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\"Wednesday\" will follow Wednesday Addams as a student and focus on her mastering her \"emerging psychic ability\" as she tries to \"thwart a monstrous killing spree\" in her town, according to Netflix's synopsis.

In an interview with \"Wednesday\" creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough for Vanity Fair, one of the main focuses of the new show will be about Wednesday's relationship with mom Morticia.

\"The relationship that kind of hangs over the season is really Wednesday's relationship with Morticia,\" Gough told Vanity Fair. \"How do you step out of the shadow of a mother as glamorous as Morticia?\"

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Gough also touched on Wednesday's personality and said, \"Wednesday's not scared of sharks or creepy crawlies or anything, but she's afraid of emotion. ... Their overt displays of affection drive Wednesday crazy.\"

In June, Netflix launched Wednesday's Twitter account in her voice to tease the new show.

I've started this account as an experiment in sadism. Thing tells me Twitter is the most effective place to feel pain and misery. Let the games begin.

— Wednesday Addams (@wednesdayaddams) June 1, 2022

\"I've started this account as an experiment in sadism,\" she wrote. \"Thing tells me Twitter is the most effective place to feel pain and misery. Let the games begin.\"

\"Wednesday\" will premiere on Netflix this fall.

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