Netflix’s record-breaking hit show Wednesday is finally back with its second series, but fans have been left wondering why they’ve had to wait for new episodes since 2022
Netflix’s hit show Wednesday is finally back, but fans want to know why it took so long.
The hotly-anticipated second season of Wednesday is out on August 6, nearly three years after the first which aired back in November 2022. The hit show made a Hollywood star out of Jenna Ortega, who plays Wednesday, the daughter of the iconic Addams Family who enrols at Nevermore Academy before all supernatural hell breaks loose.
However, some fans have been feeling left in the dark by the spooky school-based hit as they had to wait years for new episodes. For those wondering why the follow-up series took so long, Daily Star has at least some answers.
Unfortunately, Wednesday was hit with some major delays due to industry-wide disruptions. The most significant was the 2023 Writer’s Guild strike (Writers Guild of America) in Hollywood, which halted progress on a number of US film and TV series – including Wednesday.
Alongside the SAG strike (Screen Actors Guild), these strikes contributed to the largest interruption to the US film and TV industry since the Covid pandemic. The writers’ strike lasted from May until September 2023, so writing on Wednesday was delayed for at least four months.
This, of course, pushed shooting back as studios don’t tend to film without a script. Despite it reportedly being a priority for Netflix, filming for the second series of Wednesday didn’t begin until May 2024.
Another huge reason that episodes took so long is that the show decided to up and move. The first season was shot in Romania, but they decided to shift its location to Ireland for the second.
According to Deadline, there were “logistical challenges” in Romania that caused the production to stop. Netflix did reassure fans that the show was coming back with snaps of the cast on set – and it confirmed the show had wrapped filming by December 2024.
A lot of fans had been furious at the three-year gap between seasons. One on social media asked Netflix: “Why do we have to wait so long?” and another complained: “I hate the TV industry so much now. Wait two or three years for eight episodes like, I’m over it.”
Netflix said this series will be “darker and more complex” than the first. Showrunners and exec producers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough told Tudum: “This season, Wednesday’s journey is darker and more complex as she navigates family, friends, new mysteries, and old adversaries, propelling her headlong into another year at Nevermore.”
“Nothing is what it seems in Season 2. Wednesday goes into this season thinking she knows Nevermore. It’s the first time she’s returned to a school willingly. But as soon as she gets back, nothing happens that she’s expecting. She thinks she’s going to be in control, that she knows where all the bodies are buried, and she doesn’t.”
There are some new cast members, too. Billie Piper plays Nevermore music teacher Capri, Joanna Lumley plays Grandmama Hester Frump.
Millar said: “We have a broader canvas and more toys to play with. The world of Nevermore is much expanded — and we had a great time doing it.”
Part 1 of Wednesday series two will air on Netflix next week (episodes 1-4), and Part 2 will be available on September 3.
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