Tim Burton’s THE ADDAMS FAMILY Reboot Series In the Works
Mike Sprague
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Batman and Beetlejuice director Tim Burton is developing the TV series reboot of The Addams Family. Burton is in negotiations to direct all of the episodes as well.
Wednesday will be the lead of the show which will be set in the present day.
Burton will serve as executive producer with writers and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville). The series is being financed by MGM TV.
Where the series will land is up in the air. Multiple networks and streaming services are bidding on the project, including Netflix, which is one of the front-runners.
We’ll let you know when we hear more. Stay tuned!
In the meatime, remember the 1991 adaptation began when a man (Christopher Lloyd) claiming to be Fester, the missing brother of Gomez Addams (Raul Julia), arrives at the Addams’ home, the family is thrilled. However, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) begins to suspect the man is a fraud, since he cannot recall details of Fester’s life. With the help of lawyer Tully Alford (Dan Hedaya), Fester manages to get the Addams clan evicted from their home. Gomez realizes the two men are conspiring to swindle the Addams fortune and that he must challenge Fester.
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