Get Your First Look At ‘The Addams Family’ Animated Movie And Its Scary Good Voice Cast, Including Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, And More
You couldn’t wish for a creepier and kookier cast than the one in MGM’s upcomingThe Addams Familyanimated movie. And they have some altogether ooky character designs.
MGM has released a first look at theirThe Addams Familyanimated movie starringOscar Isaac, which we still desperately wish were in live-action. But beggars can’t be choosers, and at least we are blessed with a scary good cast confirmed to includeCharlize Theron(Morticia),Allison Janney(arch nemesis Margaux Needler),Bette Midler(Grandmama),Chloë Grace Moretz(Wednesday),Finn Wolfhard(Pugsley), andNick Kroll(Uncle Fester).
That’s a cast boasting a whopping two Oscar winners, a two-time Oscar nominee, and of course, the dashing Oscar Isaac as Gomez. And here’s what they look like in animated form.
The Addams Family Movie First Look
It’s a wildly different visual style than what we’d expect fromSausage PartydirectorsConrad VernonandGreg Tiernan, who are co-helming this newAddams Familywith a script fromMatt Lieberman.The character designs have an almost Tim Burton-esque flair, with Morticia’s elongated limbs next to Gomez’s rotund body and nearly grotesque face. It’s a pretty stark look that fits the creepy, supernatural family.
The Addams Familyfollows the titular supernatural clan as they face-off against a sly reality-TV host (Janney) while also preparing for their an Addams-style extended family reunion.
This animated film will be the latest take on Charles Addams' classicNew Yorkercartoon series, which has gone on to become a 1960s television series starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones, an animated series in the 1970s, and a well-regarded feature film in 1992. But this will beThe Addams Family’s first foray onto the big screen in animated form.
The first look and voice cast show a lot of promise, but I still wish this were a live-action film. Just imagine! Charlize Theron and Oscar Isaac lording over a family of freaks as their Goth queen and king? Oscar Isaac in a mustache! Give it to me now. Unfortunately, we’ll have to make do with this animated take — which still looks incredibly fun.
