The Netflix series Wednesday leaves Nevermore Academy to move its protagonist to Paris in its third season. This drastic change of setting, from Vermont to the French capital, is a narrative move that could revitalize the plot or confuse fans. Jenna Ortega will reprise her role in a completely new context.
Production and design: technical adaptation to a new ecosystem 🎬
The production team faces the challenge of recreating Paris with visual fidelity. There is speculation about the use of volumetric LED screens and CGI for urban backgrounds, reducing location shoots. The lighting will need to shift from rural gothic to a darker but urban style. The Nevermore sets will be replaced by Parisian interiors, such as an attic in Montmartre or a crypt under the Seine. The cinematography will change tone to reflect this new environment.
Will Thing move to an apartment in Le Marais? 🖐️
The funniest part will be seeing Wednesday trying to be gothic in Paris, a city that already invented chic melancholy. Surely the first argument will be with a waiter for serving her a cappuccino that's too frothy. And let's not forget Thing: a hand with fingers in a country where mime is a national art. Come on, the Addams family will finally have competition in weirdness.