Wednesday: Last News

MJ Lenderman has revealed that he will no longer tour with Wednesday.The ‘She’s Leaving You’ singer joined Wednesday in 2020 alongside Karly Hartzman, who originally formed the band as a solo project in 2017. Since then, they’ve released three albums – the latest being 2023’s ‘Rat Saw God‘ – and toured extensively.Now though, Lenderman has shared that his days on the road with the band have come to an end.

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has revealed new details about the show’s upcoming second season.Speaking to Collider recently, Ortega – plays the titular Wednesday Addams – shared new information on season two of Netflix‘s hit show. Season two of Wednesday has yet to receive a release date, but is expected to premiere on Netflix this year. A reason for an unconfirmed premiere date, despite having wrapped filming late last year, stems from work being incomplete, Ortega said.She explained to Collider: “We’re still in the edit.

Jenna Ortega are reportedly in talks for a Single White Female remake.Per The Hollywood Reporter, 3000 Pictures is looking to remake the 1992 psycho-sexual thriller that originally starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with Russell and Ortega slated to star and produce the reimagining.Thus far, Sony, who have a deal with the film company, has offered no comment on the project.In the original, Fonda played Allison, a woman who takes in Hedra (Leigh) as a roommate while she recovers from a breakup, with Hedra’s behaviour becoming increasingly obsessional and violent. The horror drama was followed up with Single White Female 2: The Psycho in 2005, which starred Kristen Miller.Ortega is no stranger to starring in freakier films, with the Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star currently promoting her new film Death Of A Unicorn – an A24 comedy horror in which she stars as the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Elliot, who accidentally runs over and kills a unicorn.As well as her turn in Death Of A Unicorn, Ortega is set to appear in Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist alongside Charli XCX, Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Waves star Russell meanwhile, earned praise for her turn in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story, Bones and All.In NME’s four-star-review, critic Nick Levine wrote that the film “balances some gut-wrenchingly grim and gory scenes with moments of genuine tenderness,” adding that it helped that Russell and Timothée Chalamet had “an easy chemistry that deepens with the narrative”.Before then, the second season of Wednesday is set to arrive on Netflix before the end of 2025.

Jenna Ortega has shared praise for Lady Gaga after the two worked together on season two of Wednesday – see what Ortega had to say below.In November last year, it was announced that Lady Gaga had been added to the cast of Netflix‘s Wednesday for its upcoming second season. Though filming wrapping in late 2024, a release date has yet to be confirmed, though it is expected to arrive sometime this year.While at SXSW, franchise star Jenna Ortega – who plays the titular Wednesday Addams – spoke to IndieWire about working with Gaga, who has just dropped her seventh studio album ‘Mayhem’.Ortega said of her experience working with Gaga: “It’s the best.

Netflix hit Squid Game has gone viral after things didn’t go according to plan.At a subway station in Turkey, a group of actors dressed as the pink Soldiers from the show tried to board a train. While most of the participants made it onto the carriage, one Soldier was left behind as the train doors shut before they could walk through.READ MORE: ‘Squid Game’ season two records Netflix’s biggest ever opening figures for a debut seriesThe humorous footage was shared on X, with one user remarking that “one player was eliminated before the game even started”.

MJ Lenderman treated his fans to a cover of Counting Crow‘s ‘A Long December’ at his show last week.The musician took over The Orange Peel in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina last Friday (December 20), as one of his rescheduled shows due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene back in October.The show was in support of his latest album ‘Manning Fireworks‘ and saw him and his band – The Wind, which features Lenderman’s Wednesday bandmate Xandy Chelmis – play a string of tracks from that LP including ‘Joker Lips’, ‘Rudolph’, ‘Wristwatch’ and more.To close out the gig, Lenderman treated the crowd to a rendition of Counting Crows‘ 1996 track ‘A Long December’, a fitting song considering the natural disaster North Carolina had recently faced.As per Stereogum, his cover followed his other Wednesday bandmate, vocalist Karly Hartzman performing her own rendition of ‘A Long December’. The moment took place during a gig at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina on December 17, where she was joined by Wednesday bassist Ethan Baechtold.Unlike Lenderman’s version, which felt true to the original song, Hartzman took a stripped-back approach and performed an acoustic version of the track, making the song much more emotional than it already is.The track was first released on December 2 1996 as the second single from Counting Crows’ second album ‘Recovering the Satellites’.

Netflix was responsible for the Wednesday float, which saw Addams serving her brother Pugsley’s head on a platter.Additionally, there was also an army of Wednesday lookalikes and a special performance of The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Paint It Black’ by Bishop Briggs at the Macy’s Parade accompanying the float.In season one of Wednesday, Jenna Ortega‘s character shows her contempt for the holiday and its history at the Pilgrim World tourist attraction.Wednesday Addams’ tradition of hating Thanksgiving and torturing her brother continues. #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/savN2Wr7NF— Netflix (@netflix) November 28, 2024Speaking in German, she tells visitors: “Enjoy your ‘authentic’ pilgrim fudge made with cacao beans, procured by the oppressed indigenous people of the Amazon.

Wednesday has added a major star to its cast for season two: Lady Gaga.Per a report from Entertainment Weekly, Gaga has officially been cast in the hit Netflix series’ highly anticipated second season. Lady Gaga is reported to have already begun filming for the show in Europe.However, it is currently unknown what role Gaga will play and just how extensive her role in season two will be.Lady Gaga’s addition to the Wednesday ranks comes after series lead Jenna Ortega in early 2023 said that she would “love” for Gaga to join the show and suggested that Netflix would likely get behind the idea too.Ortega said of Gaga’s hypothetical role at the time: “I think Mrs.

Jenna Ortega reading a bedtime story as Wednesday Addams to celebrate “the night before Halloween” has been shared.Ortega is currently in the middle of shooting the second season of the hit Netflix series, with production of the show having relocated from Romania, where the first season was shot. Season two has an expected release date of 2025.Now a new clip of her in character, which you can view below, has been posted by Netflix with the caption: “Twas the night before Halloween and all through the land not a monster was stirring.

Tim Burton has opened up about his feelings towards using the internet ahead of the opening of a new exhibition in London.Speaking to BBC News to promote the launch of a new career retrospective, Burton said that “anybody who knows me knows I’m a bit of a technophobe.“If I look at the internet, I found that I got quite depressed. It scared me because I started to go down a dark hole.

Jenna Ortega has urged fans to stop mistreating plush Wednesday dolls.It comes after TikTok users posted various clips of people going into shops and messing around with the dolls, by turning out their hair so that the forehead is bare and the character looks bald.One department store even put a poster up saying: “Do not flip Wednesday’s hair, you will be asked to leave”.The trend has forced Ortega to step in and urge users to stop.

Netflix have today (September 20) shared a new teaser trailer for Wednesday season two – check it out below.The series, which is currently being filmed in Dublin, Ireland, will arrive on the streaming platform in 2025. The new teaser shows some exclusive behind-the-scenes shots with the main cast members – including Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair) and Luis Guzmán (Gomez Adams).It also cuts to moments of director Tim Burton working on set and includes a voiceover of Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Adams) saying: “This season is going to be bigger and more twisted than you can ever imagine.”Other scenes include Ortega’s Wednesday saying “let’s play dolls” while holding a huge knife, adding: “If we show you any more your eyes would bleed…and I’m not that generous.”Check it out here:A post shared by Wednesday Netflix (@wednesdaynetflix)Meanwhile, earlier this week, Ortega was spotted at Chappell Roan’s Dublin gig.The actress was seen alongside co-star Myers at the gig, which took place on Tuesday (September 17).

The Big Lebowski actor was spotted eating at Bubba’s Fish Market in the south Dublin town of Dalkey on Saturday evening (31 August).Buscemi is currently there filming the new season of the Netflix‘s hit series Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega and directed by Tim Burton.“No one at my table recognised him except for me; I’m a huge movie buff, so I knew him straight away,” fellow diner Oisín Heavey told the Irish Independent. We were having dinner, and he was at the table beside us for 90 minutes.”After the actor finished his meal, Heavey said that his wife noticed a crowd gathering outside the restaurant, which they assumed was for the actor.“We could see there were loads of people outside, kind of looking up towards where he had gone, so we assumed he was spotted,” he said.“When we went outside, there was actually a very vicious fight going on, and that’s what everybody was looking at.”He explained: “Steve Buscemi was kind of standing there completely unnoticed.

Jenna Ortega would "love to be an investigative journalist".The 21-year-old actress has already enjoyed huge success in Hollywood - but Jenna is also drawn to the idea of knuckling down and dedicating time to a different type of creative outlet. Asked what job she would do if she wasn't an actress, Jenna told BuzzFeed: "All of people in my family are in the medical field. I feel like I would be a nurse, of some sort.

Jenna Ortega reckons she once auditioned for a role in Dune.The Wednesday star said in a new interview that she went in for the role of Chani, which eventually went to Zendaya, in a secret audition when she was 15.Ortega, who is now 21, told BuzzFeed: “I think it was Chani, I think it was Zendaya’s. But they weren’t saying that, everything was very secret.”The actress added that she remembers being “really excited” at the audition because director Denis Villeneuve “is one of my favourite filmmakers.”Along with Zendaya, the critically acclaimed first instalment of the sci-fi series went on to also star Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard and Dave Bautista.

Jenna Ortega has spoken out again about rumours claiming she was dating Johnny Depp.Last year, the Wednesday star shot down the rumours which started circulating when celebrity gossip account Deuxmoi claimed Depp and Ortega were reportedly seen together, possibly working on Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice sequel.“This is so ridiculous I can’t even laugh,” she wrote at the time. “I have never met or worked with Johnny Depp in my life.

Jenna Ortega has revealed that she quit using Twitter/X after coming across AI-generated sexually explicit images of herself as a teenager.Speaking to The New York Times, the Wednesday actress said that she was told to make an account on the social media platform to build her image early on in her career. But, after coming across the “absurd images and photos”, she deleted her account two years ago.“I hate AI,” she said. “I mean, here’s the thing: AI could be used for incredible things.

Tim Burton has revealed that he considered retiring before Netflix‘s Wednesday reignited his career.Speaking to Variety, the director said that after the release of Dumbo in 2019, he was unsure if he’d continue making films: “I really didn’t know. I thought that could have been it, really.

Pulp have announced details of their first show for 2025, taking place at a huge new festival in Japan.Announced today (August 15), the new tour date will be held as part of the new Rockin’ On Sonic festival, which will take place at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall in Chiba.Held between January 4 and 5, the recently shared line-up sees the Jarvis Cocker-led band top the bill, alongside California rock band Weezer.Also on the first list of artists confirmed for the new festival are Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, The Lemon Twigs and Wednesday.More artists set to perform at Rockin’ On Sonic 2025 are set to be announced at a later date, and tickets for the festival go to pre-sale on Tuesday (August 20). Visit here to buy yours.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The announcement that Pulp have locked in their first live show for 2025 comes amid speculation that the band are working on new material.Rumours of the band working on new music came to a head after the frontman was recently spotted in Walthamstow.

Jenna Ortega has opened up about Hollywood and politics and how always being “politically correct” can “lack honesty”.In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Wednesday actress her belief that actors having to be politically correct and how it can affect their integrity. She also opened up about her Scream VI co-star Melissa Barrera, who was fired from the horror franchise following social media posts in support of Palestine.“The business that we work in is so touchy-feely,” the actor told the publication.

Jenna Ortega has revealed that she had to learn “the confidence of the average white man” to pull off several aspects of her role as Wednesday Addams – see what the actor had to say below.In a new video interview with Vanity Fair, Ortega opened up about a piece of advice her cello teacher shared with her on the set of Wednesday. When asked about a piece of good advice she’s received in her career, Ortega said: “The show that I do right now I have to play the cello, and I don’t play the cello.