Before Winona Ryder was known for "Stranger Things," she was known for being "strange and unusual." At least, that's how her character in 1988's "Beetlejuice" put it. The actor would become a goth icon following her role in Tim Burton's 1988 effort, "Beetlejuice," with appearances in "Heathers" (1989), and "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) further cementing her alt-girl status. But there's no doubt "Beetlejuice" was where it all began.
The actor starred as Lydia Deetz, the teenage daughter of Charles and Delia, who move into a new house in Winter River, Connecticut, only to find it haunted by the ghost with the most himself, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). In the movie, Keaton's rambunctious supernatural miscreant was hired to spook the Deetz family by the former owners of the house, Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alex Baldwin), who suddenly found themselves in the afterlife following a car accident. Lydia, meanwhile, becomes somewhat of...
The actor starred as Lydia Deetz, the teenage daughter of Charles and Delia, who move into a new house in Winter River, Connecticut, only to find it haunted by the ghost with the most himself, Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). In the movie, Keaton's rambunctious supernatural miscreant was hired to spook the Deetz family by the former owners of the house, Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alex Baldwin), who suddenly found themselves in the afterlife following a car accident. Lydia, meanwhile, becomes somewhat of...
- 2/28/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Curated by the IndieWire Crafts team, Craft Considerations is a platform for filmmakers to talk about recent work we believe is worthy of awards consideration. In partnership with Netflix, for this edition, we look at how production design, costume design, and visual effects of “Wednesday” all came together to build a world worthy of Wednesday Addams.
If there isn’t already, one day there will be an “Addams Family” filter on Instagram: something that makes you look gaunter and paler and turns all your clothing black and white. There’s a nebulous pop culture idea of what an Addams Family story looks like — some combination of spooky mist and gothic arches and a lot of eyeshadow — but executing a contemporary version of Charles Addams’ creations and shaping it around precocious daughter Wednesday requires a level of specificity that goes beyond an all-black mandate — although adapting everything up to and...
If there isn’t already, one day there will be an “Addams Family” filter on Instagram: something that makes you look gaunter and paler and turns all your clothing black and white. There’s a nebulous pop culture idea of what an Addams Family story looks like — some combination of spooky mist and gothic arches and a lot of eyeshadow — but executing a contemporary version of Charles Addams’ creations and shaping it around precocious daughter Wednesday requires a level of specificity that goes beyond an all-black mandate — although adapting everything up to and...
- 8/10/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Christina Ricci came to fame at just 10 years of age when she took on the role of Wednesday Addams in 1991’s “The Addams Family.” She gave the character a deadpan aura and the actress is still best-known for this sardonic wit. Ricci reprised the role in 1993’s “Addams Family Values,” where she solidified her take on the character, who was 12-13 years old in the movies, as the defining one. Three decades later, she returned to the world of “The Addams Family” in Netflix’s “Wednesday “— but not as Wednesday Addams.
Instead, that role went to Jenna Ortega, who is re-defining the character, now age 16, with her uber-popular performance. The comedy series sees Wednesday enrolling at Nevermore Academy. Ricci plays Marilyn Thornhill — Nevermore Academy’s science teacher and Wednesday’s dorm mother. At first, it seemed like Marilyn would be a neat little cameo-like role for Ricci that would satisfy fans of the original movies.
Instead, that role went to Jenna Ortega, who is re-defining the character, now age 16, with her uber-popular performance. The comedy series sees Wednesday enrolling at Nevermore Academy. Ricci plays Marilyn Thornhill — Nevermore Academy’s science teacher and Wednesday’s dorm mother. At first, it seemed like Marilyn would be a neat little cameo-like role for Ricci that would satisfy fans of the original movies.
- 5/3/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
At the age of nine, Christina Ricci made her breakout debut in the 1990 film “Mermaids” alongside Cher and Winona Rider. Now, at 43 years old, Ricci has over three decades of credits to her name and could be on the brink of a historic double Emmy nomination for her roles as Misty in the Showtime drama “Yellowjackets” and Marilyn Thornhill in the Netflix comedy “Wednesday.” Bids for both would make her the second woman in history to be nominated for Best Drama Supporting Actress and Best Comedy Supporting Actress in the same year. The first was Nancy Walker in 1975, nominated for “McMillan & Wife” and “Rhoda.”
Ricci’s role in “Yellowjackets” earned the actress her second Emmy nomination last year. She was first nominated in 2006 for a guest-starring role in “Grey’s Anatomy.” During a recent appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Ricci revealed she was “terrified” to return to...
Ricci’s role in “Yellowjackets” earned the actress her second Emmy nomination last year. She was first nominated in 2006 for a guest-starring role in “Grey’s Anatomy.” During a recent appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Ricci revealed she was “terrified” to return to...
- 4/3/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
If your perception of Christina Ricci is burned into your brain from the Nineties — when she broke into the public consciousness as the sullen child at the heart of the original Addams Family movie, then went on to play a sullen teen in Casper, a sullen tomboy in Now and Then, and a sullen new kid in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain — you’d be forgiven for struggling to see her any other way. She does, too. Over the course of an hour-plus lunch on an overcast December day in Los Angeles,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
An actor doesn't have to like a script to perform it. As detailed by Turner Classic Movies, while shooting "North by Northwest," Alfred Hitchcock used this to the picture's advantage. Both he and screenwriter Ernest Lehman had Cary Grant as their first choice for the film's lead Roger Thornhill, a Madison Avenue ad man mistaken for the spy George Kaplan. Roger stumbles his way into heroism, ultimately thwarting a Soviet spy ring run by Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Only someone as simultaneously dashing and comic as Grant could correctly pull off the part.
Hitchcock and Lehman obviously got their wish, but Grant didn't have confidence in the project they did. During production, Grant vented to Hitchcock, "It's a terrible script. We've already done a third of the picture and I still can't make head or tail of it." Per TCM, Hitchcock was "amused" by this comment; Grant was confused by...
Hitchcock and Lehman obviously got their wish, but Grant didn't have confidence in the project they did. During production, Grant vented to Hitchcock, "It's a terrible script. We've already done a third of the picture and I still can't make head or tail of it." Per TCM, Hitchcock was "amused" by this comment; Grant was confused by...
- 2/26/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
One of the biggest mysteries still unanswered in Netflix‘s Wednesday revolves around Tyler’s mother, Francois. The series revealed the truth about her backstory and being an outcast and student at Nevermore. More truths are revealed when fans and the characters learn she was a Hyde and passed the gene onto her son Tyler. But as Wednesday Season 2 will dive deeper into Tyler’s story as a Hyde and his real master, the season might also explore Tyler’s mother and her life with her Hyde gene.
Wednesday, Tyler’s mother, and Tyler in ‘Wednesday’ Episode 8 | via Netflix ‘Wednesday’ lightly explored what happened to Tyler’s mother years ago
In the series, fans are initially left in the dark about Tyler’s mother. Fans know his father refuses to talk about her, which angers Tyler. But as Wednesday begins investigating who or what the killer monster is, she learns...
Wednesday, Tyler’s mother, and Tyler in ‘Wednesday’ Episode 8 | via Netflix ‘Wednesday’ lightly explored what happened to Tyler’s mother years ago
In the series, fans are initially left in the dark about Tyler’s mother. Fans know his father refuses to talk about her, which angers Tyler. But as Wednesday begins investigating who or what the killer monster is, she learns...
- 2/9/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Netflix‘s Wednesday series divided fans over how to feel about Tyler Galpin. The sweet and unassuming local coffee shop barista has everyone swooning. When first meeting Wednesday Addams, he was not driven away by her macabre demeanor. But as the series went on, his truth was revealed. Emma Myers believes Tyler deserves to be given more insight into what led to his dark storyline in Wednesday Season 2.
Hunter Doohan as Tyler in ‘Wednesday’ finale | via Netflix Tyler is revealed to be the Hyde killing normies in ‘Wednesday’
The brown-eyed Tyler had everyone fooled. He first meets Wednesday at the coffee shop and agrees to help her get out of town. Fans soon begin to see the development of a romance between the two characters and a love triangle with Xavier in Wednesday. Tyler showed promise as a love interest as he accepts Wednesday for who she is, while the normies are afraid of her.
Hunter Doohan as Tyler in ‘Wednesday’ finale | via Netflix Tyler is revealed to be the Hyde killing normies in ‘Wednesday’
The brown-eyed Tyler had everyone fooled. He first meets Wednesday at the coffee shop and agrees to help her get out of town. Fans soon begin to see the development of a romance between the two characters and a love triangle with Xavier in Wednesday. Tyler showed promise as a love interest as he accepts Wednesday for who she is, while the normies are afraid of her.
- 2/8/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Now that Wednesday has been renewed for a second season, could Lady Gaga have a part to play? The show has become one of Netflix’s most-watched series of all-time, likely helped along the way with the viral TikTok dance trend, which found fans replicating Jenna Ortega’s dance in the series to Lady Gaga’s Bloody Mary.
While on the red-carpet for the 80th Golden Globes Awards, Jenna Ortega was asked for her thoughts on Lady Gaga possibly joining the cast of Wednesday for the second season. “I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Ortega said. “I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part, I think it would have to be two monsters that understand each other.”
Related Wednesday renewed for a second season of creepy, kooky,...
While on the red-carpet for the 80th Golden Globes Awards, Jenna Ortega was asked for her thoughts on Lady Gaga possibly joining the cast of Wednesday for the second season. “I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Ortega said. “I think Mrs. Thornhill and Wednesday had this weird mentor relationship or kind of understood each other in a certain way, so, if Lady Gaga were to be a part, I think it would have to be two monsters that understand each other.”
Related Wednesday renewed for a second season of creepy, kooky,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” recently made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart thanks to a boom in popularity because of Netflix’s “Wednesday.” But what about getting Gaga to star in the second season of the streamer’s Addams Family smash hit? “I’m sure Netflix would love that,” leading star Jenna Ortega told Variety during the Official Digital Pre-Show for the Golden Globes.
A dance scene featured in “Wednesday” Episode 4 exploded on TikTok once it got remixed to Gaga’s “Bloody Mary.” Millions of TikTok users re-created Ortega’s trademark dance and set it to Gaga’s song. In the show, the scene is set to “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps. The TikTok trend boosted the popularity of Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” so much that Gaga herself recreated Ortega’s dance on the social media platform.
“It’s really strange,” Ortega said about Gaga getting in on the “Wednesday” TikTok craze.
A dance scene featured in “Wednesday” Episode 4 exploded on TikTok once it got remixed to Gaga’s “Bloody Mary.” Millions of TikTok users re-created Ortega’s trademark dance and set it to Gaga’s song. In the show, the scene is set to “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps. The TikTok trend boosted the popularity of Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” so much that Gaga herself recreated Ortega’s dance on the social media platform.
“It’s really strange,” Ortega said about Gaga getting in on the “Wednesday” TikTok craze.
- 1/11/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s Wednesday is coming back for more supernatural-infused mystery.
The series centered on the Addams Family’s morbid teen daughter (played by TVLine Performer of the Year finalist Jenna Ortega) has been renewed for Season 2, TVLine has learned.
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Wednesday has dominated Nielsen’s U.
The series centered on the Addams Family’s morbid teen daughter (played by TVLine Performer of the Year finalist Jenna Ortega) has been renewed for Season 2, TVLine has learned.
More from TVLineGinny & Georgia EPs Break Down Finale Cliffhanger: 'Stuff's Going to Come to the Surface' -- Plus, Grade the Season!Ginny & Georgia EPs Talk Season 2's Surprising Hookup and [Spoiler]'s Reaction: 'Everything Will Come Back Around In a Way You Weren't Expecting'Harry & Meghan Hits Nielsen Streaming Chart at No. 3, Wednesday Is Still No. 1
Wednesday has dominated Nielsen’s U.
- 1/6/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
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