According to an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wednesday creators Miles Millar (Smallville, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Alfred Gough (Into the Badlands, Spider-Man 2) have increased the hype for the long-awaited second season of the hit Netflix show. They promise interesting new additions and bigger scares for the sophomore season.

Millar told Entertainment Weekly, “We certainly set out to really stretch ourselves and stretch what the show could do and see where our characters could go. The last thing you want is people to be disappointed having waited for so long. We really want to ensure that the show is loaded with surprises and comedy and action, and that they see the characters they love, but also introduce new ones.”

While the first season mainly focused on the titular character Wednesday, played by Jenna Ortega (Scream, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) the new season will explore other characters. Gough states, via Entertainment Weekly, “The mystery is a little more complex than season 1, but I also just feel like the world is bigger and you get to really explore other characters. Wednesday’s not in every scene, so you get to learn more about Enid [Emma Myers (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, A Minecraft Movie)], you get to learn more about Bianca [Joy Sunday (Dear White People, Under the Influencer)].”

According to the creators, we’ll also see more of the Addams family, including Pugsley Addams, played by Isaac Ordonez (Husky, 7th & Union), who will be enrolling in Wednesday’s school, Nevermore Academy. In the Entertainment Weekly interview, Gough states “You get to explore the mother-daughter dynamic with Wednesday and Morticia, so it’s really delving more into the Addams family and their backstory, but also their relationships. You can have a family that loves each other, but there’s still issues and clashes.” He goes on to tease the introduction of a new character in Grandmama, played by Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Famous, The Wolf of Wall Street). According to Millar, Grandmama is “a whole different flavor of Addams that brings such delicious fun to the show and into the family. We weren’t sure how many episodes that character should be in, but seeing how well it played, I think Grandmama will definitely be coming back if we get a season 3.”

According to Entertainment Weekly, several other new members have been added to the already star-studded cast including Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Ghost World), Thandiwe Newton (Crash, Westworld), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense, Forrest Gump), Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Princess Diaries), Billie Piper (Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Doctor Who), and Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit).

Aside from the new additions, Millar promises that “Season 2 definitely has some moments which are more straightforward horror, and we’re very aware that the show is watched by everybody in terms of the age groups. So we want to make sure that it’s never torture porn, but that there’s enough bite to it that it feels that there are real stakes and that people die in this world, and it’s scary at moments. And I think that’s the great tonal shift that the show makes between comedy and horror,” via Entertainment Weekly.

Wednesday season two, part one premieres on Netflix August 6, 2025. Part two is set to be released on September 3, 2025.