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Wednesday - Netflix - Tim Burton

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Is this going to be a live action series?



  • #3
    CastorTroy
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    Yep, with Jenna Ortega as Wednesday.



  • #4
    pixelburp
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    10 bucks says this is cancelled 2 weeks after release.



  • #5
    Slydice
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    Went to google to see if it was already renewed given how daft a 2nd week cancellation sounded and found out Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie and Christina Ricci will be in it too and that Danny Elfman is composing.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_%28TV_series%29




  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Produced by mgm tv so amazon are producing it for netflix so yeah maybe netflix cancel it and amazon take it over



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  • #7
    Agent Coulson
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    Here she is

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4QHrAcZalc




  • #8
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Jenna Ortega is hugely popular at the moment so she'll draw a large number of viewers in her own right. Anyone familiar with the Christina Ricci films will probably be interested in at least giving it a look. Plus Tim Burton still has a pretty big fanbase, despite not having made anything decent in like 20 years.

    I would guess this is almost guaranteed a second season.

    My only concern since I first heard about this is the number of 60+ year old men that are telling a story about a teenage girl.



  • #9
    Agent Coulson
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    She does look the part.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFZA3SAN3o/




  • #10
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Screenshot_20220816-161243_Chrome.jpg

    Maybe they'll look better in the world of the show but I'm having a hard time seeing them as anything other than really impressive halloween costumes at the moment.



  • #11
    Agent Coulson
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    Trailer


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di310WS8zLk&ab_channel=Netflix




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  • #12
    pixelburp
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    How many episodes will Burton direct?

    Looks all right actually, someone described it as a Reverse Harry Potter; the swimming pool scene suggested it's happy to let it get a bit dark and bloody. Which means it could be a show that struggles to find its audience?



  • #13
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119487074#Comment_119487074

    A quick look on wiki has Burton is listed as director for the first 2 eps, the rest say TBA, but name Gandja Montiero and James Marshall as having directed some eps.

    I thought for a minute that the whole thing was going to be set in the normal high-school setting, which could have been interesting, and kind of more in keeping with the tone of the films, I suppose. The school she ends up at looks very Tim Burtony so I'm not sure how I feel about that



  • #14
    pixelburp
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119487153#Comment_119487153

    Apart from the tree in the courtyard tipping the hat, I actually thought it looked more Harry Potter than peak Burton but I take your point.

    Yeah, the films delighted in setting the Adams against "normal" America suburbia & watching it all burn down; though watching the trailer again, I saw little snippets of the outside world so maybe it won't be entirely focused on Woghorts Academy.

    Oh and as nice as it is to see Greendale alum Luis Guzmán back on our screens, he's a terrible choice for Gomez: the guy should be dapper, stylish, not ... well, looking like Guzmán. Someone like Lin-Manuel Miranda would have been a better fit - if more difficult to nab.



  • #15
    gmisk
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119487900#Comment_119487900

    Totally disagree Guzman is a terrific fit if they want to go by how he looked in the comics. Which looks to be what they are going for.

    https://twitter.com/NostalgicNebula/status/1560061307016990720?t=8iYUEWHIiDkBFkAScpG80Q&s=19


    Post edited by gmisk on


  • #16
    TheValeyard
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    I'll give this a spin when it's out alright.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #17
    pixelburp
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119495780#Comment_119495780

    Interesting. Hasn't know comics Gomez was as pudgy as he was. Just assumed the various on screen versions were vaguely accurate. Raul Julia was so magnetic in the role



  • #18
    Agent Coulson
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    John Austin will always be Gomez Adams to me, His real life son Sean might have been a good fit as well however that wouldn’t be acceptable casting in 2022.



  • #19
    TheIrishGrover
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    When I heard Tim Burton was involved I lost interest immediately. Was waiting for Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp and Elfman music going "Laha Laha La". But that trailer looked fun. I was never really a fan of Catherine Zeta Jones either. Always thought she was cold. But this suits her well. And, yeah, I love Luis Guzman.

    I am actually intrigued by this and looking forward to it. Just.... dial back on the cut-and-paste Burton and Elfman. They are capable of doing interesting things but, they can also just revert to the same-old-same-old when "doing Gothic".

    I like the idea of skewering Hogwarts a bit. I have nothing against the HP books but they are big enough to need a good friendly slagging.



  • #20
    Agent Coulson
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    Enrol in the Nevermore Academy,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoTmSuThMKc&ab_channel=Netflix




  • #21
    Agent Coulson
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    Drops November 23th

    https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1573296123854331905?s=20&t=trPAq0DGEvpsp6EYrDgxeQ




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  • #22
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    November 23rd is a Wednesday



  • #23
    bnt
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    New full-length trailer is out:

    https://youtu.be/Q73UhUTs6y0


    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #24
    pixelburp
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    I either missed or forgot Fred Armisen was Fester in this. Neat casting.



  • #25
    artvanderlay
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    I don't like the lead actress (she nearly ruined You for me) but the rest of the casting looks interesting. I'll give it a go but I don't expect much.



  • #26
    pixelburp
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    Dropped today; reviews haven't been especially kind mind you



  • #27
    Slydice
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119909924#Comment_119909924

    Oh! The 14 day PB countdown to cancellation begins! 😁

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152120#Comment_119152120




  • #28
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    This show, on paper, feels like something that can't fail, but also feels like something that is going to miss every possible target audience it could have hit.



  • #29
    JP Liz V1
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    A huge hit for Netflix, very enjoyable, Jenna is great

    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #30
    pixelburp
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119925541#Comment_119925541

    A huge hit for Netflix,

    Is it? Cos it hasn't been reviewing well and ... well, all quiet here lol.



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  • #31
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119925641#Comment_119925641

    It's the #1 show worldwide right now, but that's hardly surprising. #5 for the past week but it's only been out since Wednesday. Feels like something people can get through in a day, so interesting to see how long it stays up there.



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