Wednesday Season 3: Everything We Know So Far

By Olivia Emily

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After a long wait for season 2, the third installment of Netflix’s second most successful series ever might land sooner than expected


Tim Burton’s gothic mystery Wednesday took the world by storm when it launched in November 2022, quickly becoming one of the streaming platform’s most-watched original series of all time, second only to Squid Game. Centring on sharp and sardonic school girl Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), the series whisks us off to the supremely eerie Nevermore Academy where she hopes to hone her emerging psychic skills. Meanwhile Wednesday finds herself dead in the middle of twisted mysteries with grave consequences, all while she navigates new school friends – and foes.

Set in Vermont, Wednesday was filmed in the more aptly gothic Romania in the winter of 2021 to 2022, with more than 70 sets and six soundstages utilised and filming locations across Bucharest. Flash forward to 2025, and the long wait for season 2 is finally over: part 1 is streaming now, set to be joined by part two on 3 September. Renewed again in July, is another three year wait on the cards for Wednesday season 3? Here’s what we know so far.

Wednesday Season 3: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

It’s official: as of 23 July 2025, Wednesday season 3 has the greenlight. The news was revealed by Netflix just days before season 2 of the hit gothic drama launched on the platform at the start of August, with co-creator and showrunner Alfred Gough commenting: ‘I have been doing this long enough to know that shows like this don’t come along every day. It’s such an alchemy of writing, directing, acting, crew, streamer, studio, and fans.’

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams in season 2 of Wednesday.

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams in season 2 of Wednesday. (Courtesy of Netflix © 2025)

Based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams in his New Yorker comic strip The Addams Family (which ran from 1938 until his death in 1988), Wednesday stars rising scream queen Jenna Ortega in the title role, joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones as her mother Morticia, Luis Guzman as her father Gomez, and Isaac Ordonez as her younger brother Pugsley.

Elsewhere at Nevermore Academy, Emma Myers plays Wednesday’s colourful werewolf roommate Enid Sinclair, plus Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill, having previously portrayed Wednesday Addams herself in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993).

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams & Emma Myers as Enid in episode 201 of Wednesday

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams & Emma Myers as Enid in season 2 of Wednesday. (Jonathan Hession/Netflix © 2025)

What Will Happen?

No news just yet on the plot of Wednesday season 3 – and we won’t really have an inkling until the season 2 finale launches on 3 September. That said, there are a few things we can ascertain: Ortega will return in the leading titular role, and she will most likely return to Nevermore Academy for more twisted hijinks.

With part 1 of Wednesday season 2 expanding the Addams Family lore and introducing a whole host of intriguing new characters (including Joanna Lumley as Grandmama Hester Frump), there’s plenty for a third season to explore. Gaugh’s co-creator and co-showrunner Miles Millar teases: ‘We will be seeing more Addams Family members and learning more family secrets in season 3!’

And off the back of season 2 delving into darker and more complex stories, we can only assume season 3 will follow the same pattern. Bad things come in threes, after all.

‘Our goal for Season 3 is the same as it is for every season: to make it the best season of Wednesday we possibly can,’ says Gough. ‘We want to continue digging deeper into our characters while expanding the world of Nevermore and Wednesday,’ adding: ‘Wednesday season 1 was a table setter, but there’s still so much of the world left to see. It’s been exciting to expand the scope and the vision of the show this season.’

Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff & Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in season 2 of Wednesday

Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff & Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in season 2 of Wednesday. (Courtesy of Netflix © 2025)

Release Date

No specific release date just yet, but rumour has it filming for Wednesday season 3 will kick off in November 2025, just two months after season 2 part 2 launches. This is much speedier than the commencement of season 2 filming, which did not begin until a year and a half after season 1 launched.

If all goes to plan, Wednesday season 3 could launch in early 2027; naturally our fingers are crossed for even sooner.

All episodes of Wednesday are available to stream on Netflix.

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