nevermore Academy. She's officially dead — though how dead remains to be seen.
The showrunners said they wanted to explore how Weems' passing would impact Wednesday. “We like the idea that people die in this world, that there are real sacrifices and there's loss — and that Wednesday has to react to that,” Millar said. “For us, the fact that we could kill such a significant character, it was important that we did that.”
“That said, it's a supernatural show, there are always ways people can return,” Millar added “Never say never, but at this point, she's definitely dead.”
Millar left the door open, but the show's actors weren't fully convinced that Weems' demise is permanent. “I feel like Larissa Weems would never be dominated by something as commonplace as death,” Christie told TV Guide. And asked whether the audience should believe Weems is dead, Jenna Ortega said, “I don't even believe that one.” She added: “I can't, I love Gwendoline Christie too much. I refuse to accept that as the truth.”
Christie was not listed as one of the show's returning stars when the Season 2 cast was announced. Still, we're holding out hope that Weems will somehow shape-shift her way back from the grave.
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The showrunners hope to reveal more about the stalker in the second season. “We know who it is, we can't tease who it is,” Millar said. “We certainly have big plans and lots more stories to tell in terms of Wednesday and her friends.” Gough said he can't share whether viewers have already met the person who is the stalker.
Wednesday Season 2 cast
At the Tudum 2025: Live Event, Netflix confirmed that Lady Gaga is set to appear in Wednesday Season 2 Part 2. She is going to play Rosaline Rotwood, described as “a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday.” Entertainment Weekly previously reported that Lady Gaga would appear in Wednesday Season 2, though no character details were shared at the time. The artist has an unusual connection to the series thanks to the viral edits from Season 1 of Wednesday's epic dance sequence to Lady Gaga's track “Bloody Mary.”
Anthony Michael Hall has also joined the cast, Variety reported, but details of his role are not known.
On May 7, 2024, Netflix released a teaser revealing the cast of the second season, including new series regulars Billie Piper, who will play a character named Capri, and Steve Buscemi, who will play Barry Dort.
Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah B. Taylor are also joining the cast as new series regulars for Season 2. No details about their roles have been announced.
In addition, four actors who recurred or guest starred in Season 1 are getting more screen time in Season 2 — including three members of the Addams family. Catherine Zeta-Jones, who plays Morticia Addams; Luis Guzmán, who plays Gomez Addams; and Isaac Ordonez, who plays Pugsley Addams, have all been upped to series regular roles in Season 2, along with Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, who plays Deputy Ritchie Santiago.
Netflix has also announced a long list of Season 2 guest stars, including Joanna Lumley, who will play another member of the Addams family, Grandmama; Thandiwe Newton, who will play Dr. Fairburn; and Christopher Lloyd, whose role has not been announced. Lloyd played Uncle Fester in the Addams Family movies; on the Netflix series, the character is played by Fred Armisen, who's set to reprise his role in Season 2. Other Season 2 guest stars include Frances O'Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Joonas Suotamo.
As for who's absent from the cast list, Percy Hynes White, who played Xavier Thorpe, will not appear in Season 2, per Deadline. White's character was one of Wednesday's love interests in Season 1, and the series is expected to move away from the love triangle storyline in Season 2. White was accused of sexual assault in since-deleted social media posts in January 2023; he has denied the allegations.
Wednesday Season 2 series regulars:
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
- Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
- Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
- Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
- Billie Piper as Capri
- Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Deputy Ritchie Santiago
- Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger
- Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
- Victor Dorobantu as Thing
- Evie Templeton
- Owen Painter
- Noah B. Taylor
- Anthony Michael Hall
Wednesday Season 2 guest stars:
- Jamie McShane
- Joanna Lumley
- Joonas Suatamo
- Fred Armisen
- Christopher Lloyd
- Thandiwe Newton
- Heather Matarazzo
- Frances O'Connor
Wednesday Season 2 production
Veteran TV actor Anthony Michael Hall, coming off a key supporting role in Reacher Season 3, is joining the second season of Wednesday in an unknown role, according to Variety. We don't know what level of role it is, whether it's a guest role or a recurring one. It will be the first time in decades that Hall has worked with producer/director Tim Burton, who is directing four episodes of Wednesday Season 2. Hall and Burton previously worked together on Edward Scissorhands.
In an interview with Collider published in September 2024, co-creator Alfred Gough confirmed the number of episodes Burton is directing in Wednesday Season 2. “He's doing four. He's doing half the season like he did in Season 1,” the co-showrunner said. Netflix shared on Dec. 4, 2024, that Burton is directing the Season 2 premiere, which is written by Gough and Millar and titled “Here We Woe Again.”
In May 2024, Netflix confirmed that production on Wednesday Season 2 had kicked off in Ireland. Deadline first reported in November 2023 that the series would move to Ireland from Romania, where Season 1 was filmed. Why the change? Apparently some of the logistics of filming in Romania were too difficult, and talks of moving production elsewhere began during the filming of Season 1. Production wrapped in December 2024.
In Variety's Actors on Actors interview in June 2023, Ortega shared that she would be taking on a producing role in Wednesday Season 2 and teased what to expect. “We've decided we want to lean into the horror more,” the actor said. “We're ditching any romantic love interest, which is really great. We're going to get bolder, more dark.” Ortega also discussed being a producer for the first time, calling it a “natural progression.”
“I tried to have as many conversations as possible with the writers,” she said. “We'd decide what works and what doesn't.” For the second season, Ortega said the conversations started earlier. “I'm just so curious: I want to see the outfits, new characters, scripts.”
Wednesday Season 1 recap
The first season of the series, directed and executive produced by Burton, ended with a big W for Wednesday. Not only did the psychic teen save Nevermore Academy and its outcasts from the resurrected Joseph Crackstone, but she revealed the true identity of Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) — who had been behind much of this season's terror. And while most of the mysteries from the show's first eight episodes have been solved, some big questions remain. Namely, who is the stalker continuing to follow Wednesday's every move?
In light of the news that the show will be toning down the romance, we're eager to find out what's next for the relationships that Wednesday formed across the first season. Of course, there's the matter of Tyler Galpin, the seemingly harmless “normie” who became romantically interested in Wednesday but turned out to be the monstrous Hyde she had been after. Tyler, in his Hyde form, fought a wolfed-out Enid in Wednesday‘s final episode and was defeated. We don't know what's next for the character, but he ended the series waking up in a car, albeit in chains, so his story isn't done yet.
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Where to watch Wednesday
The first season of Wednesday is available to stream on Netflix.