Jenna Ortega

With Netflix ready to show off more of its wares in what it likes to call Geeked Week, we can naturally expect a slew of teasers, trailers and announcements ...

It hails from Tim Burton (who directs and produces), while Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ran the show, having come up with the concept to power it. So, what can we expect from the show itself? Here's one of the first, with the initial look at Scream's Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in, well, Wednesday.

Jenna Ortega stars in the first look for 'Wednesday,' the Netflix spin-off series of the Addams Family franchise.

In addition to Ortega as Wednesday, the rest of the Addams Family will make appearances in the show. However, the 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld-directed film adaptation changed her personality to be much more deadpan and sadistic, with Christina Ricci’s portrayal in the film making her one of the most popular characters in the franchise. First created by Charles Addams for a series of New Yorker cartoons, the Addams Family is a bizarre aristocratic clan with an obsession of the macabre and a complete lack of concern regarding how others perceive them.

Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton's new Netflix horror comedy series based on "The Addams Family."

She also appeared in the HBO Max movie “The Fallout,” a school-shooting drama that first premiered at SXSW, and stars in the July release “American Carnage.” The series is led by showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville,” “Into the Badlands”) with iconic filmmaker Tim Burton directing. Tim Burton directs and executive produces the Netflix series, aptly titled “ Wednesday,” premiering on the streaming platform sometime in 2022.

Jenna Ortega proves she can be creepy and kooky in a new teaser for Netflix's Wednesday series. See her transformation into the Addams Family icon here.

As for what to expect from the show? Ortega isn't alone in the teaser, however, as she's joined by Thing, the disembodied hand who's part of the creepy and kooky family. We're, of course, referring to the return of Wednesday's iconic black baby doll dress.

A thick layer of ice has formed over Jenna Ortega's heart in the first official teaser trailer for Tim Burton's Wednesday. The trailer provides fans their ...

The trailer provides fans their first glimpse of Ortega as the chilling Addams Family daughter in the upcoming Netflix live-action series — and her look is as chilling as it is classic. “We’ve never seen her as a teenage girl,” Ortega told Entertainment Weekly of her character while shooting the eight-hour, coming-of-age series. But Ortega has been staking her claim as Hollywood’s new horror-driven “It Girl” since joining the Scream franchise as Tara Carpenter.

Jenna Ortega — who just won an MTV Movie & TV award for most frightened performance — is the new star of the 'Scream' and 'Addams Family' franchises.

“I got to work with her, and I learned a lot from her,” Ortega added. ... This is probably the most aggressive and violent version of Ghostface we’ve ever seen, which will be really fun to shoot.” ... You’re expressing yourself the best you possibly can be to give people that rush of adrenaline. There’s a love behind it.” “Thing about Wednesday is we’ve never seen her onscreen for such a long period of time. “In my personal opinion, Wednesday will never get any better.

Netflix released the first look at Jenna Ortega's as Wednesday Adams in its upcoming series directed by Tim Burton.

"Tim has had a history of telling empowering stories about social outsiders like Edward Scissorhands, Lydia Deitz and Batman," said Teddy Biaselli, Netflix's head of original series, previously in a statement. On Monday, the streaming network released the first look at Ortega as Wednesday Addams in its upcoming, Tim Burton-helmed series Wednesday. Jenna Ortega Serves Up Spooky Wednesday Addams Vibes in First Look at 'Twisted' New Netflix Series

Netflix have shared the first teaser for Tim Burton's 'Wednesday', in which Jenna Ortega is revealed in full costume as the titular character.

It is believed that she will be playing a new character in the series, as opposed to an older version of Wednesday. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán were added to the cast in August, playing Wednesday’s mother and father Morticia and Gomez Addams. Wednesday was originally announced in February 2021 by Netflix, with Burton announced to be making his directorial debut for a television series.