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 on-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.