Wednesday Season 3 has begun production in Ireland, adding Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon, The Princess Bride), Noah Taylor (Peaky Blinders, Game Of Thrones), Oscar Morgan (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Gotham Knights), Kennedy Moyer (Task, Roofman) and more to the cast.
They join previously announced Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Beetlejuice) — whose guest role casting was unveiled earlier this morning — and Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and Dark Shadows,) who will portray Morticia Addams’ sister, Ophelia. Returning cast includes Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams) and more.
In a promo video for the start of production (see below), Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Evie Templeton, Isaac Ordonez, Joanna Lumley, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mustafa, Victor Dorobantu, Fred Armisen, Billie Piper and Hunter Doohan were all listed to return in fashion of a creepy crawly feast by Lurch and another servant. Enid’s placard goes up in flames. All Nevermore students except for Tyler had an N above their names, and he has an O. Addams family members like Wednesday, her brother and parents have an A, and Grandmama and Aunt Ophelia have an F for Frump.
Ryder’s character is Tabitha. Noah Taylor will portray Cyrus, Oscar Morgan will play Atticus and Kennedy Moyer will play Daisy. All of these new additional characters have a capital B monogram above their names on their place-setting cards. Chris Sarandon’s character is Balthazar. There is a character by that name in the Addams family mythology, Cousin Balthazar, though he is supposedly dead because Gomez and Morticia met at his funeral. This could explain the black bottle on which his name is emblazoned. As for the question mark on the second bottle next to his, that could be a new character or something else entirely Aunt Ophelia (Eva Green) gets a cake. The video ends with a dish lid unveiling Uncle Fester’s bald head.
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“It’s our dark delight to fling open Nevermore Academy’s gates once more as we begin production on Season Three,” said creators, showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar. “We thank our invincible cast and crew for their continued commitment to doom and gloom. To the fans, we appreciate your patience and ravenous online commentary – your twisted theories have inspired nightmares. This season we welcome new students, new teachers, and excavate some long-rotting Addams Family secrets. Don’t say you weren’t warned.”
Additional details on Wednesday Season 3 will be released at a later date.
“I’m so excited to be back for Season 3 and it’s great to be reunited with all of the original cast,” director and executive producer Tim Burton said. “The addition of some dear friends and past collaborators of mine – Winona, Eva, Chris, Noah…makes this season extra special. I feel very lucky.”
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Wednesday Season 2 debuted in 2025, split into two batches. It rose to the #5 most watched English language series of all time, following the record-breaking success of Season 1 of the global hit series, which still remains the most watched English-language series of all time on Netflix.
Season 2 ended with several cliffhangers, such as the reveal that Aunt Ophelia was in Grandmama Hester’s (Joanna Lumley) basement, Enid’s Alpha wolf-out during the full moon — which may be impossible to reverse — and Isadora Capri’s (Billie Piper) offer to Tyler (Hunter Doohan) to join a group of Hydes.