Published May 9, 2026, 7:01 AM EDT Check it out before it leaves Netflix Image: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures There have been a lot of takes on the Addams Family. The characters originated in 1938 in a series of one-panel New Yorker cartoons by Charles Addams. Then came the original TV series, which ran from 1964 to 1966, followed by the first animated versions of the characters in 1973. The 1990s brought about an Addams Family renaissance with two theatrical films, another cartoon show, a direct-to-video movie, and a sitcom called The New Addams Family . That now-forgotten sitcom ended in 1999 and, perhaps due to a bit of Addams Family over-saturation, it was quite a while before we heard from them again in a big-budget Hollywood production. A full 20 years later, in 2019, we got the animated film The Addams Family followed by its 2021 sequel The Addams Family 2 .…