Netflix is kicking up the publicity campaign for Wednesday, The Addams Family spinoff premiering sometime this fall, with an invitation to join the titular character at Nevermore Academy. The fictitious school’s official website greets visitors with a quiz to make sure the school’s the right fit, with questions including how you feel about fitting in and whether your peers understand you.
The Nevermore Academy application breaks from the norm by asking which outcast group you identify with: vampire, gorgon, werewolf, or siren. Or, if none of those fit, you can select “I can’t describe it.” For the purpose of writing this piece, I chose vampire. That led to a question about the academic area I’m interested in and I picked supernatural studies. (Vampire sex ed was among the choices, but let’s keep this PG.)
The last step in the application process requires personal details, including an email and physical address. If you proceed and enter your info, you’ll receive further info in the coming weeks along with a downloadable profile picture.
The Nevermore Academy website also includes details on the school’s noteworthy alumni, a video featuring Principal Larissa Weems (embedded above), and a list of upcoming activities including Parent’s Day and The Poe Cup competition.
Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega in the title role. Gwendoline Christie is Principal Larissa Weems, Jamie McShane plays Sheriff Galpin, Percy Hynes White is Xavier Thorpe, Hunter Doohan is Tyler Galpin, and Emma Myers plays Enid Sinclair. Joy Sunday is Bianca Barclay, Naomi J Ogawa stars as Yoko Tanaka, Moosa Mostafa is Eugene Ottinger, Georgie Farmer is Ajax Petropolus, Riki Lindhome is Dr. Valerie Kinbott, and The Addams Family‘s Christina Ricci plays Marilyn Thornhill.
Guest stars include Catherine Zeta-Jones as Addams family matriarch Morticia and Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams. Isaac Ordonez plays Pugsley Addams, Iman Marson is Lucas Walker, and Lucius Hoyos is Young Gomez.
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are the writers, executive producers, and season one showrunners. Tim Burton, Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, Gail Berman, Tommy Harper, and Kevin Lafferty are also involved as executive producers.
Wednesday will premiere on November 23, 2022.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
