First Wednesday Season 3 Teaser Released As Netflix Confirms the Tim Burton Casting We’ve Always Wanted

February 23, 2026, 9:08am

From the start, it’s been clear that Tim Burton’s Wednesday is really Netflix’s best Stranger Things replacement. Starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, the show is perfectly designed to blend supernatural horror with teen action. Although Season 2’s viewership dropped, it still dominated Netflix’s official figures during the second half of 2025. Work on Season 3 had already begun when that second season released, meaning we can expect a faster turnover this time around.

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Now, Netflix has officially confirmed that Stranger Things star Winona Ryder – Hollywood royalty in her own right – is joining Wednesday Season 3. The news was accompanied by a casting video that serves as the first teaser for Season 3, confirming it’s now in production along with a few interesting little hints. Check out the video below:

This will make Wednesday Season 3 something of a welcome reunion for Ryder. She’ll be reuniting with Tim Burton himself, who seems delighted at Ryder’s addition to the show. “I am so happy that Winona has joined us, she fits right into this world,” Burton said in an official statement. “And she’s a dear friend. I always feel lucky to work with her.” Ryder will also be working with Jenna Ortega, her fellow Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star.

Wednesday Season 3 Promises To Expand The Addams Family

The video confirms that Ryder is playing an original character named Tabitha, which means we have no way of knowing what specific role she’ll play; Tabitha St. Germain played a cousin in The New Addams Family back in 1998, so this may well be another member of the wider family. Alternatively, she could well be another member of staff at Nevermore, given the academy seems to have a “Defense Against the Dark Arts” trope where teachers and even headteachers are lucky to survive a year’s tenure.

Other additions to the cast include Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon, The Princess Bride), Noah Taylor (Peaky Blinders, Game Of Thrones), Oscar Morgan (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Gotham Knights), and Kennedy Moyer (Task, Roofman). Several of these other cast members have past history with Burton; Sarandon voiced Jack Skellington in A Nightmare Before Christmas, while Taylor worked with him on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Eva Green is already confirmed as Wednesday’s mysterious Aunt Ophelia, a seer who believes Wednesday has to die.

Most of these other character names are new to the Addams Family lore, with the exception of Sarandon. His character is named Balthazar – and there is indeed a Cousin Balthazar, albeit another family member who is supposed to be dead. That said, as Aunt Ophelia has proven, death is just a minor inconvenience in the Addams family. That may well be good news for Emma Myers’ Enid Sinclair, whose name card is shown going up in flames – a very ominous sign indeed.

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