Addams Family

The Addams Family (2019) and The Addams Family 2 (2021)

On October 31, 2013, it was announced in Variety that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would revive The Addams Family as an animated film with Pamela Pettler to write the screenplay and Andrew Mittman and Kevin Miserocchi to executive produce the film and they were in final negotiations with BermanBraun's Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to produce it. By October 2017, Conrad Vernon had been hired to direct the film, which he produced along with Berman and Alex Schwartz, based on a screenplay written by Pettler, with revisions by Matt Lieberman. The film was released on October 11, 2019. On October 8, 2020, MGM announced that a sequel is in the works with an announcement trailer. Much of the original cast returned, with the exception of Finn Wolfhard, who was replaced by Javon "Wanna" Walton as the voice of Pugsley Addams. Bill Hader voiced a new character named Dr. Cyrus Strange. Directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon also returned for the sequel. The film released on October 1, 2021.