How Thing, Slurp, Professor Orloff and a host of creatures and effects were made for 'Wednesday' season 2

A new 106-page issue of befores & afters magazine.

Issue #53 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Wednesday, season 2.

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Season 2 of Wednesday on Netflix deepens the show’s gothic mystery, following Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) back to Nevermore Academy as new murders, old family secrets, and a more personal set of stakes pull her further into the town’s supernatural underbelly. Once again, the show is filled with a plethora of fantastical characters and creatures, including the return of Thing (performed by Victor Dorobantu), Hydes and werewolves. New characters featured are Slurp (Owen Painter) and Professor Orloff (Christopher Lloyd). This season, too, we see even further into Nevermore and its surrounds. There’s even a stop-motion animated sequence in season 2.

Responsible for overseeing the visual effects for season 2’s locations, creatures and characters were visual effects supervisor Tom Turnbull and visual effects producer Kent Johnston, who worked with showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and executive producer and director Tim Burton, among other creatives on the show.

In this special issue of befores & afters magazine, we break down the key characters, creatures and environments in season 2 of Wednesday, and the visual effects behind them. Included in the coverage are Turnbull and Johnston, plus associate visual effects supervisor Craig Calvert, prosthetics designer Tristan Versluis, special effects coordinator/special effects coordinator William Carstairs, HOD props model maker Mark Maher, MR. X visual effects supervisor Mark O. Hammond, Rocket Science VFX visual effects supervisor John Coldrick, WeFX visual effects supervisor Sam Javanrouh, Eyeline visual effects supervisor Derek Spears, Folks VFX visual effects supervisor Phil Prates, Rodeo FX visual effects supervisor Joseph Kasparian, and Mackinnon & Saunders co-founder Ian Mackinnon.