The showrunner behindWednesdayaddressed the show’s future, sharing the plan for future seasons. Fans are currently awaiting the premiere ofWednesdayseason 2, which is set to debut in two parts starting in August 2025. The series is developed for television by veteran screenwriting duo Miles Millar and Alfred Gough (Smallville,Spider-Man 2).
Speaking withTHR, Miles Millar shared hisplans forWednesday’sfuture, following the recent preemptive season 3 renewal, saying, “We’ll take as many seasons as Netflix wants to give us.“He goes into his experience working onSmallville, sharing how the ten-season superhero show has influenced his approach to long-term planning. Read his quote below:
“We’ll take as many seasons as Netflix wants to give us because we made a mistake with Smallville at one point. We had a five-year plan, and then the show went on for 10 years. So we’re not going to get out in front of that. But we certainly have a plan for season three and beyond, ways to keep evolving the character and follow her journey into adulthood. The great thing about Wednesday is she’s got the bandwidth of an AM radio — in season one, just a hug could be emotional. She’s unapologetically analog, and she’ll go into situations that she hasn’t thought it all the way through. For someone who’s so smart, she also makes a lot of mistakes — which is fun. It makes her human and not feel like a superhero.”
What Miles Millar’s Wednesday Plans Mean
Wednesday Will Run Its Course Naturally
The additional context of Millar’s experience onSmallvilleis fascinating, as the lesson he took away from it is generally counterintuitive to how fans feel about long-term television. Rather than wrapping up the story ahead of time with a conclusive multi-season arc, he’s saying he wantsWednesdayto run until Netflix calls it.
Essentially, the methodology here is that,rather than write themselves in a box with structure, they’re going to allow the series to develop authentically. This could risk the show becoming redundant over time, but he specifies that they’ve already developed ideas for season 3 and what could follow after that.
For the time being, it’s full-steam ahead for the Netflix series, and the overwhelmingly positive viewership numbers for season 1 indicate it’s here to stay.
He uses Wednesday’s subtle emotional growth in season 1 as an example of the show’s potential longevity, saying that she still has plenty of room to develop as a character. For the time being, it’s full-steam ahead for the Netflix series, and the overwhelmingly positive viewership numbers for season 1 indicate it’s here to stay.
Our Take On Miles Millar’s Comments
Wednesday Has To Move Forward With Caution
Wednesday Addams is 16 years old in the series, but with two years in between every season, Jenna Ortega will quickly become hard to believe as a high school student. With that in mind,long-term planning for this show will have to account for a narrative after Nevermore, which is crucial to the show’s identity so far.
Smallvilleis an interesting comparison because it’s another series that’s centered around high school students and a location. However, by the latter seasons, the series is no longer set in Smallville, and the coming-of-age high school characters develop into adults. That show was released with new episodes annually.
IfWednesdaycontinues at this rate, the characters could age beyond Nevermore by season 4, and the series will need a definitive plan for its future.Wednesdayis great as is, but the titular character won’t be in school forever.
