Netflix has released the debut trailer for Wednesday Season 2, and confirmed a split release date on the streaming platform.
The trailer shows Wednesday returning to Nevermore Academy, which she describes as “like returning to a scene of a crime… I already know where the bodies are buried.” There are creepy dolls, mysterious creatures, and a big monster to contend with. Emma Myers returns as Enid Sinclair, Wednesday’s cheery werewolf roommate, and we get a first look at Joanna Lumley as new Addams Family member Grandmama, and Steve Buscemi’s character.
Wednesday Season 2 launches in two parts: Part 1 on August 6, 2025, and Part 2 on September 3, 2025.
Back in black. From visionary Tim Burton, Wednesday Season 2 premieres this summer.
Part I August 6 🖤 Part II September 3 pic.twitter.com/Fx50nUEPFR
— Netflix (@netflix) April 23, 2025
Lady Gaga’s first role since her ill-fated turn in Joker: Folie à Deux is a cameo in Season 2. Wednesday actor Jenna Ortega has teased of Gaga’s appearance: “She’s great in the show and I don’t think she’s what people expect her to be.”
What we can expect are dances in Season 2 after Season 1 went viral for Ortega’s off-beat moves. Indeed, Lady Gaga’s appearance follows a meme that went viral in the wake of Season 1, in which Wednesday dances to a sped up version of 2011’s Bloody Mary.
Lady Gaga joins a guest star line-up that includes Haley Joel Osment and Christopher Lloyd, who starred as Uncle Fester in the 1991 Addams Family film and its 1993 sequel before Fred Armisen took over the role for Wednesday’s debut season.
Wednesday Season 1, which released in 2022, is the number one most-viewed English language series in Netflix history, and so anticipation for Season 2 is high. Not much is known about Season 2’s story, though it will apparently ditch romance in favor of more horror, with Ortega saying it will be “bolder, more dark” this time around. You can certainly see that from the debut trailer.
IGN’s Wednesday Season 1 review returned a 7/10. We said: “Wednesday introduces a whole new generation to the Addams family with creepy and kooky hijinks and an incredible performance from Jenna Ortega. Some tertiary characters struggle from weak writing while more interesting players are kept on the sidelines, but it’s not enough to bog down the series too much.”
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