When plans for Tim Burton's live-action The Addams Family spinoff, Wednesday, were first announced, fans of the creepy, kooky family expressed their desire to see Christina Ricci join the cast, either as an older take on her character from the '90s movies or her mother, Morticia.
Well, the Yellowjackets actress has reportedly signed on for the Netflix series... but as an all-new character!
According to Deadline (via FearHQ.com), Ricci has been cast in the same role Thora Birch (American Beauty, The Walking Dead) was going to play before leaving the project earlier this year. This may disappoint those hoping to see Ricci reprise her most famous role, but the part of Wednesday has already been filled.
Jenna Ortega (Scream) will play the titular teen, with Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Mask of Zorro) as Morticia, Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) as Gomez, and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) as Wednesday's teacher, Larissa Weems.
The coming-of-age comedy series, which has Al Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville, Into the Badlands) on board as showrunners, is said to be "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."
Burton will make his TV directing debut with the show, and will also executive produce alongside Jonathan Glickman, Andrew Mittman, Kayla Alpert, Gail Berman, Steve Stark, and Kevin Miserocchi. Production is currently underway, but no premiere date has been announced.