With spooky season now upon us, there’s the welcome news that those Addams look to be returning to our TV screens.
Via Deadline, MGM TV is currently pitching a new live-action Addams Family TV series to cable networks and streaming services. Tim Burton is in talks to executive produce and possibly direct the series, while Smallville showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are already on board as the head writers for this new Addams Family.
The current word is that The Addams Family will be set in the present day and will largely be framed from the point of view of Wednesday Addams.
Created in 1938 by Charles Addams, the iconic Addams clan have become a huge favourite of so many different generations over the decade. Several different incarnations of the creepy ‘n’ cooky clan have made it to TV, to the silver screen, to comics, to video games, and beyond – most famously with the original 1964 The Addams Family show and the ‘90s The Addams Family and Addams Family Values films.
Most recently, the Addams were given an animated movie outing in last year’s The Addams Family, with Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron heading up the voice cast of that picture.
As ever, expect more on this new Addams Family TV series as it continues to develop.
