Netflix has announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things, with the new series expected to debut in 2028. The show will be titled Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. The announcement gives the streamer a way to keep its most impactful franchise alive after the main series concluded its final season last year.
Netflix said the spinoff is a prequel set in the 1950s. That places it before the events of Stranger Things and also before the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The company has not released many other details about the plot.
Franchise creators the Duffer brothers are returning to the project. Kate Trefry, a Stranger Things veteran, will serve as showrunner. British director Joe Wright is set to direct the first three episodes.
The Duffer brothers described the series in a statement as Stranger Things but also thrillingly fresh, with a new setting, new heroes and villains, and more they said they were not allowed to reveal. They closed the statement by turning attention to casting.
The live-action series follows an animated spinoff, Tales From '85, as part of Netflix's broader effort to expand the franchise. The company has been seeking ways to keep the property going since the main show ended. A live-action series signals a larger commitment to that expansion than the animated project alone.
The spinoff is aimed at the US streaming audience that made Stranger Things a breakout hit for Netflix. Viewers will have to wait until 2028 for Other Worlds to arrive, and the company has not said how many episodes the first season will run or when production begins.
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