Directed by Tim Burton
Catherine Zeta-Jones has been cast as Morticia Addams in a new Addams Family Netflix reboot.
Zeta-Jones follows in the footsteps of Anjelica Huston, who played the matriarch in the iconic 1991 film The Addams Family
Luis Guzmán has been cast as Morticia's husband Gomez Addams, and Jenny Ortega will play their daughter Wednesday.
Guzmán and Zeta-Jones previously starred alongside each other in 2000 crime drama Traffic.
In a recent tweet, Netflix wrote: "Our Addams family is expanding!
"Catherine Zeta-Jones will step into the iconic silhouette of Morticia Addams while Luis Guzmán will bring to life the debonair Gomez Addams in the upcoming TV series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and directed by Tim Burton."
Our Addams family is expanding!
Catherine Zeta-Jones will step into the iconic silhouette of Morticia Addams while Luis Guzmán will bring to life the debonair Gomez Addams in the upcoming TV series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams and directed by Tim Burton. pic.twitter.com/MiofyWIbwy
— Netflix (@netflix) August 9, 2021
The new live-action series will be a coming-of-age comedy that focuses on the Addams' daughter.
The eight-episode show will follow Wednesday's years at Nevermore Academy as a student, "where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorised the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago – all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships," according to Netflix's official description.
Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar will write the scripts.
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