It’s a match made in heaven: Tim Burton, auteur of all things creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, taking on an Addams Family project. And while the freaky family unit possess’own’nurse been brought to the screen plenty of times bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e (most recently in animated in/with regard to’concerning’regarding m), Burton’s take is something new – a teen-drama-mystery series focused specifically on Wednesday Addams, titled Wednesday. And wouldn’t you know it, today is Wednesday – the perfect day to drop the first trailer in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Wednesday. That’s spooky levels of synergy! His series stars Scream’s Jenna Ortega as a teenage version of the Addams’ death-loving daughter, causing carnage in school after school and stumbling across a murder plot. Watch the trailer:###That’s one hell of a first look – combining conventional Addams Family elements (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán seem like great casting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Morticia and Gomez, and there’s a brief glimpse of Thing at the end), plenty of Burtonian flourishes (those purple-and-black-stripe school uniin/with regard to’concerning’regarding ms are sure to become instant cosplay), and a real visual pop, with a hyper-colourful world providing token ificant contrast to the all-black-eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything aesthetic of our central heroine. (That, in a way, feels like a throwback to the pastel-meets-goth clash of Edward Scissorhands.) Plus, there’s a brief but excellent glimpse of Gwendoline Christie as the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding midable headteacher of Wednesday’s new school. All that, and there’s lashings of dark humour all over this thing, with darkly witty lines with regards to’concerning’with respect to Wednesday’s bloodthirsty leanings. All in, it looks like a blast.###And, most significant’essential’critical’vital’crucial’indispensable’imperative ly, Ortega seems like fantastic casting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Wednesday herself – she has the smirk down, the deadpan drawl nailed, without just doing a carbon-copy of Christina Ricci’s version. An excellent addition to Scream and a standout in Ti West’s X, this looks set to be another success in a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully enormous’vast’massive’tremendous year in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her. We’d watch her Wednesday solving crimes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding hours – and luckily, that seems to be exactly what’s in store in the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , due to arrive on Netflix this autumn. (Our guess? It’ll be sometime around Halloween.) See you at Nevermore Academy later this year.