Jenna Ortega Lands Lead Role in Netflix’s The Addams Family Spin-Off “Wednesday”

Jenna Ortega has landed the lead role in Netflix’s new Addams Family spin-off, Wednesday. The actress will be playing Wednesday Addams in the eight episode series.

The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.

Production on the series will begin in the next couple of weeks!

Source: Netflix