Catherine Zeta-Jones to play Morticia Addams in 'Wednesday' series.

Catherine Zeta-Jones to play Morticia Addams in 'Wednesday' series.
Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones has been tapped to play the role of Morticia Addams, the matriarch of the Addams Family, in the Netflix series ''Wednesday''.
The show marks the small-screen directorial debut for Tim Burton, known for ''Beetlejuice'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', and ''Alice in Wonderland''.
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Zeta-Jones joins Luis Guzman who will appear as Gomez Addams and Jenna Ortega, who takes on the titular character.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, ''Wednesday'' is described as a coming-of-age comedy, written by ''Smallville'' creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' (Ortega) years as a student at Nevermore Academy.
That's where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago -- all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.