BloodyDisgusting reveals Netflix is rounding up the cast for its series about supernatural sleuthing misadventures of teenage Wednesday Addams. Leading the list of actors is the award-nominated actress Thora Birch (American Beauty, The Walking Dead). She will portray Tamara Novak, Wednesday’s dorm mother and sole ordinary teacher on staff at the prestigious yet creepy Nevermore Academy. Other new cast members include Hunter Doohan (Your Honor), Georgie Farmer (Evermoor), Riki Lindhome (Knives Out), Jamie McShane (The Passage), Emma Myers (Girl in the Basement), Naomi j Ogawa (Skylin3s), Joy Sunday (Bad Hair), and Percy Hynes White (The Gifted).
They will all join previously announced actors that include Jenna Ortega (The Babysitter: Killer Queen) as teenage Wednesday Addams, as well as Luis Guzmán (Shameless) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Prodigal Son) as her parents Gomez and Morticia Addams. Netflix has been developing Wednesday for quite some time now, with Smallville‘s Alfred Gough and Miles Millar as showrunners and writers. Filmmaker Tim Burton will produce the series alongside them while also directing the eight episodes of the show’s first season.
