Netflix Announces Stranger Things Prequel for 2028

Netflix has announced a live-action prequel to Stranger Things, titled Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, for release in 2028. A teaser released on November 6 places the story in Marion, Nevada, in 1955, decades before the original series. The clip shows an abandoned bicycle beside a radio, followed by a restricted-area sign and dark clouds. It ends after lightning flashes across the sky. Text on screen identifies the date and place as April 19, 1955, Marion, Nevada. Netflix’s accompanying line was: “Before Hawkins, there was Marion.” The announcement coincided with Stranger Things Day, an annual event tied to November 6, 1983, the fictional date Will Byers disappeared in the original show. Netflix has not announced a more specific release date for the prequel. Kate Trefry will serve as showrunner, co-creator and writer. Matt and Ross Duffer, who created Stranger Things, are also co-creators and executive producers. Joe Wright will direct the first three episodes. Production is reported to take place in New Mexico. The teaser and announcement have not revealed the prequel’s plot or cast. The Duffer Brothers described the project as having a new setting and new heroes...