TIm Burton Adapt The Addams Family Film To A TV Series
The Addams Family (Columbia Pictures)

JAKARTA - The supernatural film The Addams Family will be adapted into a television series. Today, October 23rd, MGM Television confirmed to Variety about this news.

The Addams Family is a supernatural film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. This film is adapted from a comic by Charles Addams which tells the story of American family life in the 20th century.

The strange and creepy Addams family decides to move to a normal environment. This family consists of Morticia, Gomez Addams, Wednesday, and Pugsley. Various funny and mystical things adorn this family life.

When it aired in 1993, this film won the box office success by reaching 200 million US dollars and became one of the most talked about films to date.

Various adaptations of The Addams Family story have been made from 1964 to 1999 in four parts.

Apart from the television series, The Addams Family has also been adapted in the form of video games, musicals, short videos and short films.

Director Tim Burton is projected to produce and direct the series, while Alfred Gough and Milles Millar will write the script. Tim Burton is known for his dark comedy films such as Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice so that Burton is a suitable candidate to work on this series.

Several streaming services have reportedly started trying to buy the broadcast rights to the series, one of which is Netflix. However, neither Tim Burton nor MGM have yet to open further voices regarding the series.


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