Tim Burton returned to his stop-motion roots in the Season 2 premiere of “Wednesday” with The Tale of the Skull Tree.
A new featurette exploring the sequence can be seen below, along with the animated tale itself, about an ambitious boy who creates a mechanical heart to save his own live.
“I really enjoyed every day with it, because it was fun and creative,” says Burton. “Seeing these puppets come to life, there’s just something very magical about it.”
“Wednesday” Season 2 Part 1 is now streaming on Netflix, with Part 2 to follow on September 3.
Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams, who must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.
Emma Myers, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Isaac Ordonez, Joy Sunday, Billie Piper, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Victor Dorobantu, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah B. Taylor, and Hunter Doohan also star.
Series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville,” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) are back as showruners.
Burton executive produces and directs four of Season 2’s eight episodes, with Paco Cabezas (“The Umbrella Academy”) and Angela Robinson (Professor Marston & the Wonder Women) each helming two others.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “Burton’s efforts this season indicate that he has a lot more gas in the tank here than he did in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. There’s a phenomenal stop-motion campfire story in the season premiere that has so much personality and energy. It conjures vintage Burton in the best way possible.”
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