The second season of the popular Netflix series Wednesday may move to another streaming service. Jenna Ortega plays Wednesday Addams in the Netflix original spooky series. The series debuted on November 16 of last year. However, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is the rightful owner of the series' rights (MGM).
The show's new season may air on Amazon's streaming service Prime Video after the company and MGM completed their $8.5 billion merger last year. Netflix has not yet announced Wednesday's second-season renewal. But the show's widespread popularity ensures its return.
According to a source, in order for Netflix to run season two, Amazon may need to come to an agreement. The series' departure from Netflix has not yet been confirmed, though. Deadline, a trade publication, had reported that Amazon does not intend to make all MGM content exclusive to Prime Video.
The series' creators have reportedly already started looking at potential filming locations. They are also developing scenarios for the upcoming season. Jenna, the lead, already expressed her hopes for Wednesday and the upcoming season. In an interview, she said, "I kind of want her to be darker. I want her to get more in the nitty-gritty of things and not play things so safe. Because there are a lot of lines about her saving the school and doing whatever, but for me, her main drive with the monster is of a competitiveness. Kind of, ‘Man, how’s this guy doing this?’"
The second-most watched English-language Netflix series is currently Wednesday. Wednesday outperformed Stranger Things as the English-language series with the most weekly viewers. The spin-off series has had over 1.02 billion cumulative hours viewed in just three weeks after its premiere. More than 150 million households streamed the programme. It has now surpassed one billion hours, joining Stranger Things Season 4 and Squid Game.
