![]() ![]() Approaches duly went out to Anjelica Huston to reprise the role of Morticia Addams, and Christopher Lloyd to come back as Uncle Fester. It looked for some continuity, too, to bring over at least some of the audience goodwill that the movies had generated. started developing what would morph into Addams Family Reunion, a TV movie that was intended to be the pilot for the new series. 15 to 20 years before it became the go-to trend, the idea was to continue the Addams’ adventures on the small screen (although the origins of the Addams Family lie in Charles Addams’ original cartoon strips, and the subsequent TV series, so in this case, it was perhaps more “returning home”).Īs such, Warner Bros. and Saban (the Power Rangers people) then had plans for a new television project, The New Addams Family. Paramount distributed the first two Addams Family movies, having snapped up the first film late in production from the financially-challenged Orion. This one, though, was from a different company, with different intentions. Wanting to recapture the box office gold of the first film, and recognizing that the second deserved better, plans were put in place for another project. 13-08-2017.But then somebody went and thought of it anyway. This could've of been a great series if it was given a chance, a giant missed opportunity. My only regret watching this film is knowing that there are no more films in the series. I will revisit Waynes World 2 which died a similar death and came out around the same time. In a world where comic books movies recycle plots and villains, it's interesting to see films that had oddball characters and inventive characters. This film should of been the stepping stone for at two more sequels and I think fans needed to show up in bigger support. Looking back it is still a superior film, the humour is right on target and the plot has improved so much, the first film had a weak premise with superb casting. The film failed terribly at the box office, essentially killing the franchise dead in its tracks, I couldn't understand the reason for ignoring this film. The first film had a muddled story but it created the groundwork for the family dynamic, which is the heart and soul of the film series. ![]() I remember watching this movie at the cinemas and remembering how much better than the original film it was. ![]()
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