Check out 13 facts about “Wandinha”, a Netflix series directed by Tim Burton

Directed and produced by Tim Burton, “Wandinha” arrived this Wednesday (23) on Netflix. The series places a family already known by the viewer, the Addams, in a new context, with the daughter of Morticia and Gomez as the protagonist.

The production has eight episodes and follows Wandinha’s trajectory at school Nunca Mais.

After being expelled from the last school, she starts to attend the same school that her parents studied, a place for the “excluded”, people with supernatural gifts, such as vampires, mermaids, werewolves and other types of “human beings”.

In her first days at school, Wandinha finds herself involved in a great mystery. Throughout the season, secrets are revealed and the Addams’ eldest seeks to unravel what is happening in the city and at her school, while dealing with new relationships.

The production brings a teenage plot with many mysteries and humor – characteristic of the character.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the main aggregator of film and television reviews, the series has a 70% approval rating from expert critics.

Shared exclusively with CNN by Netflix, check out 13 curiosities about “Wandinha” 🇧🇷

1. The back wall of the Jericho City Bakery is decorated with pinwheels designed with images from Tim Burton movies
2. The Addams family car was custom built from the parts of two separate cars and is angled downwards on the driver’s side to make the Stumble (Lurch) appear larger.

   

3. Director Weems’ costumes were inspired by the character Melanie, lived Tippi Hedren of the movie “The birds” (1963), from Alfred Hitchcock

   

4. One of Tim Burton’s main references for “Wandinha” was the work of the Italian horror filmmaker mario bava

   

5. The series was filmed in 70 different locations
6. Each young actor in the main cast has a different favorite Tim Burton movie: Jenna Ortega’s “Beetlejuice – The Ghosts Have Fun” 🇧🇷 by Emma Myers is “Frankenweenie” 🇧🇷 by Hunter Doohan is “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Jack’s wierd world” 🇧🇷 by Percy Hynes White is “Mars Attacks!” 🇧🇷 by Joy Sunday is “Batman” 🇧🇷 and from Moosa Mostafa’s is “The Corpse Bride”

   

7. One of the show’s extras is the tallest man in Romania
8. The actress who plays Wandinha in “The Addams Family” (1991), Christina Ricci, is in the cast of the new Netflix series. Ricci plays Professor Thornhill

   

9. Tim Burton designed the series’ main monster. The creative team went to his house for a “monster meeting”, saw a monster sketch that filmmaker had made on the table and that sketch became the design template for this season’s monster
10. A copy of Burton’s original sketch hangs on the wall of Xavier’s shed.
11. Composer Danny Elfman’s work on the soundtrack for “Wandinha” was inspired by the original drawings of Charles Addams (creator of the Addams Family)
12. Elfman uses a harpsichord in all of the songs in the series as a reference to the original music on the Addams family television show, which he watched as a child.
13. When Elfman began experimenting with the show’s music, Burton suggested that he reference the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Elfman ultimately felt that the tone of the show’s music should be gothic, but also humorous, with a fun, dark sensibility.
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