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First look at new Addams Family series from Tim Burton dropping on Netflix this autumn

Here is a first look at the new Addams Family cast in the Netflix series directed by Tim Burton.

Catherine Zeta-Jones will star as mum Morticia, while husband Gomez will be played by Luis Guzman.

US actress Jenna Ortega, who has appeared in Jane the Virgin and You, stars as daughter Wednesday Addams.

And her hapless younger brother Pugsley is portrayed by Isaac Ordonez.

In June, a 30-second trailer was released on the Netflix Twitter account which got fans into a spin.

In the short clip, 19-year-old Jenna is seen plaiting her jet black hair as a clock ticks in the background before a spotlight falls on her.

The new look Addams family reimagined by Tim Burton (Netflix)

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Revealing she is Wednesday, the actress is then seen walking into the light wearing her trademark black dress complete with a white collar as she scolds the camera.

As she adjusts her collar moving hand Thing appears on her shoulder and clicks fingers, making the lights go out.

The trailer reveals: "Netflix woefully presents a twisted new series from the mind of Tim Burton."

Wednesday and 'Thing' in the new Netflix series (Netflix/Twitter)

The series, which is expected to drop on Netflix this autumn, will be a coming-of-age supernatural mystery comedy.

Called Wednesday, it will focus on Jenna's character and her years as a high school student at Nevermore Academy.

Here she attempts to master her psychic powers, stop a monstrous killing spree of the town citizens and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family 25 years ago.

It's the latest offering from kooky director Tim Burton (Getty)

The show’s creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough – the brains behind hit series Smallville – say one thing they didn’t want to do with the new show is make something that felt like a reboot.

Millar told Vanity Fair : “It’s something that lives within the Venn diagram of what happened before, but it’s its own thing.

“It’s not trying to be the movies or the ‘60s TV show. That was very important to us and very important to Tim.”

But there’s one character who is conspicuously missing from the Addams family photograph – and that is Uncle Fester.

However, fans will have to wait a little longer to find out which actor is playing him. “We have no comment on Uncle Fester. Just watch the show,” Gough teased.

*Wednesday is coming to Netflix in autumn

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