The spooky Netflix hit welcomes several new faces in season 2, including Steve Buscemi and Lady Gaga.
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As spring gives way to summer, a storm calledWednesdayis brewing atNetflix.
The streamer announced this week that the long-anticipatedWednesdayseason 2 is slated to drop in August.

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Credit:Jonathan Hession/Netflix
What else can you expect?
Andwhencan you expect it?
What isWednesdayseason 2 about?

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Bernard Walsh/Netflix
Another potential source of conflict?
“Every family has dark secrets, Wednesday,” intones Zeta-Jones' Morticia.
“And secrets can have deadly consequences.”

“Were ditching any romantic love interest for Wednesday, which is really great.”
Is there aWednesdayseason 2 trailer?
“This is the first time you’ve ever willingly returned to a school,” says Morticia.

“How does it feel?”
“Like returning to the scene of a crime,” Wednesday deadpans.
Is there aWednesdayseason 2 release date?

Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Courtesy of Netflix
Wednesday’s eight-episode second season will arrive in two installments.
Who’s in theWednesdayseason 2 cast?
Myers, meanwhile, declared that Enid “has changed over the summer.

Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Courtesy of Netflix
Shes grown, and shes become more comfortable with herself.”
Also returning is Bianca (Joy Sunday), Wednesday’s occasional nemesis andfencing partner.
One return that’s still up in the air is Principal Weems (Gwendoline Christie).

Emma Myers as Enid and Jenna Ortega as Wednesday in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Jonathan Hession/Netflix
I’m trying!"
Who’snotreturning forWednesdayseason 2?
Ogawa addressed her departure onInstagramlast year, citing “uncertain scheduling and not much progression in Yokos journey.”

The Addams Family in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Helen Sloan/Netflix
Also missing will be Percy Hynes White’s psychic Xavier, a potential love interest for Wednesday.
Hynes White’sdeparturefrom the series followed allegations of sexual assault and sexual activity with a minor, among other offenses.
Hynes Whitedenied the claimsin June 2023, characterizing them as a “campaign of misinformation.”

Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Courtesy of Netflix
In a statement posted to his Instagram Story, he wrote, “The rumors are false.
I can’t accept the portrayal of me as someone bigoted, or criminally negligent of people’s safety.
These are the kind of baseless, harmful claims that can create mistrust toward victims.”

Percy Hynes White as Xavier in ‘Wednesday’ season 1.Vlad Cioplea/Netflix
Who’s joining theWednesdayseason 2 cast?
She’ll be playing Grandmama, grandmother to Wednesday and Pugsley.
Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she’ll be glammed-up for Wednesday.

A behind-the-scenes shot of the ‘Wednesday’ season 2 cast and crew.Helen Sloan/Netflix
Hall previously starred in the 1990 hitEdward Scissorhands.
Is Lady Gaga inWednesdayseason 2?
I dont want to give away anything about being part of the show," Gaga told EW.

Steve Buscemi as Principal Barry Dort in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Helen Sloan/Netflix
Amazingly, the clip caused the 2011 track to climb the charts at the end of 2022.
In the aftermath, Ortega toldVarietythat she’d love Gaga to join the show as a mentor to Wednesday.
Paco Cabezas and Angela Robinson, meanwhile, will each direct two episodes.

Joanna Lumley as Grandmama in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Owen Behan/Netflix
Filmmaker Robinson helmed 2005’sHerbie: Fully Loaded, as well as eight episodes ofThe L Word(20042009).
Will there be aWednesdayseason 3?

Lady Gaga on TikTok; Jenna Ortega in ‘Wednesday’ season 1.Lady Gaga/TikTok; Netflix

Thing in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Helen Sloan/Netflix

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday getting scanned at an airport in ‘Wednesday’ season 2.Courtesy of Netflix