Season 3 of the Netflix series began production in Dublin this month.

Winona Ryder joins Wednesday for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice reunion with Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton

Season 3 of the Netflix series began production in Dublin this month.

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Winona Ryder; Jenna Ortega on 'Wednesday'. Credit:

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*Wednesday*'s upcoming season 3 is hosting a spooky reunion unlike any other. Winona Ryder has been revealed as part of a "new wave of insidious interlopers" joining the cast of Netflix's supernatural horror comedy.

The casting reunites Ryder with *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice* costar Jenna Ortega and her longtime collaborator Tim Burton.

The *Stranger Things *star will join the cast along with fellow series newcomers Chris Sarandon (*Dog Day Afternoon*, *The Princess Bride*), Noah Taylor (*Peaky Blinders,* *Game of Thrones*), Oscar Morgan (*A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms*, *Gotham Knights*), and Kennedy Moyer (*Task*, *Roofman*).

Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, and Tim Burton at the 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' premiere in Venice in 2024.

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"It's our dark delight to fling open Nevermore Academy's gates once more as we begin production on Season 3," showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar said in a statement on Monday. "We thank our invincible cast and crew for their continued commitment to doom and gloom. To the fans, we appreciate your patience and ravenous online commentary — your twisted theories have inspired nightmares."

While the duo didn't reveal any details about what parts the guest stars will play in the season currently in production in Dublin, they added: "This season, we welcome new students, new teachers, and excavate some long-rotting Addams Family secrets. Don't say you weren't warned."

“I am so happy that Winona has joined us, she fits right into this world,” Burton, who serves as director and executive producer on *Wednesday*, said in a statement. “And she’s a dear friend. I always feel lucky to work with her.”**** Burton and Ryder first worked together on 1988's *Beetlejuice* before reuniting for the 2024 sequel. They also collaborated on 1990's *Edward Scissorhands* and the 2012 animated film *Frankenweenie*.**** Netflix renewed *Wednesday* for a third season in August, just ahead of its season 2 premiere. "Our goal for Season 3 is the same as it is for every season: to make it the best season of Wednesday we possibly can," Alfred Gough said at the time. "We want to continue digging deeper into our characters while expanding the world of Nevermore and Wednesday."

The show's third chapter will tackle Enid (Emma Myers) having to navigate her fate as an alpha werewolf, Tyler (Hunter Doohan) taking advantage of the opportunity to live as a Hyde without a master, and, of course, Nevermore is going to need a new principal after Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi) was exposed as a con man.**

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And, of course, there's the ever-growing lore surrounding the mysterious Addams family members themselves.**

One storyline that will be at the forefront of the upcoming season centers on Wednesday's Aunt Ophelia, who's been spoken about in hushed whispers throughout season 2. As previously announced, *Penny Dreadful* star Eva Green will make her debut as the mystifying Ophelia, who possesses similar psychic powers to Wednesday, as they're both psychic ravens.

"I'm thrilled to join the woefully twisted world of *Wednesday* as Aunt Ophelia. This show is such a deliciously dark and witty world, I can't wait to bring my own touch of cuckooness to the Addams family," Green shared when her casting was announced.**

Fans caught a glimpse of the character in the final moments of the season 2 finale, when a flower-crowned Ophelia shows up locked in Grandmama Hester's house. There, she's written on the wall: "Wednesday must die."**

Safe to say that it's not really the signs of a joyous family reunion in the making.

Jenna Ortega on 'Wednesday'.

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As revealed in season 2, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Ophelia have a complex relationship as Grandmama (Joanna Lumley) chose to send Ophelia away to Willow Hill after against Morticia's objections after an incident when Ophelia, who was a sophomore at Nevermore, was found "screaming in the quad" with "black tears running down her cheeks."

Ophelia eventually left the psychiatric facility, but her whereabouts have been a mystery for 20 years.**

"Ophelia has been gone a long time," Millar previously shared. "It’s left a hole in Morticia’s life, and a lot of unanswered questions. The re-emergence of Ophelia is going to hit this family like a bomb."

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Netflix has yet to set a release date for *Wednesday* season 3, but Gough and Millar told Collider that season 3 would ideally premiere sometime in 2027.

Watch the season 3 cast announcement for *Wednesday *above.

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