Netflix's Wednesday Adds Winona Ryder For Season 3, Reuniting Her With Tim Burton Once Again

The queen of weird is joining our caller princess of weird. Netflix has conscionable revealed that nary different than Winona Ryder is acceptable to articulation the formed of Wednesday successful a impermanent starring relation for Season 3.

The casting marks yet different collaboration betwixt Ryder and the show’s enforcement shaper Tim Burton, who famously worked unneurotic connected his 1988 deed Beetlejuice and the 1990 classical Edward Scissorhands. It’s besides a reunion with the show’s star, Jenna Ortega, who starred alongside Ryder successful the caller sequel movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice arsenic Ryder’s quality Lydia’s girl (which Burton besides directed).

"I'm truthful excited to beryllium backmost for Season 3, and it’s large to beryllium reunited with each of the archetypal cast," Burton said. "The summation of immoderate beloved friends and past collaborators of mine… makes this play other special. I consciousness precise lucky."

The details of Ryder’s relation are being kept nether wraps, truthful immoderate connection connected who she’ll beryllium playing and however it volition integrate into the show’s ongoing crippled are going to beryllium nonexistent astatine this constituent — and it’s definite to support fans guessing until the adjacent play yet drops.

Ryder joins Eva Green, who was precocious formed arsenic Morticia Addams’ mysterious sister Ophelia for play 3, arsenic good arsenic Noah Taylor, Oscar Morgan, Kennedy Moyer, and Chris Sarandon (yes, the speaking dependable of Jack Skellington himself from 1993’s A Nightmare Before Christmas). That said, it looks arsenic though their roles are besides being kept nether wraps — astatine slightest for now.

Wednesday premiered connected Netflix successful November 2022 to captious and assemblage acclaim, and it rapidly became the most-watched English-language play of tv connected the streamer to date. Season 2 premiered August 2025, with the archetypal portion becoming disposable connected the level and the 2nd portion arriving the pursuing month.

As for a merchandise day for play 3, nary authoritative info has been announced conscionable yet — but hopefully, the Addams household volition beryllium backmost connected our screens ASAP.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.