Uncle Fester Focused 'Wednesday' Spin-Off In The Works

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Joining the Addamsverse

Netflix is looking to add another branch to its Addams Family tree.



The streamer is in the early stages of development on a spinoff of Wednesday. The potential series would focus on Uncle Fester, Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) paternal uncle, played by Fred Armisen.



That a spinoff would be in the offing is no surprise, given the runaway success of Wednesday, which premiered in November 2022 and became Netflix’s biggest series to date in terms of streaming “views” (calculated by dividing a movie or show’s total viewing time by its running time). It was renewed for a second season in January.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wednesday-spinoff-development-netflix-1235764544/

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

More Fred Armisen being funny is never a bad thing

[pinja]

Maybe I'm too fond of Lloyd's Fester, but Armisen didn't impress me at all on a show that generally impressed me. He didn't appear to be very charismatic.

Still, I won't complain over more Addams Family.

[Celexa Bliss]

Ugh, not a fan of Fred Armisen at all. This will be a hard pass for me, which is too bad, because I really liked "Wednesday".

[Banjo Is Broken]

Time for that "Fester's Quest" adaptation finally?

[Savage Gambino]

Dec 20, 2023 9:34:38 GMT -5 pinja said:

Maybe I'm too fond of Lloyd's Fester, but Armisen didn't impress me at all on a show that generally impressed me. He didn't appear to be very charismatic.

Still, I won't complain over more Addams Family.

He wasn't very charismatic in Saturday Night Live, either. Great to see he hasn't shown any improvement in 20 years.

Hollywood's insistence on making Fred Armisen happen is one of those trends that will always boggle my mind.

[grunt]

Noooope. But then again, I felt Wednesday was much more of a miss than a hit, so...

[KingPooper]

Can we just get more Portlandia instead?

[thegreatnodnarb]

I was hoping they'd hire Dustin Rhodes so he could play trick or treat all year long.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

kinda crazy seeing so much hate for Fred Armisen here. IMO hes the funniest person whose ever been on SNL.

[BlackoutCreature]

Dec 24, 2023 8:04:51 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

kinda crazy seeing so much hate for Fred Armisen here. IMO hes the funniest person whose ever been on SNL.

How do you insult Joe Piscopo like that!