Standalone Addams Family Animated Film in Development at Amazon MGM

An animated Addams Family feature is in early development for Amazon MGM Studios, led by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of Netflix’s Wednesday. The project is described as a brand-new, standalone animated film that will not be connected to the 2019 or 2021 animated films, nor to the Wednesday series. The development team includes Kevin Miserocchi, who runs the Addams Family Foundation, and producers Gail Berman and John Glickman, signaling a concerted effort to honor the characters while reviving the franchise in a fresh form.

The Addams Family has traveled a long arc since the characters first appeared in Charles Addams’s cartoons in 1938. Over the decades they have inhabited a broad media universe, from a 1960s television series to animated adaptations, live-action features, a Broadway run, and a modern television reinvention. The most recent animated films, released in 2019 and 2021, introduced a new generation to Gomez, Morticia, and the rest of the family, and the Netflix series Wednesday, which reimagines Wednesday Addams as a student at Nevermore Academy, has helped sustain the franchise’s popularity with younger audiences.