In news that hit that strange sweet spot of coming completely out of the blue but also not surprising anyone in the slightest, it was recently announced that Tim Burton is developing a live-action series based on The Addams Family. On the surface, it seems like the perfect blend of the filmmaker’s established sensibilities and source material, and most people can probably already imagine how it’ll turn out.
Burton’s last few movies have so far largely underwhelmed, but he can usually be relied on to do decent business at the box office and deliver exactly what his fans are expecting from him. Not much is known about what he’s cooking up here just yet, but the new version of The Addams Family will reportedly be set in the present day and be told from Wednesday’s perspective, as if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder.
Of course, almost as soon as the news broke, the internet was rife with speculation about who could end up joining the ensemble. And unsurprisingly, Johnny Depp is emerging as the clear early frontrunner to play patriarch Gomez.
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Since they are having an #AddamsFamily movie reboot, I have a few casting ideas:
Johnny Depp as Gomez Addams
Eva Green as Morticia Addams— Ethos 👽 (@heyitsethos) October 23, 2020
johnny depp would've been perfect for gomez addams and while i'd love to see poc in this setting, i know he'd never cast them
— was siriuslycollins (@mollysbennetts) October 23, 2020
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So with Tim Burton doing a live action Addams Family..What's the over/under that Johnny Depp will play Gomez and Eva Green or Helena Bonham Carter will be Morticia? #AddamsFamily #TimBurton
— The Unknown Original (@Review_It_Rob) October 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/noniswifey/status/1319653369452105728
Tim Burton is rebooting 'The Addams Family' for TV: https://t.co/0Bb1ElC0Hh
Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp, calling it now. pic.twitter.com/j6mKzAdiYu
— highsnobiety (@highsnobiety) October 23, 2020
Addams Family directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp as Gomez Addams, will be the best thing since the discovery of grilled cheese.
— ☆《maximum -the- 🌙》☆ (@maximumtheq) October 23, 2020
This better involve Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter as Gomez and Morticia.
I need another golden trio production desperately! Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter AND The Addams Family would be the perfect match! https://t.co/brcTFWlH3l
— Nikki (@barefootcoven) October 23, 2020
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https://twitter.com/LolaDangerosa/status/1319544782499106816
Addams family requires a weird style that hopefully has Johnny Depp in it along with his own wife. I dont think Tim Burton can even develop such a thing. https://t.co/Y4GFxLQ8s2
— Lyonneart (@Lyonneartist) October 23, 2020
Depp and Burton were almost inseparable at one stage, working together on nine movies between 1990’s Edward Scissorhands and 2012’s Dark Shadows, but they’ve been apart for an unusually long time. The former Pirates of the Caribbean star would be a solid if uninspired choice for Gomez, while the director’s more recent muse Eva Green is also being touted as a possible contender for Morticia, which would admittedly be fantastic casting.
At the moment, The Addams Family show is the subject of an intense bidding war, and with so many parties desperate to secure the series, it shouldn’t be long until it finds a home. And once it does, the cast will begin to fall into place.