May 7 -Today Netflix announced the start of production on Wednesday Season 2 in Ireland with several new cast members joining the series. Fan-favorite Thing delivered new scripts to cast members on set – video BELOW. Thing also takes center stage on Netflix’s newly launched Tik Tok channel, aka “Thing Tok,” dedicated to all things Wednesday from Thing’s unique perspective.

Casting Updates for Season 2 Include:

• Returning Cast Members Upped to Series Regulars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo.

• New Series Regulars: Steve Buscemi (The Big Lebowski, Boardwalk Empire), Billie Piper (Scoop, I Hate Suzie), Evie Templeton (Return to Silent Hill, Lord of Misrule), Owen Painter (Tiny Beautiful Things, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Noah Taylor (Law & Order: Organized Crime, Park Avenue).

• New Guest Stars: Christopher Lloyd (Addams Family, Back to the Future), Joanna Lumley (Fool Me Once, Absolutely Fabulous), Thandiwe Newton (Westworld, Crash), Frances O’Connor (The Missing, The Twelve), Haley Joel Osment (The Kominsky Method, Somebody I Used to Know), Heather Matarazzo (The Princess Diaries, Scream) and Joonas Suotamo.

Quote from Creators/Writers/ Showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar:

• “We are thrilled that the entire Addams family will be enrolling in Nevermore Academy this season along with a dream cast of icons and new faces.”

ABOUT THE SERIES:

• Wednesday is the Most Popular English TV series on Netflix with 252.10 Million S1 views. The series spent 20 weeks on the Global Top 10 and reached the Top 10 in 93 countries.

• The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.

• Director / Executive Producer: Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands)

• Creators/ Showrunners / Executive Producers: Al Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville, Into the Badlands)

• Other executive producers include Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Tommy Harper, Karen Richards, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, Gail Berman and Meredith Averill. Jenna Ortega is set to be a producer for S2.

• Other S2 directors include Paco Cabezas and Angela Robinson.

Studio: MGM Television

Cast: Jenna Ortega, Steve Buscemi, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, Victor Dorobantu, Moosa Mostafa, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Billie Piper, Georgie Farmer, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah Taylor with Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones; including guest cast Joanna Lumley, Thandiwe Newton, Jamie McShane, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, Joonas Suotamo with Fred Armisen and Christopher Lloyd and more… .