Netflix dropped the first image from “Wednesday” Season 3 on Monday, revealing Jenna Ortega’s gothic heroine standing in front of the Eiffel Tower alongside the disembodied hand Thing — a striking signal that the show is taking its story far beyond the walls of Nevermore Academy. The streamer captioned the image “From Paris, with dread.”
Production on the Paris scenes began April 18 and wrapped on April 20, a brief but significant location shoot that confirms the new season’s expanded geographical scope. Behind-the-scenes photographs show Ortega back in her signature black-and-white dress, sharing the Paris set with Fred Armisen, confirming Uncle Fester’s presence in the French capital sequences.
The Paris detour fits the trajectory the Season 2 finale established. Season 3 is expected to pick up with Wednesday climbing into Uncle Fester’s motorcycle sidecar to hunt down Enid Sinclair, played by Emma Myers, who has fully transformed into an alpha werewolf. The Paris setting, given Wednesday’s personality, reads less as a holiday than a mission.
Principal photography has been underway near Dublin since late February, with Netflix assembling one of the show’s most loaded casts yet. Eva Green joins as Ophelia, Morticia Addams’ long-lost sister — a character tailor-made for a longtime Tim Burton collaborator.
Winona Ryder, Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, and James Lance round out the newest wave of guest stars, joining previously confirmed additions Chris Sarandon, Noah Taylor, Oscar Morgan, and Kennedy Moyer. The reunion of Ryder with director Burton, who worked together on “Beetlejuice” and “Edward Scissorhands,” gives the season an additional layer of franchise significance.
Returning series regulars include Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley, and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley.
Showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar teased “new students, new teachers” and more Addams family secrets when production launched, while Burton described the incoming cast as making the season “extra special.” The February production start, coming just five months after Season 2 concluded in September 2025, suggests Netflix intends to avoid the lengthy gap that separated the first two seasons.
No release date has been announced.
