United Artists Releasing is planning to unleash something mysterious and spooky onto the internet tomorrow, by way of the first official trailer for THE ADDAMS FAMILY. News of the trailer's debut comes to us via the personal Twitter account of Chloë Grace Moretz, who voices the character Wednesday Addams for the upcoming animated feature.
In the brief teaser, we find a devilish-looking Wednesday Addams standing beside a rope lever, no doubt rigged to some manner of torture device or clever trap set for her mischievous brother, Pugsley. You can check out the promo below:
Here's a synopsis for the upcoming animated film:
The Addams family whose lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration, Addams-style. Morticia, devilishly devoted to her husband and children, is the pale glue that holds her clan together. Gomez, debonair, sinister and passionately in love with his wife, is enthusiastic about whatever dreadful scheme he’s cooked up. Wednesday is a brilliant and sinister teenage girl with long braids and deadpan wit. Pugsley, a menacing 10-year-old on over-drive, enjoys getting into any kind of dreadful mischief he can find. Mad Uncle Fester is good-natured, merry and likes to create mayhem any way he can. Grandmama is smitten with her grandchildren who enjoy her cookies shaped like bats and skulls. Margaux Needler, the reality TV makeover queen, is consumed with a desire for absolute suburban, pastel perfection.
With a screenplay written by Matt Liberman (THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES) the upcoming animation stars Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams, Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams, Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Addams, Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll as Fester Addams, and Bette Midler as Granny. Elsie Fisher also stars as Parker Needler, while Allison Janney will lend her voice to Margaux Needler.
Personally, I am very excited for the release of THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Would I have preferred another live-action offering from television's creepiest and kookiest? Absolutely. However, this animated revival of the seriously spooky Addams clan could be just what the witch doctor ordered to expose younger generations to the haunting humor of Wednesday, Pugsley, and the rest of their terrifying tribe. I say we get weird and let the good times roll!
The new film based on Charles Addams' series of cartoons about a peculiar, ghoulish family will arrive in theaters on October 18th.