Netflix had a hit with its new angle on The Addams Family last year with the series ‘Wednesday.’
Now it’s Uncle Fester’s turn.
Get Ready for Uncle Fester
Deadline reports:
Netflix is looking to build a franchise around its reigning most popular series. A Wednesday spinoff revolving around Fred Armisen‘s Uncle Fester character is in early development at the streamer from MGM Television, Deadline has confirmed.
Conversations about the offshoot are happening alongside preparations for Season 2 of Wednesday — a new take of The Addams Family starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams — which became a ratings and pop culture phenomenon when it launched in November 2022. The horror comedy ranks as Netflix’s most popular English-language series with 252.1M views, almost doubling the next most popular TV season on the streamer.
The story added, “Armisen guest starred in one episode of Wednesday‘s first season in a memorable appearance as Uncle Fester, brother of Wednesday’s father Gomez Addams (Luis Guzman), who used his ability to generate electricity to revive Thing.”
Given the popularity of ‘Wednesday’ it will be interesting to see how a new Addams Family spinoff might do.
And it’s definitely smart business to try.
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