That is according to new figures published by the Revenue Commissioners which show that in the second quarter of this year, Metropolitan Films International Ltd received corporation tax credits of €10m to €30m for Nero Season 2B (Wednesday).
This followed the firm receiving tax credits of between €10m and €30m for Nero Season 2 in the first quarter of 2025.
The producers have named the production Nero in a nod to the name of Wednesday’s pet scorpion in the show.
Based on the Addams Family character created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938, Netflix’s supernatural mystery comedy focuses on the teen years of Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega.
The first part of season two of Wednesday was released on August 6 and set a record for an English-language title ranked number one in the most countries – at 91 – in its first week.
The second part of Wednesday will be released on September 3.
Seasons one – first broadcast in 2022 – and two are currently the two most popular shows on Netflix.
Season one of Wednesday was shot in Romania and production transferred to Ireland in 2024 for season two.
The latest season of the gothic-inspired show was shot at various locations around Wicklow, Dublin and Offaly.
Executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have called the filming locations “truly magical”. Settings included Powerscourt Demesne in Enniskerry, Charleville Castle in Offaly and Dublin’s atmospheric Deansgrange Cemetery.
Accounts for the Metropolitan Films International firm behind season two – Willow Hill S2 Production DAC – show the production spend by the company in the six months to the end of April 2024 totalled €29.59m.
The number of people employed by the firm totalled 183 with staff costs amounting to €8.8m. Willow Hill is a reference to Willow Hill psychiatric hospital that features in the series.
Tourism Ireland has made ‘behind the scenes’ films on Wednesday to use as marketing tools aimed at promoting the locations to tourists overseas.
Metropolitan Films International Ltd has received corporation tax credits totalling €46.1m for all of its productions in the 24 months to the end of April 2024.
Revenue figures also show that Wild Atlantic Pictures Ltd received tax credits of between €5m and €10m for its Rainmaker TV series.
The figures also show Metropolitan Films International received tax credits of €5m to €10m for its comedy thriller, How to get to Heaven from Belfast.
Due to be broadcast on Netflix, the showrunner for the production is Lisa McGee, who was the creator of the multi-award-winning Derry Girls.
The Revenue Commissioners confirmed in January that the value of overall payments made under the Section 481 film corporation tax credit scheme in 2024 was €121.63m.
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