The latest iteration of The

Addams Family

will be directed by Tim Burton.

With

Wednesday

, the new Netflix series centered on the darkest and hilarious eldest child in Hollywood history, the cult director signs his first real project for television.

And the producers of the project had an ambition when they signed with the streaming platform for this new version of The

Addams Family

.

"That's something that was very important for the show: that it didn't feel like a remake or a reboot.

It's something that lives in the Venn diagram of what's happened before, but it's its own thing.

She's not trying to look like the '60s movies or TV series. That was very important to us and very important to Tim," said Miles Millar, one of the program's showrunners (along with Alfred Gough). in an interview for Vanity Fair.

An 8 hour movie

As soon as he arrived on the project, Tim Burton was seduced by the idea of ​​taking an interest in a character like that of Wednesday Addams and not having to abandon him after the classic length of a modern film.

"He really liked that we had time to be with Wednesday and explore the character and not have to, you know, wrap things up in an hour and 45 minutes," Miles added. Miller.

In fact, fans of Tim Burton should find everything they like in the dark universe of the American filmmaker.

"The ambition of the series was to make it an eight-hour Tim Burton film", specifies the producer.

If Tim Burton only directed 4 out of the 8 episodes that make up Wednesday, he put his stamp on all aspects of its design, bringing with him his usual collaborator, costume designer Colleen Atwood, who reinterpreted the costumes of the main characters. to make them as close as possible to the original comic strip, born in the pages of the

New Yorker

under the pencil of Charles Addams.

Enough to make Wednesday one of the most anticipated series of the start of the school year.

Only question: Uncle Fester, an essential figure in the family, has not yet appeared in the first trailers.

“We will not comment on Fester.

You have to watch the series”, announced Alfred Gough.

Netflix has yet to give an exact release date for

Wednesday

, but it should land before the end of 2022.

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