With the sting of anticipation swelling as Yellowjackets fans wait for Showtime to share an upcoming Season 2 premiere date, at least the cast has an early inkling of what lies in store for the series’ chilling, time-shifting story.

The dread-laced thriller’s Emmy-nominated debut season emerged as a sleeper hit for Showtime, amassing more streaming viewers than all but one original series in platform history (second only to Dexter: New Blood.) As the cast dives into Season 2, star Christina Ricci, who plays the adult incarnation of soccer team survivor Misty, says things will veer even further into wild horror territory as the grown-up gang of ex-teammates tries to piece together the show’s central mystery.

“I can’t really get too much into detail, but I will say the first couple scripts had the entire cast gasping. So it’s even wilder,” Ricci recently confided to Entertainment Tonight. “It’s really fun; it’s exciting. After our first season, people loved the show so they’re excited to be there…Most of my scenes — not to spoil anything — but a lot of my scenes this season have been with Elijah Wood and it’s wonderful working with him again. We’ve just had a great time.”

Wood arrives as a Yellowjackets newcomer, having previously starred alongside Ricci in director Ang Lee’s tense 1997 drama The Ice Storm. As a volunteer detective named Walter, Wood’s story arc is expected to span the entire second season, and ”will challenge Misty in ways she won’t see coming,” as Showtime teases.

Six Feet Under alum Lauren Ambrose will also reportedly join the expanded cast as the adult version of Vanessa “Van” Palmer, alongside returning stars Melanie Lynskey/Sophie Nélisse (as the respective adult and teen versions of Shauna), plus similarly split adult-teen roles for Tawny Cypress/Jasmin Savoy Brown (Taissa), Juliette Lewis/ Sophie Thatcher (Natalie), and Ricci/Sammi Hanratty as Misty.

While we don’t yet know when Yellowjackets will be back next year, the wait’s nearly over for Ricci’s upcoming return to a frightfully familiar franchise she’s known since childhood. She’s heading back to her Addams Family haunts in the Tim Burton-directed Netflix series Wednesday — but not, as she did in the 1990s film trilogy, as Wednesday Addams. Ricci’s former role will be played by Jenna Ortega, while Ricci herself stars as a new character named Miss Marilyn Thornhill, who’s a graduate of Nevermore Academy.

“It’s Tim Burton so you can’t really go wrong,” Ricci told ET, adding that the 8-episode series’ “scripts were really wonderful. I love the spirit in which they were making the show. It really does retain a lot of the spirit of Wednesday — that dignity, that incredibly self-assured young girl who knows who she is and won’t change or pander for other people. I think it’s really great. Every generation should have their own Wednesday.”

Catch Ricci’s Addams Family reunion alongside Ortega, Fred Armisen (Fester), Luis Guzmán (Gomez), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia), and Gwendoline Christie (as academy principal Larissa Weems), when Wednesday makes its small-screen premiere — wait for it — on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at Netflix.

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Christina Ricci is passing the “Addams Family” torch and praising Jenna Ortega’s performance in ‘Wednesday.’ “She reminds me of how I was when I was younger,” she told Access Hollywood. “She is so incredibly talented.” The 42-year-old also revealed that her son has been enjoying her portrayal of the character in the original movies. “He turns to me and goes mom you were really bad and naughty,” she added. “Wednesday” drops on Netflix on Nov. 23.

Christina Ricci chatted with ‘Extra’s’ Melvin Robert at the premiere of the new Addams Family series ‘Wednesday,’ which sees Jenna Ortega take over as the character Christina made popular. Christina spoke about her role as Wednesday’s teacher Ms. Thornhill in the show and raved about Jenna’s ‘wonderful’ version of Wednesday. ‘Wednesday’ premieres on Netflix November 23.

Christina Ricci thinks “every generation” should have their own version of Wednesday Addams.

The 42-year-old actress shot to international stardom as Wednesday in ‘The Addams Family’ and its sequel, ‘Addams Family Values’, in the early 90s, and Christina is now thrilled to appear in ‘Wednesday’, the new comedy-horror series.

The Hollywood star – who plays a new character in the Netflix show – said: “It’s Tim Burton so you can’t really go wrong.

“Also, the scripts were really wonderful. I love the spirit in which they were making the show. It really does retain a lot of the spirit of Wednesday – that dignity, that incredibly self-assured young girl who knows who she is and won’t change or pander for other people.

“I think it’s really great. Every generation should have their own Wednesday.”

Christina also praised the performance of Jenna Ortega, who plays the part of Wednesday on the show.

The actress described Jenna, 20, as the “perfect Wednesday for this time”.

She told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “She just was Wednesday, you know?

“I came on set – she’d been doing the show already for a couple months – and she was Wednesday, and I’m just so impressed with her as a person, as an actress. Really, she’s wonderful in the part and she’s a perfect Wednesday … She’s the perfect Wednesday for this time.”

Christina made her film debut at the age of nine, in the comedy-drama movie ‘Mermaids’, and she’s starred in a host of well-known films and TV shows during her career.

But Christina believes she’ll always be remembered for playing the part of Wednesday.

She said: “Playing Wednesday has been a huge part of my life and career and really something that was so fun to make when we made both movies. It’s so fun to carry on that spirit.

“I’m so happy to be here in this new incarnation and, like I said, every generation should have their own Wednesday.”

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Check out these clips of Christina Ricci from her appearance on “Watch What Happens Live”!